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• Why Vaccinate Your Children?

  

  QUESTION: Not immunizing does not expose someone to a disease, only actual exposure to the disease does so. If a vaccine is effective and your children are... Read more

  The 31 March 2013 by   Allen_macneill
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• The Birth of Farming

  

  The advent of farming was a key moment in human history. By intensively exploiting the surrounding land early farmers could gather enough food to stay in one... Read more

  The 26 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Assasins Creed in Your Genes

  

  I’m a big fan of the Assassin’s Creed games, they’re top notch murder simulators. The premise behind them is that the memories of our ancestors are encoded... Read more

  The 29 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Paying for Our Big Brains

  

  This post first appeared on The Advanced Apes earlier today As great as our big brains are they also have a significant downside: they’re expensive. Read more

  The 07 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• When Did Humans Leave Africa?

  

  Fossil evidence indicates that modern humans evolved in Africa around 195,000 years ago (McDougall et al., 2005). Genetic data confirms this, showing that all... Read more

  The 28 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• News from the Hyaena’s Mouth: Part 3

  

  So there is one last exciting tidbit of hyaena related news…On March 7th we caught and collared a second brown hyaena, a male called Chomma. Chomma means... Read more

  The 14 March 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• News From the Hyaena’s Mouth: PART 2

  

  Hi again. If you read the blog post News From the Hyaena’s Mouth: PART 1 then you should have an idea about the aims of the brown hyaena research at Lajuma.... Read more

  The 02 March 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• When Did We Become Good at Running

  

  The story of human evolution is that of a tree-dwelling ape spending more time on the ground. This change in lifestyle presented us with new opportunities and... Read more

  The 14 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• How Smart Were Our Ancestors Who First Used Fire?

  

  The discovery of fire was a key moment in the human prehistory. With fire our ancestors would’ve been able to cook food, making digestion more efficient. The... Read more

  The 19 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Are Australopiths Our Ancestors?

  

  Today’s question allows me to win the award for “starting the most words in a title with a vowel.” It comes from Jose who asked (a while ago, I’m a bit... Read more

  The 20 March 2013 by   Reprieve
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