News tagged with cousin marriage
Why not marry your cousin? Millions do
The health risks of marrying a cousin have been grossly overstated, says a new book.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2012 |
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The success of Homo sapiens may be due to spatial abilities
While the disappearance of Neanderthals remains a mystery, paleoanthropologists have an increasing understanding of what allowed their younger cousins, Homo sapiens, to conquer the planet. According to Ariane ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 09, 2012 |
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Unpublished journal offers new take on Darwin's daughter
A small, lockable leather diary - kept in the vast archives of Cambridge University Library - has led to a reassessment of one of the key relationships in Charles Darwin’s life.
Apr 13, 2012 |
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500 years ago, yeast's epic journey gave rise to lager beer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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What's in a name? Plenty, if you're a lesbian or gay parent
(PhysOrg.com) -- Visiting a park with their kids, it’s not uncommon for lesbian mothers to be asked by a stranger: “Which one of you is the real mom?” On a family outing, one gay dad is often ...
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Gene scan finds link across array of childhood brain disorders
Mutations in a single gene can cause several types of developmental brain abnormalities that experts have traditionally considered different disorders. With support from the National Institutes of Health, researchers found ...
Aug 22, 2010 |
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Researchers find cause of metabolic disease -- and possible cure
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has discovered the gene mutation responsible for a condition in which eye and brain development is severely ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Ultra-high Speed Plus Fine-tuned Light Equals a Whole New Look at Materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- X-ray science is getting a boost from a marriage of technologies. Scientists already had instruments that can separate colors of light, but don't pulse fast. And they have fast-pulsing lasers ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Study: Darwin was right to worry that marriage to his cousin affected his offspring
New research suggests that Charles Darwin's family was a living human example of a theory that he developed about plants: that inbreeding could negatively affect the health and number of resulting offspring.
May 03, 2010 |
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Family tree research can open a 'Pandora's Box' of secrets that may cause rifts, research says
People researching their ancestors can open a "Pandora's Box" of secrets that may cause conflict and widen rifts in the family, new research says.
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Apr 09, 2010 |
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New genetic test for cause of intellectual disability to be launched
TORONTO - For the second time in as many months the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has signed a licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics Inc. to market a new genetic test.
Feb 26, 2010 |
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