Biology Magazine

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• It Was Supposed to Be So Easy

  

  When I think about Chomma and Betton, the two hyaenas we collared almost two months ago, a song by the Streets called ‘It was supposed to be so easy’ comes to... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• The Remarkable Biodiversity Of Belly Buttons

  

  from NPRScientists at the Belly Button Biodiversity Project wanted to engage the public. They started to culture the bacteria in people’s navels as a way to... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Earth First! Newswire
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• The Neanderthal with a Chin: a Human Hybrid?

  

  Humans may have been evolving for millions of years, but some of our traits only developed recently. I’m always fascinated by these modern traits, they’re... Read more

  The 04 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• PILTDOWN MAN: 100 Year Old Fossil Hoax, Natural History Museum, London

  

  Piltdown Fossils on display at the Natural History Museum, LondonA little over 100 years ago, in December 1912, the British Museum announced the discovery of... Read more

  The 01 April 2013 by   Carolinearnoldtravel
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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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• Leonardo Da Vinci Was Right All Along

  

  image credit He has long been praised as one of the finest artists of the Renaissance, working far ahead of his time and producing some of the world's most... Read more

  The 13 March 2013 by   Gerard
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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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• US Doctors Cure Child Born With HIV

  

  image credit It's a potential game changer in the fight against HIV, and doctors say it happened almost by accident. A baby with the virus that causes AIDS was... Read more

  The 05 March 2013 by   Gerard
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• Anakin

  

  On Tuesday February 12th we began a three week trapping period to target leopards, brown hyaenas, baboons, samango monkeys and a vervet monkey for collaring or... Read more

  The 22 February 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• Could Neanderthals Throw #2

  

  Neanderthals were very similar to us; even being so close genetically that we were able to interbreed. But it’s their differences that are fascinating because... Read more

  The 21 February 2013 by   Reprieve
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