Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Fossil lamprey larvae from South Africa overturn assumptions about vertebrate origins

By Robert W. Gess, Palaeontologist, Albany Museum (supported by the Millennium Trust and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, the NRF and the NSCF), Rhodes University

Since the 19th century, biologists have treated the larvae of lampreys as a relic of evolutionary ancestry that could potentially give clues about vertebrate origins. Now fossils overturn that view.

Read complete article

~	East and Southern Africa: Journalists targeted amid ongoing crackdown on media

~	Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day. The world should be paying attention

~	How effective are domestic violence advertising campaigns for preventing violence against women?

~	Access to documents about Australia’s political history is fraught and inadequate. It needs to change

~	Holy moly! Scott Morrison has plans for your (and his) own good

~	Asia: 2024 Human Rights Press Awards

~	Recognizing Journalists Living in Exile

~	What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want — and how their demands on divestment fit into the BDS movement

~	Nepal's Opportunity to Protect Children in New Budget

~	Tajikistan: Forcibly Disappeared Opponent Allegedly Tortured