Endangered wild equids
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After admiring equids for thousands of years, humans may be driving the last populations of wild zebra, asses, and horses to extinction. Some steps, which offer the best chance for the survival of these wonderful animals, like Equus africanus, Equus hemionus, Equus grevyi and many others are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Women and men at Catalhoyuk
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The structural features of the 9000-year-old site at Catalhoyuk in Turkey are presented. Research on this site reveals that the lives of men and women in the town do not appear to have difference greatly, because both of them had equal tasks to do.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Fish that go skin-deep
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Fish at a hot spring pool in Kangal, Turkey survive by feeding on human skin, as the spring is too hot to sustain enough algae and plankton to feed them. There is also a myth about the curative powers of this behavior.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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