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Apr 02 2011

Video: Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes

Tag: VideosPersephone Arbour @ 2:36 pm

Into the great debate over intelligence and instinct — over what makes us human — Susan Savage-Rumbaugh has thrown a monkey wrench. Her work with apes has forced a new way of looking at what traits are truly and distinctly human, and new questions about whether some abilities we attribute to “species” are in fact [...]

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Apr 01 2011

Guest post: Healing, by David Spangler

Tag: Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 6:12 pm

Another heart-felt piece from David. As always, he manages to bring another, more subtle angle to many things we think we already know. Here are some excerpts from a recent article that arose from his own experience of being in hospital, where he has been ‘through the mill’ and still retains his ability to stand [...]

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