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Although the Chad fossil find is indeed important, as a paleontologist I can assure you I am not scrambling to digest its implications. The traits that Toumai exhibits are what may be expected in a 7 million-year-old ape inhabiting woodlands whose origin predates the human-African ape divergence. The fossil record is far too complete for any one single ape fossil to jar the expectations of any serious paleontologist. ESTEBAN E. SARMIENTO Department of Vertebrate Biology American Museum of Natural History New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 12, 2002 | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...microbes at geothermal and hydrothermal vents, in acidic soils and alkaline springs, in marine sediments, at industrial sites and all over Antarctica, among other places. "Eventually," says Diversa CEO Jay Short, "we want to sample every portion of the globe." Any profits will be shared with the country of origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Bugs Can Do For You | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...effort to dismantle his global network is yielding some returns. Last week Saudi officials announced the arrest of 13 al-Qaeda operatives believed to be planning attacks on U.S. military installations. American officials acknowledged that Syria has detained Mohammed Heidar Zammar, a German national of Syrian origin believed to be a recruiter for the Hamburg cell that produced Mohamed Atta (see box). But the arrests of low-level operatives won't necessarily lead the U.S. closer to bin Laden. Some counterterrorism officials believe that al-Qaeda has no middle management, which helps ensure that vital information does not flow beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Osama Bin Laden: DEAD OR ALIVE? | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...scholarship has focused on understanding what is at the origin of all mass slaughters...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer School Teacher Authors Genocide Trial Process | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

GERMANY German intelligence agents say Mohamed Heidar Zammar is an important player in the Sept. 11 plot. But on June 12 the Germans said they had lost track of Zammar, a German citizen of Syrian origin, after letting him travel to Morocco last October. They claim he is in U.S. custody and have asked the U.S. for his whereabouts. The State Department has not replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Wins Than Losses | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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