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Ethnic diversity in schools may be good for students' grades, a UC Davis study suggests

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Why your ancestors would have aced the long jump

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Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition

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Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape

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Young children's sense of self is similar to that of adults

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Understanding Caribbean mammal extinctions of the past spurs renewed focus on conservation

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New research detects Alzheimer's disease markers in nonhuman primates

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Child's home learning environment predicts 5th grade academic skills

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Increased endometrial cancer rates found in women with high levels of cadmium

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Maize from El Gigante rock shelter shows early transition to staple crop

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Researchers find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in aged chimpanzee brains

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New look at archaic DNA rewrites human evolution story

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Rare audio of indigenous languages saved by invention 100 years later

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Kent State researchers help find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's in aged chimpanzee brains

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Toddlers begin learning rules of reading, writing at very early age, study finds

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Higher cognitive abilities linked to greater risk of stereotyping, new study finds

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Ecological underpinnings of rural poverty

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The Rhythms of Sign Language

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People lived in chilly Andean highlands year-round over 7,000 years ago

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Utah is home to earliest use of a wild potato in North America

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Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes

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African leopards revealed: Study documents minute-to-minute behavior of elusive cats

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New flood study reveals America's most vulnerable communities

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Study reveals America's most flood-vulnerable communities

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Students of all races feel safer in ethnically diverse middle schools, UCLA researchers report

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Monkey see, monkey do, depending on age, experience and efficiency

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Cellphone use and distracted driving begins in the mind

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