Using Science to Gauge Sudan’s Humanitarian Nightmare

Village razed in Shattay, Sudan

Seen from a satellite, the modest plot of Sudanese landscape looks nearly barren, but for an irregular pattern of squares and rectangles etched over the lunar surface. An expert’s eye, however, sees something more ominous: stark evidence that dozens of homes have been destroyed, trees felled and walls that once surrounded [...]

Posted on October 26th, 2004 by Monica
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Solving the Mystery of the Much Maligned Neanderthals

Neanderthals - A Breed Apart
For the first time in 5 million years, there is only one human species on Earth, a human evolution specialist noted on 10 October during a public lecture by the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion.
For most of hominid history, our zoological family has included multiple human species roaming [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2002 by Monica
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