Brown Motion

While Latin is not my forte I got to thinking if the origin of certain words had to do with the date in history when Julius Caesar was a victim of Homicide. This month - specifically around the Ides  (perhaps it happens each month - just that I happen to have time to watch the idiot box) I noticed we have quite a collection of and conversations about - Homicides  - someone murders someone else Suicides - someone murders themselves Infanticides - someone kills an infant Genocides - large group killings While I think these phrases are used by the media to sensationalize stories I think our human brain has still not evolved beyond basic hunting and gathering across the board or globe. The human brain weighs in at less than 2% of total body weight but is capable of doing amazing things.  Murdering others included. The size of the human brain in contrast to a chimp's which weighs five times more seems to be adapted to doing things smarter, what with ANOT...