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Modern human brain originated in Africa around 1.7 million years ago

... 1.7 million years ago in African Homo populations, Zollikofer says... just as primitive as their African relatives. It follows, therefore, ......
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Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

... before the formation of modern day non African populations. Materials provided by......
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Scientists scour genes of 53,000+ people to better battle dangerous diseases

... the groups studied, people of African descent had the greatest... ever produced on people of African ancestry, the scientists report......
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Experimental therapy for parasitic heart disease may also help stop COVID-19

... lines tested were derived from African green monkey kidney epithelium, ......
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African elephants range is just 17% of what it could be

... news for the future of African elephants. While about 18... elephants, the actual range of African elephants has shrunk to... s long been clear that African elephant populations and...
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Female monkeys use males as hired guns for defense against predators

... Leopards, top predators of the African savannah, are known to......
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Skull of dinosaur called one who causes fear found in Patagonia

... slightly lighter than an adult African elephant. It was probably......
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Climate change: China absent from key UK meeting

... A report published recently by African finance ministers indicated that......
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Exposure to flame retardants early in pregnancy linked to premature birth

... and only examined white and African American mothers. The new study, ......
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Geoengineering The Climate Just Became More Of A Real Possibility In The U.S.

... the drought parched Sahel, the semi arid African region that includes Algeria, ......
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Arctic was once lush and green, could be again

... hippos, and antelopes roamed the African savannah, a group of......
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Chemical signal in plants reduces growth processes in favor of defense

... fed to caterpillars of the African cotton leafworm, a generalist......
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Chimpanzees without borders

Researchers from the Pan African Programme The Cultured Chimpanzee... most recent maximal expansion of African forests. So although chimpanzees......
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Animal aggression depends on rank within social hierarchies

... For example, one group of African elephants behave according to......
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Prehistoric killing machine exposed

... premammalian reptile that roamed the African continent 265 to 260......
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Animals fake death for long periods to escape predators

... Leopards, top predators of the African savannah, are known to......
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Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest

... of endangered species, such as African wild dogs. Other authors......
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sickle cell disease: Addressing a complex world of pain in a single gene difference

... 20 million people, mostly of African ancestry, worldwide. Sickle cell... countries in Africa and the African Diaspora Cameroon, Jamaica, ......
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Is odor the secret to bats sex appeal?

... least four new species of African leaf nosed bats cousins......
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Unprotected African health workers die as rich countries buy up COVID-19 vaccines

... oxygen are scarce throughout the African continent, for instance. But... To secure more vaccine sooner, African countries have formed a... 35 of the population in African countries before the...