During a recent meeting on ancient DNA at the Roya Society of London, research was revealed regarding analysis of the human genome. This study uncovered evidence that modern humans not only interbred with Neanderthals, but also with Denisovians and an unknown archaic human population.

Ewen Callaway of the journal Nature reports that the genome sequences of Neanderthal and Denisovian man were compared, and the results suggested that there was interbreeding among several groups of hominid in Europe and Asia around 30,000 years ago, which included an as-yet-unidentified ancestor from Asia.

A Complex Heritage.

“What it begins to suggest is that we’re looking at a Lord of the Rings-type world — that there were many hominid populations,” says Mark Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London who was at the meeting but was not involved in the work. Continue reading →

The controversy surrounding the medication of children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD has taken a new twist: doctors prescribing drugs for children who are having trouble in school, but not necessarily diagnosed with any disorder.

In his 2012 article for the New York Times titled “Attention Disorder or Not, Pills to Help in School,”

Alan Schwartz reports on the new phenomenon.  Included is not only anecdotal evidence of doctors prescribing drugs for what amounts to a diagnosis of ‘bad grades,’ but also parents self-medicating their children.

One can only wonder if this may aid the continuation of the known trend of recreational abuse of these stimulants among teenagers and young adults.

Square Peg, Round Hole

(from austinalcoholtreatment.org)

Dr. Michael Anderson, a pediatrician near Atlanta, gets a spotlight for this piece.  In the article he even goes as far as suggesting that ADD/ADHD are not real conditions, but rather functions of our one-size-fits-all society that leaves behind people who are not built to succeed within the parameters of common standards. Continue reading →

How many times you have made a decision to change or simply start a new way of life? Do you remember your last New Year’s resolution and what it was all about? It probably sounded something like this: “From now on I’ll start eating healthy food, I’ll be working out 3 times a week, I’ll take yoga classes, I’ll start meditating and I am going to read a book a day!”

It’s OK, every single person had been enthusiastic about something similar and failed to accomplish it at least once in their life. It’s very common and recommended that you set certain goals in life as it is normal to fail at some of them. But if this is happening frequently, it can be rather frustrating, especially if you are a procrastinator.

“I’ll do it later; I better do this next month; I’ll make sure I do that after 3 months.” Let’s face it, you’re never going to finish what you haven’t started yet.

Why is this all happening? Because sometimes reaching your goals is hard or even boring, and the habit of doing a particular thing isn’t developed yet. Now, no need to look for more information elsewhere, the answer is here!

A genius Japanese method called Kaizen is all about continuous improvement. The Kaizen method is famous for the so-called 1-minute principle and it works like this: Continue reading →

How many of us remember our dreams? How many of us can control them?

People who have lucid dreams know they are dreaming and they have the ability to control their dreams.

According to Nick Polizzi of The Sacred Science:

The lucid dreamers I know are able to navigate their dreamscape with an awakened mind, asking characters they come across pretty insightful questions about their spirit path. They can run, jump, and fly at will, gaining profound inner wisdom from the experience.

If one wants to dream more at night and maybe even experience the allusive lucid dream, there are three herbs one can take before bed that will help. These herbs have been used for centuries as both medicines and dream enhancers. Continue reading →

 1. Life isn’t about being perfect.

Life isn’t about being perfect, rather it is more about being happy. You should be enjoying yourself and appreciating what you have. Be yourself, strive for the excellence you want.

2. You have got some Control.

You must remember that whatever the situation is, you have a control over that. At any given point of time you have got the power to stand up and say “This isn’t how the story is going to end for me.”

You can’t obviously predict the future, but you can still put in efforts at present to build a better and more desirable future.

3. You can make a shift in your thinking process.

You simply can. There’s nothing that can stop you from thinking the way you want. You can replace any negative thought or a bad situation with a more positive and thinking about any great memory you have.This will reprogram your subconscious to think more good about life and this will help you to handle problems quite well. Continue reading →