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1. News - World - SCIENCE

   Wrinkly fingers may help us get a better grip on wet things, study says

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... research leader Tom Smulders said of the findings. Smulders added the wrinkling was probably an evolutionary adaption, and that it possibly improved mobility on wet surfaces. "It could ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1124004/wrinkly-fingers-may-help-us-get-better-grip-wet-things-study-says
2. Lifestyle - Books - SCIENCE

   Book review: Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live, by Marlene Zuk

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

   ... people. Evolution is slow, so it stands to reason that we haven't had time to adapt to the huge changes in our lifestyle. However, many evolutionary biologists, including Zuk, believe ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1229196/book-review-paleofantasy-what-evolution-really-tells-us-about-sex
3. Urban Jungle

   Posted May 30th 2008, 12:00am by Eric Lai

   ... Biology Dinosaur Environment Environment Evolutionary Biology Celebrity vet Dr Eric Lai shares his views on society through the eyes of animals. Give him your feedback ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/639581/urban-jungle
4. Charlie's angles

   Posted Jul 01st 2008, 12:00am by Nick Gentle

   ... I can see no more reason to doubt that these causes in a thousand generations would produce a marked effect, and adapt the form of the fox or dog to the catching of hares instead of rabbits, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/643572/charlies-angles
5. Cloning - the short cut to our own extinction

   Posted Jan 12th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... of obstacles to survival in the path of species with limited gene pools which lack the capacity to adapt. A relatively new disease such as Aids is a good example. Out there right now may be millions ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/403183/cloning-short-cut-our-own-extinction
6. News - Asia

   Indians broke Australian isolation 4,000 years ago

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 04:22pm by AFP

   ... for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reported “evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,000 years ago”. They analysed genetic variations across ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1128623/indians-broke-australian-isolation-4000-years-ago
7. History written in stone

   Posted Jun 14th 2007, 12:00am by Ellen Whyte

   ... Paleontology Evolutionary Biology Mammal China is world famous for its fossils, but there have been some interesting finds in Hong Kong. By Ellen Whyte A Use these words: palaeontologists, Earth, prehistoric Fossils are the stone-like remains from plants and animals living in __________________ times. In the hands of __________________ , fossils can tell us what ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/596756/history-written-stone
8. Pick of the day

   Posted Dec 15th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Future Evolutionary Biology The Future Is Wild: Ice World Pearl, 9.30pm In this series, scientists speculate about how the world would look if people ceased to to exist. In the first episode, Europe is a barren, frozen wilderness, with sabre-toothed predators preying on giant rodents. The Mediterranean has evaporated, but contains strange lizards called cryptiles (above). ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/438193/pick-day
9. Fooled by evolution? Take a reality check

   Posted Dec 29th 2011, 12:00am

   ... really are. This self-regard confers vast evolutionary advantage, Trivers argues, allowing us to fool ourselves with such self-deceptions so as to better fool others about ourselves. ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/988717/fooled-evolution-take-reality-check
10. News - China - SCIENCE

    DNA links Asians and Native Americans to early humans in China

    Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 10:54am by AFP

    ... on Monday. “This individual lived during an important evolutionary transition when early modern humans, who shared certain features with earlier forms such as Neanderthals, were replacing ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1134260/dna-links-asians-and-native-americans-early-humans-china

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