Saturday, September 6, 2008

Amazing! Intellectual Work Induces Excessive Calorie Intake

A team of researchers have demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries.

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Bow-and-Arrow Technology at Fa-Hien Lena 48000 years ago

 The research conducted at Fa-Hien Lena cave revealed an extensive osseous (bone) toolkit. The archaeologists identified 130 bone projectile...