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- Tackling New Tech in the Golden Years
- ‘Crazy Ants’ Spreading in the Southeastern US
- Tracking Killer Tornadoes
- Studies Question Potential Alzheimer's Treatment
- Reinventing Farming for a Changing Climate
- Resetting the Theory of Time
- The Myth of Multitasking
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- Insects May Be the Taste of the Next Generation, Report Says
Mar. 14, 2008
A New Species, or Just Small Humans?
The discovery of unusual skeletal remains on the islands of Palau suggests that the so-called 'hobbits' found several years ago in Indonesia may have been dwarf humans, not a separate species.
Apr. 06, 2012
How Homo sapiens Became Masters of the Planet
Paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall discusses our human origins in Masters of the Planet.
Apr. 15, 2011
Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past--And Future
Leakey talks about the origins of Homo sapiens, and their uncertain future.
Mar. 26, 2010
A New Human Relative, From a DNA Sample?
Genetic analysis of DNA from a single prehistoric finger bone may point to a new branch of the human family tree.
May. 08, 2009
The Hobbit Debate
Are the 'hobbit bones' found in an Indonesian cave from a different species, or from modern humans suffering from bone deformations?
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