The media has jumped all over this beautifully preserved 47-million-year-old fossil, with some even calling it a “missing link.” What do you think?
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May 27th, 2009
In the News: A Fossil Called “Ida”
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April 13th, 2009
In the News: Evolution and Color Vision
The colors a species can perceive is dictated by the types and number of visual pigments found in the retina. How might our color vision system have evolved?
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April 7th, 2009
In the News: Primate Planning
A chimp named Santino at a Swedish zoo seems to be forcing a more nuanced picture of what types of anticipation and planning our closest relatives are capable of.
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December 19th, 2008
Spark Blog: Alan Alda Meets the Chimps
We went to the North Carolina Zoo to meet the chimpanzees -- and evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare. Here's what happened...
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