Anthropologists Probe Bones, Stones, and Molecules
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Anthropologists gathered in Columbus, Ohio, for the 1999 meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropology to discuss recent findings, brain shapes and the first Americans in particular. Some argued that hominids had similar brains to human beings before the Homo genus had even evolved.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
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AI helps researchers find meaning in molecules
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Biologists are using artificial intelligence to sequence DNA and proteins. Two approaches are Grail, neural-network software that attempts to discern gene patterns amidst 'junk' DNA sequences; and a linguistic approach, in which genes are considered grammatical sequences.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Ear stones speak volumes to fish researchers
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Scientists have discovered that ear stones called otoliths can provide information about the age of fishes and their migration patterns. Fish experience a hormonal cycle every 24 hours throughout their lifespan that results in deposits of concentric rings on the otolith.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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