Getting rid of the term "Stone Age"
Anthropologists want to get rid of the term "stone age" when referring to certain populations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6422581.stm
Normally, I'm not a big fan of changing terms for things but this one is probably over-due. Those Stone Age people may not use the latest technologies but they seem to do just fine- as long as they are isolated from us "enlightened" beings.
While we are at it, I've always found the term "simple organism" to be offensive. While the Archaebacteria that live in hot springs are ancient, they are anything but simple. Can you live in water several 100 degrees in temperature suffused with sulfur? Same goes for radiodurans- it lives in nuclear reactors where its DNA undergoes constant reshuffling due to radiation. Anything that can live in those conditions is anything but simple.
Anthropologists want to get rid of the term "stone age" when referring to certain populations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6422581.stm
Normally, I'm not a big fan of changing terms for things but this one is probably over-due. Those Stone Age people may not use the latest technologies but they seem to do just fine- as long as they are isolated from us "enlightened" beings.
While we are at it, I've always found the term "simple organism" to be offensive. While the Archaebacteria that live in hot springs are ancient, they are anything but simple. Can you live in water several 100 degrees in temperature suffused with sulfur? Same goes for radiodurans- it lives in nuclear reactors where its DNA undergoes constant reshuffling due to radiation. Anything that can live in those conditions is anything but simple.
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