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Subcontractor Maurer & Sforza, Inc. claims that Harvard and Shawmut Design and Construction, the general contractors hired by the University, did not abide by the conditions of the subcontract, according to a statement issued by Maurer & Sforza's lawyers...
Shawmut hired Maurer & Sforza in May 1995 to do work on the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in the Strauss Conservation Center of the Fogg Museum, according to Shawmut's lawyers...
...that Cavalli-Sforza's mammoth study is finally complete, it's time to start a fresh survey. Reason: new analytical techniques that in recent years have revolutionized the field of genetics. Instead of using indirect markers like blood groups, researchers can now determine the exact chemical sequences of long strands of DNA itself. Cavalli-Sforza and his colleagues believe this technology can be used to resolve questions they were ill-equipped to answer, such as the origins of the Negrito tribes in the Indian Ocean, Malayan peninsula and the Philippines. Anthropologists suspect that they are descendants of a wandering people...
...daunting task of making a more refined genetic atlas now lies with the Human Genome Diversity Project (an offshoot of the ambitious Human Genome Project), which was set up by a committee of scientists chaired by Cavalli- Sforza. Its objective is to create a global data base over the next 10 years using the new techniques -- and unlock more secrets of the human gene pool...
...researchers believe they can ease such concerns. Already, the Human Genome Diversity Project is working with a U.N. organization to establish some guidelines. Cavalli-Sforza stresses that his mission is not just scientific but humanitarian as well. The study's ultimate aim, he says, is to "undercut conventional notions of race" that cause discrimination. It is a goal that he hopes will resonate among indigenous peoples who have long struggled for the same...