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Ancient humans were mixing it upTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 07, 2011 It is now widely accepted that the species Homo sapiens originated in Africa and eventually spread throughout the world. But did those early humans interbreed with more ancestral forms of the genus Homo, for example Homo erectus, the "upright walking man," Homo habilis, - the "tool-using man" or Homo neanderthalensis, the first artists of cave-painting fame? Direct studies of ancient DNA from Neanderthal bones suggest interbreeding did occur after anatomically modern humans had migrated from their ... read more |
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  Scripps Research scientists produce first stem cells from endangered species Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve re ... more | .. |
  Poor outlook for water quality in Germany Good quality status of water bodies required in EU by 2015 unlikely to be attained, reveals study The good chemical and ecological status of water bodies as defined by the EU Water Framework D ... more | .. |
  Thousands stranded after 42 die in Japan typhoon Thousands of people remained stranded in western Japan Tuesday as the death toll from a fierce typhoon rose to 42, heaping more misery on a nation recovering from the March earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
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 Three dead as 6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia Three people were killed Tuesday when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Algiers conference to tackle Africa desertification Regional cooperation to improve the fight against creeping desertification of the African continent is at the centre of a conference that is to open here Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Japan's ex-PM Kan feared 'uninhabitable Tokyo': report Japan's former premier Naoto Kan feared Tokyo would be rendered uninhabitable by the Fukushima nuclear crisis, he said in an interview published Tuesday in which he recalled the "spine-chilling" thought. ... more | .. |
 Pacific shows climate change a reality: UN chief UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that visiting Pacific nations threatened by rising seas had reinforced his belief that climate change was real and posed a genuine threat to humanity. ... more |
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UK nuclear site could leak until 2050s, MPs warn
ABC Solar Marks 25 Years With Grand Opening at AltaSea
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  Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) aerial photography survey of 38,000 wildfire-burned acres in Idaho provided what is believed to be the first evidence that the invasive leafy spurge weed is d ... more | .. |
 Australia, EU consider link on carbon Aspects of Australia's carbon pricing system could be merged with Europe's emissions trading scheme if negotiations between Australia and the European Union prove successful. ... more | .. |
  Novel method for increasing antibiotic yields A novel way of increasing the amounts of antibiotics produced by bacteria has been discovered that could markedly improve the yields of these important compounds in commercial production. It could a ... more | .. |
  Fast, cheap, and accurate: Detecting CO2 with a fluorescent twist Detecting specific gases in the air is possible using a number of different existing technologies, but typically all of these suffer from one or more drawbacks including high energy cost, large size ... more |
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 Scientists make turfgrass safer for animals, deadly for insects The right combination of compounds produced by a beneficial fungus could lead to grasses that require fewer pesticides and are safer for wildlife and grazing animals, according to Purdue University ... more | .. |
 Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer A bacterial strain that specifically targets tumours could soon be used as a vehicle to deliver drugs in frontline cancer therapy. The strain is expected to be tested in cancer patients in 2013 says ... more | .. |
  Circadian clocks in a blind fish Do animals that have evolved for millions of years underground, completely isolated from the day-night cycle, still "know" what time it is? Does a normal circadian clock persist during evolution und ... more | .. |
  Munitions blast kills two children in Darfur: UN Two children were killed and three others seriously wounded in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region when unexploded munitions they were playing with blew up, peacekeepers said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Attacking Iran, Israel brazenly defies 'man of peace' Trump
Rubio warns Iran against targeting US over Israeli strikes
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 EU court backs angry honeymaker in GM pollen row The presence of pollen from GM maize in honey, even in minuscule quantities, renders farm produce commercially void in the European Union, the bloc's top court said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Chinese children suffocate on school buses: Xinhua Authorities in a southern Chinese province have ordered schools to take more care after two children died when they were left on hot school buses during the summer, Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Malnutrition taking its toll on Somali children Nearly too weak to cry, Masteha Jama Mohamed's three-month-old daughter is barely the length of her forearm, as the severely malnourished baby struggles for survival in famine-hit Somalia. ... more | .. |
 Philippines catches 'largest crocodile on record' A monster 21-foot (6.4-metre) saltwater crocodile, believed to be the biggest ever captured, has been trapped in the southern Philippines after a spate of fatal attacks, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Sharks saved from soupy fate set free at sea Saved from the soup bowl at a Thai restaurant, the baby shark wriggled out of the bag and into the open sea - a rare survivor of a trade that kills millions of the predators each year. ... more | .. |
 Chinese haute cuisine comes to Paris The opening this week of Shang Palace restaurant will at long last answer an unresolved question: Is Paris ready for truly gourmet Chinese cuisine and the prices that come with it? ... more | .. |
 Katia weakens to category three hurricane: NHC Katia weakened to a category three hurricane early Tuesday as it churned far off in the Atlantic but continued to heave storm swells against the US east coast, the National Hurricane Center said. ... more | .. |
 Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs With citizens' groups seeking government regulation of foul-smelling ammonia emissions from large dairy farms, scientists have reported that adding natural plant extracts to cow feed can reduce leve ... more |
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NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops
Unexpected Dust Patterns Found on Uranus Moons Confound Scientists
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 Manipulating plants circadian clock may make all-season crops possible Yale University researchers have identified a key genetic gear that keeps the circadian clock of plants ticking, a finding that could have broad implications for global agriculture. The resear ... more | .. |
 Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland could be a more effective way to conserve wild species than trying to grow crops and conserv ... more | .. |
  Firewood Movement Leading Cause of Oak Infestation A catastrophic infestation of the goldspotted oak borer, which has killed more than 80,000 oak trees in San Diego County in the last decade, might be contained by controlling the movement of oak fir ... more | .. |
 Economic analysis reveals organic farming profitable long-term Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well? The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy Jo ... more |
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 West coast log, lumber exports soar in first half of 2011 A total of 569.2 million board feet of softwood logs and 232.2 million board feet of softwood lumber were exported from the West coast in April, May, and June, according to the U.S. Forest Service's ... more | .. |
 Katia a powerful category 3 hurricane: US officials Hurricane Katia strengthened to a powerful category three hurricane in the Atlantic Monday, but was still too far from any land to pose an immediate risk to life or property, US officials said. ... more | .. |
 Engaging land-use stakeholders is model behavior Taking land-use models out of the lab for a test drive with the people who live the models gives scientists a new way to develop possible future scenarios. James Millington, a former post-doct ... more | .. |
 Forests under threat from exotic earthworm invasion It is widely acknowledged that human beings are largely responsible for the widespread alteration of ecosystems on the planet. A recent study by Dara Seidl and Peter Klepeis of Colgate University in ... more |
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