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"What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer that question, beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in his sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2009. From Paabo, we learn how Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominin relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery...
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An online data bank containing statistical tables of demographic data for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more. Allows users to download aggregated or parsed data, types of which reflect population, fertility, birth, growth, age, gender, migration, life expectancy, and mortality. Covers 1950 to present with projections to 2050.
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Provides population, business, and geographic information for national, state, and county levels in the United States.
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Bernice Notenboom leads an expedition from the Great Southern Ocean to the Great Barrier Reef to explore the changing currents and oceans that are driving extreme storms, sea surge, and changing the landscape of many small South Pacific communities. In this film, she investigates the role of phytoplankton, explores coral reefs, and talks with Tuvalvu residents about climate change and their future.