Evolution comes to life
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Museum curators attempted to reconstruct human figures from early time periods with replicas of fossil bone fragments. The scientists found that speculation and conjecture made them uneasy. The figures are exhibited in a diorama depicting prehistoric life, but uncertainty denies the truth of the project.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Out of Africa again ... and again?
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Archaeological and paleontological records reveal that hominid creatures migrated out of Africa several times. Each emigration brought different species out of the continent until only the Homo sapiens remained. This casts doubt on findings stating that early humans migrated from Africa at a late date.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Madagascar's lemurs
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Madagascar offers a variety of habitats for the island's dominant mammals, the lemurs. Lemurs illustrate what human ancestors were like about 50 million years ago.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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