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Over at @sciencemagazine I reviewed @9brandon's marvelous MEET THE NEIGHBORS, about animal lives, animal minds, and ethics of animal-human relating. It's a brilliant book and I hope you'll check it out. #books #bookreview #bookstodon #animals #animalwelfare #animalrights #anthropology #biology science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc…
Thrilled that this short animation based around my work on animal grief is now live. The animation division of TED, at TED-Ed, invited me to collaborate with their team in bringing out some of the animal-grief science and my ideas on why knowing this information matters for treatment of animals. I worked with a brilliant animator, Denis Chapon! Have a look: youtube.com/watch?v=9sNpMb4M7X… #animals #anthropology #grief #animalwelfare #animalrights #animation #TED
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DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years, Live Science reports:
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Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.Charles Q. Choi (Live Science)
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Holy shit I love this research paper
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Supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans
The observation of individuals attaining remarkable ages, and their concentration into geographic sub-regions or ‘blue zones’, has generated considerable scientific interest.bioRxiv