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msn.com     Aug 12, 2008          

ABOUT COSMIC LOG Quantum fluctuations in space, science, exploration and other cosmic fields... served up regularly by MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle since 2002. Alan Boyle covers the physical sciences, anthropology,...                    

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Forensic experts at "Body Farm" test trunk air samples

freerepublic.com     Aug 12, 2008          

KNOXVILLE, TN (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- DNA samples taken from Casey Anthony's car are still undergoing analysis, but FOX 35 can confirm that forensic anthropologists from the University of Tennessee have now been called in to...                    

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Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

edgenewyork.com     Aug 12, 2008   6 related          

At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms...                    

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Tools to Catch Online Predators Focus of USF Workshop This Week

usf.edu     Aug 11, 2008   3 related          

TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 11, 2008) – Forensic imaging techniques are helping to fight online sexual predation and this week, the University of South Florida Department of Anthropology and the National Center for Missing and...                    

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454 Sequencing System Used To Determine The Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome,...

medicalnewstoday.com     Aug 11, 2008   3 related          

Researchers led by the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have published the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence. The mitochondrial genome was generated using the 454...                    

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How Kissing Works

howstuffworks.com     Aug 11, 2008          

Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this How Stuff Works article: Wilson, Tracy V. "How Kissing Works." Yet anthropologists report that 90 percent of the people in the world kiss. Most people look forward to...                    

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The Mark of Man: Midgley, MacIntyre, and von Hildebrand on the Distinctively Human (Part 1)

vox-nova.com     Aug 11, 2008          

Human beings are animals—but is it true? Are human beings really animals, grouped within a specific genus and delineated as a particular species? If we accept the commonly held distinction between “inanimate” and “animate”...                    

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（转）50个句子记完7000单词

cersp.com     Aug 11, 2008          

Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet i...                    

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Mapping the Future: Academia and Community [Academia]

kotaku.com     Aug 10, 2008          

I've really been enjoying GameSetWatch's series called 'The Game Anthropologist,' which (among other things) looks at various gaming communities — this week is a look at one of my favorite blogs, Michael Abbott's The Brainy...                    

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ILLINOIS STYLE: Archaeology at New Philadelphia

jg-tc.com     Aug 10, 2008          

By DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR BARRY, Ill. - Katie Hardcastle held up a soil-encrusted tooth for inspection. I think horse," said Hardcastle, an anthropology major at Grand Valley State University. "Cow," said Terry Martin, curator of...                    

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