Doris Day was aged 31 when she starred in Calamity Jane. Show Boat was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on February 11, 1952. The one-hour adaptation starred Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, William Warfield, Marge Champion and Gower Champion. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these…
“Herbert West–Reanimator” is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. Bride of Re-Animator is a 1990 American horror film directed by Brian Yuzna…
After four seasons and 44 episodes, Zander Lehmann’s brother-sister relationship series “Casual” is signing off with a final season in which the growth for its characters mirrors the growth of Hulu, the streaming service that served as its home. Hulu’s Casual has found a special place in the hearts of…
Humans May Not Have Hunted Woolly Mammoths To Extinction Those Thousands Of Years Ago. Scientists thought that humans with stone weapons may have caused the disappearance of Ice Age beasts like woolly mammoths. New research shows that stones were no match for mammoths’ hair and hide. What caused mammoths to…
The rain which comes from the ocean wouldn’t be able to travel far enough inland — leaving parts of Pangea practically uninhabitable by humans and other species. And weather up north would be different too, with Russia being much warmer than it is today. But the weather wouldn’t be the…
Humans were (and still are) definitely alive during the Ice Age. Scientists and anthropologists have found evidence of human remains existing nearly 12,000 years ago. The current interglacial period began around 10,000 years ago. Before then, most humans lived in the Southern Hemisphere. Researchers say that the total world population…
Their ages of death were compared to men listed in the more recent Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Of 397 ancients in total, 99 died violently by murder, suicide or in battle. Of the remaining 298, those born before 100BC lived to a median age of 72 years. Those born after 100BC…
Early hunter-gatherers moved as nature dictated, adjusting to proliferation of vegetation, the presence of predators or deadly storms. Basic, impermanent shelters were established in caves and other areas with protective rock formations, as well as in open-air settlements where possible. Hunter-gatherers who moved a lot tended to build temporary shelters…
Individuals often have specializations in hunter-gatherer communities, the researchers also found. When Jenu Kuruba men go in search of honey, Dr. Hooper said, “there’s one man who specializes in making smoke to subdue the bees, another that climbs the trees, and others that act as support staff to lower combs.”…
Hunter-gatherers use their tales to pass down information about food, weather, and more—and often in ways that outsiders can miss. We also looked at narratives from other hunter-gatherer societies from Southeast Asia and Africa, and discovered similar themes. Of 89 stories, around 70% concerned social behaviour, in terms of food-sharing,…