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European Migration Spread Farming, DNA Suggests
Thousands of years ago, farming spread across Europe and replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of early inhabitants. Now a study...
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Sea Change in Salinity Heralds Shift in Rainfall
Scientists have detected a clear change in salinity of the world’s oceans and have found that the cycle that...
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FDA Proposes Rules for Nanotechnology in Food
Foods and packaging containing nanoparticles may require more scrutiny, the FDA says. The FDA has previously stated that nanotechnology...
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Ancient Farming Method May Help Conserve Savannahs
A fire-free farming method practiced by early inhabitants of the Amazonian savannahs could help inform efforts to conserve and...
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Where’s the Beef? Early Humans Took It
When human ancestors began scavenging for meat regularly on the open plains of Africa about 2.5 million years ago,...
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Huge Water Resource Exists Under Africa
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that...
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Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce, Population Spread
If early humans had been vegans we might all still be living in caves, Swedish researchers suggested in an...
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Climate Change Main Contributor to Volatility of Corn Prices
The impact of climate change on corn-price volatility outweighs movements caused by energy market policies and oil prices, according...
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How Well, and How Poorly, We Harvest Ocean Life
To hear some people tell it, the increasingly energetic and sophisticated fishing industry has left the world’s oceans a...
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Who Are Animal Scientists Really Serving?
Scores of animal scientists employed by public universities have helped pharmaceutical companies persuade farmers and ranchers to use antibiotics,...