Problems that are difficult for scientists to understand

Chapter 3: Secrets of Life (2)
There is also a strange man in Hubei, China. He said that he would get stuck when eating fish, but he has a unique skill of eating iron nails.After he performed eating nails in front of reporters and experts, the doctor examined him and found that there was a nail-shaped foreign object in his stomach.He claimed to have eaten hundreds of nails.How these iron nails came out of the body is not even clear to him.

There is a strange child in Sichuan who has been eating stones since he was 3 years old. He eats one or two stones for three meals a day.He still has a preference for eating stones, especially the yellow bubble sand stones, saying that after washing, they are fragrant and crispy, and they are extremely delicious.Stones have long been inseparable from his diet.

There are even more godly people!There is an old man in South Africa whose diet is always the same: one live snake and two raw eggs for each meal.He likes to stun the snake and swallow it into his stomach, and then slowly experience the taste of the snake wriggling in his stomach after waking up, and calls it wonderful, what a quirk!
There are also people who don't just love a certain kind of food, but eat it all.There is such a strange woman in Germany. She has to eat all day long, and once she stops her mouth, she will feel hungry.And if she doesn't eat hard for a long time, she will have no strength and will soon weaken.The doctor concluded that she had "bulimia", but could not find a way to treat it.

What is it that makes these people have such peculiar tastes?Until now, medical scientists have not figured out the real reason.

Can people really see things thousands of miles away?
Manuel's home is in Malmo, Sweden, which is an ordinary home.One evening, Manuel was having dinner with a dozen of his friends in Gothenburg, which is more than 400 kilometers away from his home. Suddenly, he shouted in shock: "No! Now what happened in Sediamalmo, Stockholm Fire, the fire is spreading. Oops, my friend’s house is on fire, and mine looks dangerous.” After a while, he said with relief, “Okay, the fire is finally out. The fire was destroyed in the third building next to my house. extinguished."

From such a distance, he actually spoke with certainty as if he was witnessing what happened before his eyes, and all the friends who had dinner with him expressed doubts about his words.But soon, after investigation, it was confirmed that what Manuel said that day was completely consistent with what happened at that time.People were amazed at his "clairvoyance" power.Since then, Manuel has become a well-known figure.

Coincidentally, a "clairvoyant" figure also appeared in The Hague, Netherlands, named Peda Vorokus, a painter. In the autumn of 1943, Vorokus accidentally fell from a height of 10 meters while working, injured his head, and fell unconscious on the spot, only regaining consciousness three days later.At this time, a miracle appeared: he knew everything that happened in the distant place like the palm of his hand, and people called him clairvoyance.

What a blessing in disguise!Since then, many people have asked him to find the lost property, and even the police in Paris have turned to him, asking him to help solve complex murder cases.

Why can't some people's brains figure it out?

A college student in England has almost no brains, but abnormal intelligence.

It turned out that the student had hydrocephalus.The water in the brain is actually cerebrospinal fluid, which is secreted and stored by the ventricles of the brain.

Under normal conditions, cerebrospinal fluid circulates through the brain and spinal cord before entering the bloodstream.If circulation is blocked, or if there is too much cerebrospinal fluid, fluid can accumulate in the brain cavity, forming hydrocephalus.

The disease usually results in malformation of both cerebral hemispheres and enlargement of the skull.Babies with hydrocephalus, if they survive a few months after birth, are also extremely dull.The brain tissue under this student's skull is only a fraction of an inch thick, more than an inch thinner than ordinary people, but he has been living a very normal life and has extraordinary intelligence.

So far, Professor Lober, a British neurologist, has discovered hundreds of people with almost no brains and very high intelligence.According to him, some people who "can't measure their brains" have IQs as high as 120.

Scientists have been baffled by this phenomenon, since the two hemispheres are primarily responsible for brain function.

They speculate that brain functions in patients with hydrocephalus may be taken over by other less developed organs in the brain, or that the normal brain may only perform a small part of the total brain function.In any case, people with small brains have high intelligence. What is the reason for this?Scientists have so far been unable to provide any explanation.

Can the ape girl live like a normal person?
One day in the summer of 1989, in the primeval forest in central Myanmar, some hunters surrounded a group of sleeping wild apes with nets.To people's surprise, a female ape was found among the apes.She lived with wild apes and was raised by them.The 17-year-old girl walks on all fours and has regular facial features, but no smile.She refuses to wear a hat and acts exactly like an ape.

Later, the ape girl was taken to a nearby hospital and treated like a human being.But she has completely lost her humanity except for her appearance and human resemblance.One nurse said: "We tried to dress her, but she tore it off like a madman. She was as strong as a cow, and we couldn't do anything to her." People wondered, could she be restored to her humanity?Will she still learn to speak?People have been unable to change her animal temperament and make her live like a normal person.

Why the Ancients Killed Babies
As the saying goes: "The poison of a tiger does not eat its children", "The palms of the hands and the back of the hands are full of meat", parents love their children too much.So, why did some infanticide always occur in ancient times, and how to explain it?

Many places throughout history have had the custom of killing infants.According to records, the Bushmen in southern Africa will kill or abandon their underage children when the father who is the main labor force of the family dies or lacks food, and usually kill deformed children who have no self-viability.This seemingly inhumane practice also exists among the Israelites, Greeks, Romans, and Arabs who have entered the civilized age. They even regard this behavior as a custom because they think that disabled children are a burden .

Aboriginal peoples living in Australia kill all their young offspring before making long-distance migrations, leaving only one or two older, stronger children.There are many peoples who kill all newborns before raising their first and second children.

Why did ancient people do this?Don't they love their children?Can they let go of the inseparable family relationship by doing so?
Some scholars first proposed that human infanticide fully embodies a certain animal nature inherited by primitive humans from their animal ancestors.

A large number of facts have proved that from primates, carnivores, rodents, until birds, fish have the phenomenon of killing young in wild animals.Second, they also believe that most instances of infanticide may also be related to reproduction.A kind of gray leaf-eating monkey in India was originally very docile and gregarious, but when the new and old monkey kings alternate, they will always kill all the cubs that have not been weaned.Only in this way can the female monkey be promoted to go into estrus early, and the new monkey king can mate with the female monkey smoothly, so as to give birth to the offspring of the new leader early.

Some scholars also believe that killing babies by the ancients may be an effective indirect method of contraception.Under the environmental conditions at that time, this method was always safer than their abortion, and this method of killing babies also effectively controlled the population at that time, providing sufficient food and vast land for those who survived. living space.And judging from the tendency and preferences of infanticide at that time, the ancients seemed to prefer to kill female infants, and the decline in the female population directly led to a relative decrease in the total population of the entire society.

From a religious point of view, killing babies is also a religious ritual.In ancient times, there were many religious superstitions that used babies as sacrifices to sacrifice to gods.In their view, if they want to get the help and protection of the gods and obtain a quiet and harmonious life, their most cherished children are the best and most precious gift to the gods.

However, the vast majority of people believe that the lack of food is the main cause of primitive man's infanticide.In the primitive society, people lacked food and their life was difficult to maintain, so they had to give up their own flesh and blood to maintain their own survival.Relevant records show that the period when the ancients killed babies on a large scale was a year of famine and disaster.From this point of view, the cruel behavior of the ancients was also out of helplessness.

The ancients encountered incomprehensible natural and man-made disasters, food and water shortages, and could not bear to kill their own flesh and blood to satisfy hunger and save their lives, so they exchanged young children with their neighbors.As the saying goes, "Yizi cannibalize each other" is the best proof.

To sum up, there are different opinions on the reasons why the ancients killed babies, and there is no consensus.Perhaps in addition to these speculations, there are many reasons why the ancients killed infants that have not been discovered by us.

Why the wolf can become the totem of the Turkic people
Turks are one of the main constituents of the Central Asian nation.The Turks originally lived in the upper reaches of the present-day Yenisei River, and were forced to move to the south of the Altai Mountains by Rouran, a great country in northern Asia, in the 5th century AD.In the 5th century A.D., the Turks became slaves of Rouran and were forced to move to the southern foot of Jinshan Mountain (now Altai Mountain).And gained independence in the early 6th century AD, and then conquered Central Asia.In 552 A.D., the Turks defeated Rouran and established the vast Turkic Khanate, which quickly expanded to the Mongolian Plateau.Afterwards, the country was extended westward to the border of the Persian Empire.The Turkic Khanate was later divided into Eastern Turkic, Western Turkic and Post-Turkic.

In the 11th and 13th centuries, the Seljuk and Ottoman tribes among the Western Turks migrated to West Asia successively and established the huge Seljuk Empire and the Ottoman Empire respectively.When the Turkic people rose up, there was a golden wolf head painted on the military flag, known as the wolf flag, and the wolf was their totem.

The word totem comes from Indian, which means "its relative" and "its mark".In the belief of primitive people, it is believed that the members of this clan are all derived from a certain species, and in most cases, they are considered to have a kinship relationship with a certain animal.Thus, totem belief has a relationship with ancestor worship.They worship the totem of their own nation and use it as the name and symbol of their clan.This is one of the oldest religious forms of mankind - totem worship.

However, why did the Turkic people choose a ferocious animal like a wolf as their totem?
According to relevant records in "Book of Zhou Turkic Biography", there are two legends that Turkic people chose wolf as their national totem.

The first legend holds that the Turks were originally a different species of the Huns, whose surname was Ashina.But later this Huns tribe was occupied by a neighboring country, and all members of the tribe were killed, except for a 10-year-old boy. The soldiers couldn't bear to kill him, so they cut off his feet. Just leave the little boy in the grass and bushes.Fortunately, out of pity, a female wolf fed the boy with meat, so that the boy grew up.Afterwards, the boy had sex with the she-wolf, and the she-wolf conceived a son.The king of the neighboring country heard that the little boy was still alive, so he sent someone to kill him again.When the killer came and saw the wolf beside him, he wanted to kill the wolf as well.But the wolf escaped and came to Beishan in Gaochang.There was a cave overgrown with grass on the mountain, so the wolf gave birth to 10 boys in the cave.When they grew up, they married wives and started families outside, and their offspring each had a surname, and Ashina was one of them.

According to the second legend, the ancestors of the Turkic people were originally in Suo State, north of the Xiongnu. The tribal leader was named A Tanbu and had 17 brothers. One of the brothers was Xzhi·Nishidu, who was born to a female wolf.Ah Dianbu and others were ignorant by nature, so the tribe fell into decline.And clay masters can call wind and rain because they feel special aura.

He married two wives, the daughters of the god of summer and the god of winter.There was a wife who gave birth to four boys. The eldest son cared about the sufferings of his fellow tribesmen and gave him a lot of money. He was regarded as the monarch by everyone, and the country was named "Turk".

Although the contents of the above two legends are different, they both believe that the wolf is the ancestor of the Turkic people.In fact, in the legends of some ancient nations, wolves are also described as kind animals that are enthusiastic about raising human children, and there are even records of worshiping them as their ancestors.So, why did the Turks worship the wolf as a totem?The answer to this question is probably known only to the Turkic ancestors.

Semitic totem

The Semites, also known as the Semites, are nomadic peoples that originated in the Arabian Peninsula.In the Semitic culture of the Middle East, tree decorations are more common and are the oldest and most extensive theme, and the sacred tree of the Semitic has endless mysteries... In the ancient Semitic culture, the pattern of the tree More widely used in symbolism than any other people in the world, trees are an ancient element that never fades in Semitic culture.

Among the ancient Semitic people, most of the tree patterns were not only used for exterior decoration, but also preserved as symbols representing certain serious religious symbolic meanings.People have a sense of awe for many trees, and some trees have even become objects of worship.Therefore, this kind of tree has been called "sacred tree" for a long time.

We can see patterns of sacred trees everywhere.On Assyrian inscriptions, you can often see a winged deity facing a sacred tree, holding a basket in one hand and a cone, a date palm, in the other.The date palm is native to the Middle East and North Africa, and Mesopotamia is rich in date palms.Date palms can be used to make bread, wine and honey, and date palms are closely related to the lives of residents.The Hebrews once used the date palm tree to symbolize a gentleman. The Old Testament Psalms said: "A gentleman should be as luxuriant as a date palm tree and as vigorous as a Lebanese cedar. They are planted in the palace of God and grow in the garden of God. Even in old age, it is still full of vitality and evergreen.”

Although the soil in which the date palm is rooted is often very poor, and the surrounding climate is hot and dry, it grows very lush and still lush.The date palm is beautiful in appearance and its foliage becomes a symbol of joy and revelry.Its trunk is tall and straight, and continues to grow taller until the end of its life.For its heavy fruiting, the date palm is not as susceptible to the heavy rains in winter and the scorching sun in summer as other trees.

In addition, its best fruit is formed at the end of its life, and the best date palms are often collected after the tree reaches 100 years of age.The date palm is also a savior for the thirsty, and the date palm has been described as "a friendly beacon that guides travelers to water."It may be related to many characteristics of the date palm itself, so people use the date palm to symbolize a gentleman.

Furthermore, the motif of the date palm was used in many places in the architectural decoration of Solomon's Temple.

Relevant chapters in "Old Testament [-] Kings" mention that the walls of the inner and outer halls of Solomon's Temple are decorated with patterns of date palms.These date palm patterns are not only decorations, but also a symbol of good health and longevity for those who are honest and gentlemen, and it is a compliment for their frequent good deeds.

The olive tree is one of the oldest fruit trees known to man.According to legend, its origin is Asia Minor.

It has been cultivated in the Near East and the Mediterranean since the Neolithic period, and has been a staple agricultural product and commodity in Crete since hundreds of years before BC.Later, the olive tree gradually spread from Crete to Greece, Rome, Gaul, Spain and other places.The olive tree symbolizes victory and hope, and the prizes of the ancient Olympic Games were wreaths made of olive branches.The olive tree has strong vitality and can adapt to various living environments, symbolizing the tenacious fighting spirit.The olive tree is a symbol of strength and life, representing forever.For the Hebrews, the olive tree was also a symbol of beauty and strength.

According to Greek mythology, the city of Athens has not yet been named after its completion. Both Athena and Poseidon wanted to name it after themselves, so they had a dispute.The gods made a decision: Whoever gives the best gift to mankind will be awarded the honor of naming.Athena struck the ground with her spear and olive trees grew, and Poseidon struck the shore with her trident to make it grow horses.Later, the gods judged Athena as the winner. The reason for winning was that the olive as a symbol of peace was obviously more beneficial to mankind than the horse symbolizing war, so the city was named "Athens" from then on.

The reason why olives symbolize peace can be explained in the Bible.In the Bible, olives are also a sign of safe travel.Noah and all kinds of animals escaped the flood on the ark. After nine months, when the flood gradually receded, Noah sent a dove to inquire about the water situation.The dove returned with a freshly plucked olive branch in its beak.This shows that God's wrath has been abated, the water has run out, and the people are safe.Later, in the war between barbarian tribes, if the loser asked for peace, he had to pay an olive branch to the winner as a sign of peace.

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