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...Allan Wilson and Vincent Sarich, using the tools of molecular biology, estimate that humans and great apes diverged about 5 million years ago, not 25 million, as many anthropologists believed...
...Allan Wilson, Rebecca Cann and Mark Stoneking determine that all living humans share a common ancestor: "mitochondrial...
...Muralitharan, sometimes known as the smiling assassin because he grins incessantly as he mercilessly bowls out opposing batsmen. For South Africa, meanwhile, there is the chance to recoup from a disastrous semifinal of the 1999 World Cup, when a dreadful mix-up with two balls remaining between their batsmen Allan Donald and Lance Klusener - named player of the tournament - gave victory to Australia, who went on to win the final. A primary host country has never won the world event. Once barred from international cricket because of the government's insistence on an all-white team, South Africa, with...
...about $2.63 billion. But experts say the shortfalls should raise alarms about the long-term solvency of some schemes, and serve as a red flag to funds that continue to invest heavily in equities. In 2001, equities constituted 71% of the assets held by U.K. pension funds. Asks Allan Cook, technical director of the Accounting Standards Board, "Have they taken a risk which is ultimately very serious? Once you've made a loss, how do you get it back?" During the bull market of the '80s and '90s, equity investment proved a bonanza for corporate pension schemes. In 1997, says...
...DIED. STAN RICE, 60, American poet and painter; from brain cancer; in New Orleans. Rice, the husband of Interview with a Vampire novelist Anne Rice, won several awards for his seven collections of poetry, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Academy of American poets and the Joseph Henry Jackson Award...