Word: distinctives
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...J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the fictional “hobbit” character to the world. Today, Professor of Anthropology Daniel E. Lieberman ’86 and an international team of more than 25 researchers are investigating the existence of a new hobbit-like species that is distinct from present-day humans. Lieberman said that the remains of at least nine individuals with the features of a tiny human have been excavated on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. The first of these hobbit fossils was uncovered in October 2004. More recently, an anthropology professor at the University...
...games on the year for an outstanding goals against average of .416. Playing such a difficult schedule, it’s obvious that the Crimson is doing something very right on the defensive side of the ball. Defensive success for the Harvard women can be attributed to three distinct factors: coaching, athleticism, and communication. The 2005 season brought Stephanie Erickson to the helm of the Harvard women’s soccer team. Erickson, an assistant under former coach Tim Wheaton, has brought an important new philosophy to the team—defense is an 11-woman endeavor...
...wait before you can accept someone who friended you? How well do you have to know a person before you can friend them? Is poking always flirting? And how often can you remain on the updated profile list without looking like a complete tool? Of course, there is the distinct possibility that facebook.com is simply a mechanism for finding true love. Last year, a well-known Harvard grad was rumored to have met his current wife through the site. My own friend once sent (on a particularly lonely night) 100 facebook messages to unknown girls, received responses from...
...authoritarian state, China has a distinct advantage. The central government not only controls the space program, it also controls the media, which plays up the supposed benefits of space exploration while concealing the size of the tab for this grand adventure. But to Beijing, the prize is worth the price: symbolically, a victory in space would be a rousing validation of its increasingly credible claim to be Asia's true economic and technological power, a status Japan has boasted for most of the last century and is loath to cede. The issue now, as China prepares to increase its advantage...
...whether at 60 or some other milestone. I meet researchers, physicians and others who believe that we are born, grow rapidly to maturity, and then coast along on a more or less comfortable plateau until we begin to decline. They call the period of decline senescence and consider it distinct and apart from what came before...