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Understanding Evolution in Turkish
August 4, 2008
This month, we are also pleased to announce the launch of a sister site: Understanding Evolution in Turkish! This site is the result of a collaboration between Understanding Evolution and colleagues at the Biomedical Engineering Institute of Bogazici University in Istanbul. |
 |  | Evolution and the avian flu, updated
August 4, 2008
Since we first published this report in November/December 2005, avian flu has faded from newspapers, though the pandemic itself still threatens. We've updated the page with the current state of the bird flu threat. |
 | | Evo in the news: The new shrew that's not
March 7, 2008
This news brief describes scientists' discovery of a new mammal species, a giant elephant shrew. Though elephant shrews resemble regular shrews, recent genetic evidence suggests that elephant shrews actually sprang from a much older (and perhaps more charismatic) branch of the tree of life - the one belonging to elephants and their relatives. |
 | | Evo in the news: Evolution in the fast lane?
March 7, 2008
Have humans, with all of our technological advances, exempted ourselves from further evolution? Perhaps not. This news brief examines genetic research which suggests that human evolution may haved actually accelerated in our recent history. |
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