Uncomfortable Questions to Science by Professor Burovsky

"Is there life on Mars, is there no life on Mars - science does not know, science is not aware of the matter yet," said a slightly tipsy lecturer in the film "Carnival Night." In fact, science is certainly aware of many things and events, it reveals and systematizes objective knowledge about reality. However, there are phenomena that modern science prefers to avoid since they do not fit into well-established dogmas and concepts that have lasted for decades.
How are perceptions of primitive people formed? What does the theory of evolution say? Is it beneficial to have a large brain? To what extent does intelligence depend on brain volume? Can a monkey be taught to speak? What funeral rituals do elephants have? Does the leshy really exist? Is it possible to photograph a fairy? Why were colleagues not fond of Thor Heyerdahl? What did Arthur Conan Doyle believe in and what did Dmitry Mendeleev hate? Were dinosaurs intelligent? Where did the hominids go? Where do hobbits live?
The author explains in detail, with humor and evidence, the theory of evolution, the origin of man, and what is affirmed and denied by modern science.