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Saving dying Philippine languages, 5

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO THERE IS a biological basis for multilingualism. The human brain is hardwired to learn multiple languages, and this is evidenced...

Saving dying Philippine languages, 4

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO WE HAVE to acknowledge that the makers of a Constitution are human and humans have made and could make mistakes,...

Saving dying Philippine languages, 3

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO 1987 Constitution The 1987 Philippine Constitution does not mandate for the development and adoption of a common national language based on…“one...

Saving dying Philippine languages, 2

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO ART. XIV SEC.6. The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched...

Saving dying Philippine languages, 1

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO THE MOTHER Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) is officially dead. Republic Act No. 12027, which has recently lapsed into law, has discontinued...

SURPRISES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS, 8: Big double mammal brains trumped the...

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO (Part 5) HOMO erectus lived from almost two million to around 30,000 years ago (a point in time when Homo sapiens...

SURPRISES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS, 8: Big double mammal brains trumped the...

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO (Part 4) AMONG mammals, humans and oceanic dolphins have the largest brain to body mass ratio. There are numerous theories on why...

SURPRISES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS, 8: Big double mammal brains trumped the...

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO (Part 3) THE GREATEST mass extinction in the planet’s history occurred around 252 million years ago, at the junction of the...

SURPRISES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS, 8: Big double mammal brains trumped the...

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO (Part 2) GOING back to the question why did dinosaurs never evolve to be as intelligent as mammals? In my opinion it...

SURPRISES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS, 8; Big double mammal brains trumped the...

BY DR. JOSE PALU-AY DACUDAO (Part 1) WHAT is the main reason why mammals took over most of the medium-to-large terrestrial animal niches over dinosaurs (which...