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• Tadpole Plasticity Triggered by Dragonfly Nymph Predation (video)

  

  Professor Rick Relyea from the University of Pittsburgh gave a fascinating seminar today: "Phenotypic Plasticity: Stress-Induced Changes in Behavior, Morphology... Read more

  The 18 April 2014 by   Bjornostman
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• Most Complete Paranthropus Boisei Skeleton Found

  

  The Paranthropines were a bizarre offshoot of the human family that lived from 2.7 – 1.3 million years ago. They were our cousins, who lived alongside... Read more

  The 17 April 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Returning to Lajuma

  

  On returning to Lajuma I was looking forward to seeing all the local primates again, including the humans. I got a lovely welcome from Sam, Katy and all the... Read more

  The 28 April 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• The Curious Case of the People Who Forgot How to Fish

  

  Tasmania 14,000 years ago; when it was still connected to the Mainland. The dots are sites we know people lived in from this periodAround 30,000 years ago a... Read more

  The 15 April 2014 by   Reprieve
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• EASTER SUNDAY LAJUMA Style

  

  Yesterday was Easter Sunday and although the Primate and Predator Project research assistants and staff were able to have a short break for brunch together, we... Read more

  The 21 April 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• Why Do Chimps Hunt?

  

  A Savannah chimp eating a bush baby she caught with a spearChimps are the only species of great ape (except for us) that hunts and kills mammals. Sometimes... Read more

  The 13 April 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Camera Trapping for the Ever Elusive Brown Hyaena

  

  My PhD on brown hyaenas has been an adventure so far. Recently I embarked on a new and exciting but, challenging facet of my fieldwork; camera trapping for brow... Read more

  The 09 April 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• Camera Shy??

  

  In August last year two of our Research Assistants went to check camera traps towards the western end of the Soutpansberg Mountains. The brought back bad news;... Read more

  The 14 April 2014 by   Iratemonkey
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• The Oldest Case of Cancer in Humans

  

  1.5 million years ago our ancestors were walking upright, hunting large game and creating fancy stone handaxes. They had a brain half the size we do today; and... Read more

  The 11 April 2014 by   Reprieve
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• Nature Communications Faux Pas

  

  This article in Nature Communications has this figure showing the phylogenetic relationship between "contemporary human populations and Neanderthals": Basically... Read more

  The 26 April 2014 by   Bjornostman
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