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Krause and Pääbo's analysis, published online on Wednesday by the journal Nature, is the first to identify a novel hominin based on genetic analysis alone - without fossilized remains to offer anatomical reference. But the researchers stop short of declaring the human-like creature a brand-new species. Instead of giving it a Latin name, they refer to the creature publicly as "the Denisova hominin" and in internal e-mails and discussions simply as "X." But privately, scientists at Max Planck - a world leader in the painstaking process of separating genomes from other DNA (of viruses...
Scientists have no idea what the Denisova hominin looked like or how it behaved and interacted with early modern humans, and perhaps never will without a more complete fossil record. But even the preliminary genetic analysis has already shed new light on human ancestors' exodus from Africa and subsequent spread across the globe. The dominant theory holds that various hominin species left Africa in a series of distinct migrations, beginning with Homo erectus or a close relative a little under 2 million years ago, followed by the lineage that gave rise to Neanderthals, and finally the ancestors of modern humans...
...subtitle of your book suggests that conflict is already under way. Is greater confrontation and perhaps even war inevitable in the coming years? It's not inevitable, but peace cannot be taken for granted. The scope for these two countries to develop peacefully and fulfill their national interests without entering into competition is getting smaller due to internal social pressures and rising nationalism. I am not arguing that they don't want to develop peacefully, but that the options for doing so are not that great. They'll be competing at all levels, not only for economic opportunities...
...fired back fiercely. Premier Wen has called any talk about currency revaluation a form of "protectionism." His Commerce Minister later added that in any dispute between the two countries, "Americans and American companies" would suffer more than their Chinese counterparts. (See 25 sites we can't live without...
...resettlement areas on the outskirts of the city have already been located, but without jobs, many of the residents say they will not leave their tent cities. Markendie Paul, 26, leans against the aluminum siding of a shanty with a group of friends. This is how he spends his day, just joking around with friends, but he says he would love to leave Port-au-Prince if he could find work. "Look, we are grown men with beards, and I'm asking my mother for a little money to buy coffee in the morning," says Paul. "I would like...