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Alex Walker is the former co-chair of the Duchess County (New York) Committee Against Racism and the former vice-president of the Northern Duchess County branch of the NAACP...

Author: By Alex Walker, | Title: GUEST COMMENTARY | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

Whether or not it is the intention of these clubs, they seem to put unnecessary pressure on students to identify themselves more and more with a specific branch of the Latin American culture instead of allowing students the opportunity to identify with the Latin American culture as a whole...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: Where Do I Fit In? | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...believed, long before the invention of the advanced stone tools that, according to current textbooks, made the exodus possible. It would also mean that Homo erectus had plenty of time to evolve into two different species, one African and one Asian. Most researchers are convinced that the African branch of the family evolved into modern humans. But what about the Asian branch? Did it die out? Or did it also give rise to Homo sapiens, as the new Chinese evidence suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Man Began | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...next fossil find could even point to an unknown branch of the human family tree, perhaps another dead end or maybe another intermediate ancestor. The only certainty in this data-poor, imagination-rich, endlessly fascinating field is that there are plenty of surprises left to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Man Began | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...south) are the remains of what have come to be known as the Neanderthals, a primitive people who lived from around 200,000 to 27,000 years ago. And while many misconceptions and mysteries about Neanderthals have been resolved, one question remains unanswered: Were the Neanderthals a branch on the evolutionary tree that withered and died while Homo sapiens -- modern human beings -- continued to evolve? Or were they really ancestors of at least some people living today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Neanderthal Mystery | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

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