Biology/Paleontology

What Lemurs Can Teach Us About Human Evolution

The following is an excerpt from Ian Tattersall's The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack. Listen to SciFri on June 12, 2015, to hear the full interview with Tattersall. Anyone who knows the lovely Comoro Islands and their good-natured people—a blend of African, Arab, and Malagasy influences with a dash of errant European added—must wish […]

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