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Dwarf Hippo Fossils Found on Cyprus
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Menelaos Hadjicostis in Ayia Napa, CyprusAssociated Press
December 6, 2007
A collapsed cave filled with the fossilized remains of extinct dwarf hippopotamuses may hold clues about early human activity on the island of Cyprus, according to Cypriot and Greek scientists studying the site.
Recent digs at the cave just outside the resort of Ayia Napa have yielded fossils of an estimated 80 dwarf hippos—descendants of hippos believed to have reached the Mediterranean island about a quarter-million years ago.

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Hundreds more may lie beneath an exposed layer of jumbled fossils.
Scientists hope the fossil haul, tentatively dated to 9,000-11,500 B.C., will offer clues about when humans first arrived on the island.
"It's about our origins," said Ioannis Panayides, the Cyprus Geological Survey Department official in charge of the excavations in conjunction with the University of Athens. "Knowledge of our geological history makes us more knowledgeable about ourselves."
In the Past
Before the Ayia Napa discovery, the earliest trace of humans on Cyprus dated to 8,000 B.C. But signs of human activity at the new dig could turn back the clock on the first Cypriots by as much as 3,500 years.
"That's very significant, but we can't be certain yet. The task of examining is laborious and time consuming," said University of Athens Professor George Theodorou, who is tasked with examining some one and a half tons of fossils.
The dwarf hippopotamuses were herbivores, like their modern cousins, but were only about two and a half feet (75 centimeters) tall and four feet (120 centimeters) long.
Unlike modern hippos, whose upturned nostrils seem designed for swimming, Cypriot hippos had low-slung nostrils better suited to foraging on land.
Panayides said the fossils show the Cypriot hippos' legs and feet were also adapted to land, enabling them to stand on their hind legs to reach tree branches.
Experts believe hippos arrived on Cyprus between 100,000 to 250,000 ago and likely got smaller to adapt to the hilly, island landscape. But scientists do not know how the animals reached Cyprus, which is not known to have ever been physically linked to another land mass.


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Evidence suggests vitamin D deficiency endangers migrating populations

View of the inside of a plaster cast of the skull of the newly discovered young male Homo erectus from western Turkey. The stylus points to tiny lesions 1-2...
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AUSTIN, Texas—Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been found in a 500,000-year-old human fossil from Turkey.
The discovery of the new specimen of the human species, Homo erectus, suggests support for the theory that dark-skinned people who migrate northward from low, tropical latitudes produce less vitamin D, which can adversely affect the immune system as well as the skeleton.


////////////////////////Fighting Diseases Of Aging By Wasting Energy, Rather Than Dieting -- Works For Mice:
By making the skeletal muscles of mice use energy less efficiently, researchers report that they have delayed the animals' deaths and their development of age-related diseases, including vascular disease, obesity, and one form of cancer. Those health benefits, driven by an increased metabolic rate, appear to come without any direct influence on the aging process itself, according to the researchers.


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ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2007) — Do special "human" genes provide the biological substrate for uniquely human traits, like language?

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
Whether we are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, whatever our nationality, color, social status, or ideology may be, the purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.


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