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'Hobbit' joins human family tree |
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Topic: Science |
3:22 am EDT, Oct 28, 2004 |
Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world. The new species - dubbed "the Hobbit" due to its small size - lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago. 'Hobbit' joins human family tree |
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Topic: Science |
12:12 am EDT, Sep 26, 2004 |
] If we accept the idea that we are born with a large ] amount of damage, it follows that even small improvements ] to the processes of early human development - ones ] that increase the numbers of initially functional ] elements - could result in a remarkable fall in ] mortality and a significant extension of human life. ] Indeed, there is mounting evidence now in support of the ] idea of fetal origins of adult degenerative diseases and ] early-life programming of aging and longevity. Why we break |
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