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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

10,000 Birds

As an aside, I well remember the time that Binford came to our quaint little department at Harvard to meet with Isaac and his research team (us) to sort out this difference in understanding of human evolution. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged. Eland are pretty darn hard to hunt.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. by Marc Bekoff. Empathy Among Elephants. Photo by Chris Gladis.

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