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Scientists Warn African DNA Is Missing From the Global Genome Map
African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...
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The Endangered African Wild Dog
With fewer than 7,000 left in the wild, the African Wild Dog is a highly social and efficient predator whose survival is under threat from habitat loss, conflict with humans, and disease, making it ...
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Bonobos’ Complex Calls Share an Extraordinary Trait with Human Language
Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language ...
Mongabay News3d
An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade
The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in ...
CapeNews.net3d
Joys Of Nature Program Will Focus On Animals Of East Africa
The West Falmouth Library will host naturalist, wildlife educator and photographer Joy Marzolf for a nature travel program on Thursday, April 10, from 3 to 4 PM. The cost is ...
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A Ghanaian scientist’s quest to create a genetic map of cancer in Africa
Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...