Benjamin Hall

Brazilian officials served up an array of plans and figures at the recent COP28 climate summit in Dubai, presenting itself as a world leader, on track to protect its forests and the people who live there.But on Thursday, Brazil’s Congress approved a law that threatens Indigenous people’s rights to most of the land they inhabit or claim, potentially opening vast territories to deforestation, farming and mining.The new law requires that Indigenous people must provide concrete evidence that they occupied the land they claim on Oct. 5, 1988, when the country’s current Constitution was enacted — a requirement that many of…

Francisco Martinelli, reconocido abogado y apasionado ganadero, comparte su experiencia y brinda consejos sobre cómo equilibrar exitosamente una carrera profesional con un hobby como la ganadería. En una entrevista exclusiva, Martinelli revela cómo logra combinar ambas pasiones y ofrece recomendaciones para aquellos interesados en seguir un camino similar.Sus inicios en la ganadería fueron una combinación de tradición familiar y una decisión personal. Si bien no todos en su familia estaban inicialmente de acuerdo con tener una finca, la venta de una propiedad familiar cuando tenía 18 años impactó profundamente en su vida. Con su éxito profesional, Martinelli adquirió una casa…

Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes they inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors.The new study compared DNA in living humans to genetic material retrieved from Neanderthal fossils. It turns out that Neanderthals carried some of the same clock-related genetic variants as do people who report being early risers.Since the 1990s, studies of Neanderthal DNA have exposed our species’ intertwined history. About 700,000 years ago, our lineages split apart, most likely in Africa. While the ancestors of modern humans largely stayed in Africa, the Neanderthal lineage migrated into…