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While all the answers won't be in for some time, experts have identified several key transitions in our evolutionary chronicle. The first, which happened around the time we diverged from the apes, between 6 million and 4 million years ago, was the development of bipedalism--two-legged walking rather...
Thus life hobbles on in a still bleeding, often broken country in which every moral certainty was exiled long ago, and a visitor finds himself lost in a lightless labyrinth of sorts, in which every path leads to a cul-de-sac. On paper at least, this is a time...
On the surface, that business is healthy: the pollack catch has stayed near record levels. But signs of overfishing and an ailing ecosystem can be seen higher up in the food chain. The fur-seal population has not increased despite a longstanding ban on commercial hunting. The number of Steller...
COMPANION ANIMALS Americans own 112 million pet cats and dogs, and most consider Fluffy and Spot members of the family. Ninety-two percent of American pet owners display pictures of their pets at home or at work. Fifty-three percent believe their animals would risk their life to save their...
Your article forecasting genetically engineered, four-legged chickens [GENETICS, May 10] reminded me of the story about a farmer who accomplished the feat through selective breeding. When asked how the four-leggers tasted, he was forced to reply, "Don't know. Haven't caught one yet." JOHN CAUGHRON Center Point...