Ancestor veneration. The practice of praying to your ancestors, Found especially in China; There’s a heavy influence of Ancestor vernation in Confucianism. Animism. Who invented ancestor worship? The term ancestor worship, coined in 1885 by the British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer, refers to a ritualized invocation of dead kin.Read More →
Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa — chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called “pygmy chimpanzees”) and gorillas — share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago. Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. Who is ourRead More →
While the exact ancestral link is unknown and widely debated, science can and does tell us that both dogs and seals are members of the same taxonomic suborder of the animal kingdom. Seals, sea lions, and walruses are all considered pinnipeds and belong to the suborder Caniformia (meaning “doglike”). WhatRead More →