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...Roosmalen, 53, nearly squeaked back, with amazement. An expert primatologist, he was staring at an unknown genus of pygmy marmoset. It was a remarkable discovery; the last time any scientist had identified a new primate genus was in the late 19th century. Trouble was, the Indian knew only that the marmoset had been trapped somewhere near the Madeira River, a 2,000-mile stretch of water flowing into the Amazon from the Bolivian Andes. This clue propelled Van Roosmalen on an epic, nine-month odyssey in which he found far more than the elusive marmosets...
...Sugi (genus: ganeshananthan), somewhat blurry. Sugi acts as Assistant Night Editor (ANE) for news on Tuesday nights, which are FM's production nights. She takes this very seriously. FM likes to try to keep the daily from coming out on Wednesday by using more than one computer at once. Luckily, Sugi huffs and puffs and manages to prevent this from happening...
...neither hate nor fear gays but would feel uncomfortable living with a gay student nonetheless. And some are probably devout Christians whose faith grounds their opposition to homosexuality, promiscuity, and the like. But the council bills, which fairly represent recent campus dialogue on this issue, classify all under the genus "homophobia," in effect equating Christians to bigots...
...COMMENT] May be an early form of H. habilis; if a distinct species, it's the earliest known member of our genus...
Just as australopithecus afarensis eventually gave rise to the genus Homo, so one species came to stand out among the Homo line and eventually led to modern humans. The fossil record is far too spotty to say how Homo habilis (handy man) and other members of its genus--H. rudolfensis, H. ergaster and H. erectus--were related, to what extent they overlapped or even whether they all represent distinct species. Many scientists believe, though, that it was H. erectus that was the ultimate victor, the direct ancestor of our own species...