Old feuds, new finds mark anthropologists' meeting

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The 1993 American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting had little in the way of new discoveries, but old controversies were revisited. Among the topics of discussion was the origin of syphilis in Europe, the genetics of gorillas and the possibility of speech by Neanderthal humans.

History, Physiological aspects, Genetic aspects, Syphilis, Neanderthals, Neanderthal man, Gorillas

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NRC urges sea change in marine studies

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The NRC's 'Understanding Marine Biodiversity' report claims that research on aquatic biodiversity receives less emphasis than terrestrial biodiversity research, even though more than two-thirds of the planet is underwater. The report calls for more research on the systematics of marine organisms.

Reports, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Biological research, Marine biology, Aquatic biology

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Ecologists flock to Snowbird for varied banquet of findings

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One of the presentations at the 1995 Ecological Society of America meeting discussed research that indicates that forest fragmentation does not cause frog populations to decline. A symposium explored research on obligate mutualism.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Environmental aspects, Frogs, Forest ecology, Population biology, Mutualism (Biology), Ecological Society of America

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