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...volcanic ash containing potassium and argon, as these can be precisely dated by tests involving radioactive decay. Unfortunately, the geology at Toros-Menalla did not cooperate. But the scientists found something nearly as good. The site was replete with fossils from all sorts of other primitive animals, including fish, crocodiles, rodents, elephants, giraffes, aardvarks and more--42 types in all. Many were identical to specimens that have been radiometrically dated with great precision elsewhere. As a result, a team led by Vignaud confidently pinpointed the skull's age at between 6 million and 7 million years, probably much closer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father of Us All? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...Spectacles Bridge-so named because at sunset the waterborne reflection of the bridge's double arches creates the illusion that the river's orange and white carp are swimming within the frames of a pair of eyeglasses. I climb down to the bank for a better look and the fish crowd greedily around me, nudging their large snouts out of the water. "Feed them," a long-haired, young woman says to me, passing me a fistful of cracker crumbs. "It's good luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Japan Chooses to Kick Back | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...slouching teenagers wearing baggy, white socks and sporting dyed red hair. The mall is peppered with 100-yen stores, the Japanese equivalent of the dollar store, where you can buy necessities like Hello Kitty bandages and chopstick sets. In the alleys alongside the central esplanade, old women sell fresh fish using floral umbrellas to shield their catches from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Japan Chooses to Kick Back | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...least in rats; that vegetarian seniors have a lower death rate and use less medication than meat-eating seniors; that vegetarians have a healthier total intake of fats and cholesterol but a less healthy intake of fatty acids (such as the heart-protecting omega-3 fatty acids found in fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should We All Be Vegetarians? | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...side of the Red Limit Line. So after paying for crews and equipment, most boat owners will lose money. The entire island depends on blue crab, so everybody is hurting, according to Choi, who is vice president of the local fishermen's association. Until 1968, Seoul allowed them to fish right up to the edge of North Korean territorial waters. The regulations were changed after North Korea kept detaining and in some cases kidnapping fishermen, more than 130 in 1969 alone. That's more politics, says Choi. Their fathers fished the Golden Sea and he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guns and Crustaceans | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

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