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...same map, in combination with the fossil record, confirms that Africa was the birthplace of humanity and thus the starting point of the original human migrations. Those findings, plus the great genetic distance between present-day Africans and non-Africans, indicate that the split from the African branch is the oldest on the human family tree...
...most distinctive members of the European branch of the human tree are the Basques of France and Spain. They show unusual patterns for several genes, including the highest rate of the Rh-negative blood type. Their language is of unknown origin and cannot be placed within any standard classification. And the fact that they live in the region adjoining the famous Lascaux and Altamira caves, which contain vivid paintings from Europe's early hunter- gatherers, leads Cavalli-Sforza to a tantalizing conclusion: "The Basques are extremely likely to be the most direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon people, among...
...August the council denied the Stop-and-Shop chain a zoning permit to build a large branch on Memorial Drive...
...with Bosnian Muslims, as well as discuss an international peace plan under the aegis of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany and France. After several hours of talks with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the town of Pale, Carter said he now plans to take his olive-branch-for-hire diplomacy to the Muslims in Sarajevo. Carter began the talks over the weekend even though the Serbs had already broken promises made just days before that made up the conditions for his visit. (U.N. officials, for example, reported that Serb forces attacked peacekeepers and civilian targets in Sarajevo, blocked...
Although they specialize in one branch of engineering, students are encouraged to take survey courses and courses in other areas of engineering...