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• Drogo’s Story

  

  Lajuma is a beautiful, serene and peaceful place. We have an incredibly diverse array of species living here, being protected here. At night we hear leopards... Read more

  The 20 February 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• The Genes That Make You, You

  

  Some segments of the genome are crucial to survival and so any changes to these regions, even small ones, can prove fatal. These means that these sequences don’... Read more

  The 19 February 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Busy at Lajuma

  

  From 12th February through 3rd March Lajuma will be hosting a film crew from Triosphere as well as professional wildlife trapper and television host Dairen... Read more

  The 13 February 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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• Why Did the Neanderthals Go Extinct?

  

  This post will be appearing on the Advanced Apes shortly. You get a peak ahead of time, because I love you The Neanderthals were our closest relatives who... Read more

  The 12 February 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Mass

  

  Since the putative discovery of the Higgs boson this past summer, I have heard and read multiple attempts at explaining what exactly this discovery  means. Read more

  The 11 February 2013 by   Ccc1685
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• The Social Brain Hypothesis and Crows

  

  The social brain hypothesis posits that one of the reasons large brains developed is to allow us to live well in large social groups. With a large brain we coul... Read more

  The 07 February 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Why Our Brains Are Big

  

  This post first appeared at The Advance Apes on 1/31/13 One of the most important traits we’ve developed over the course of human evolution is our... Read more

  The 05 February 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Wildlife Forensic Science Versus Poachers

  

  There was a time when the killing of endangered animals was fairly easy to cover. Elephants were slaughtered in great numbers for their tusks, bears for their... Read more

  The 03 February 2013 by   Dplylemd
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• Most Bizarre Looking Sharks On Earth

  

  image credit: Citron cc The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago. Since that time, they have diversified into over 470 species. And... Read more

  The 03 February 2013 by   Gerard
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• The Evolution of Cooperation – Three Theories Or One (or None)?

  

  Ever since Darwin, evolutionary biologists have thought and written (and argued about) the evolution of cooperation. In the 20th century, at least three... Read more

  The 01 February 2013 by   Allen_macneill
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