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...those days, he says. Algeria had a humid tropical climate like modern Central Africa. The dry hillside where the bones were hidden was a lake shore then, swarming with large and dangerous animals. Among them slunk the weak humanoids, armed with the first of the weapons that man had created. Perhaps they killed a few of the animals. Perhaps, like hyenas, they scavenged the kills of the powerful carnivora, using their fist-axes to crack the bones for the marrow inside...
...width away, Johannesburg Correspondent Alexander Campbell found a somewhat less enthusiastic welcome. After gathering most of the on-the-spot research for the cover story on Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (TIME, Feb. 9), he wrote us a long letter, describing his troubles with travel, the humid heat, and getting meals and hotel accommodations in the West African country...
Debunking the importance of climate, the authors say: "Some of the highest tuberculosis mortality rates are observed among the Eskimos in the frozen North, the Bantu Negroes in dry, sunny Africa, the Hindus in tropical humid India, the whites in the island of Cyprus or in Latin America. By contrast, very low mortality rates are observed among special groups of the same races living under these very same climates."-The final answer to the menace of tuberculosis must go far beyond treatment of current cases, say Dubos & wife. It is a way of life: "Cleanliness of body and habits...
Local skiing enthusiasts are not the only ones who hope for a long, hard winter; Merrill wants to see if the Metasequoia can stand a Northern habitat. Ideally the Metasequeia grows best in humid regions--Chapel Hill. North Carolina, now holds the record for height here with a 12 and a half foot specimen Shropshire, England, beasts the largest plantation with 2,000 trees...
Weatherman. Since the first rickety air conditioners were put on the market* just 20 years ago, great strides have been made. Noise has been virtually eliminated, and the late models can serve up any kind of indoor weather desired-dry, humid, warm or cold. General Electric engineers are trying to bring a still more revolutionary device, the "heat pump," whose workings have long been known to science, down to a popular price. G.E.'s heat pump is little bigger than a large refrigerator; at present, it still costs more than $3,000 installed. Driven by electricity, using no fuel...