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Study shows high diversification rate in plants does not necessarily translate into species richness

Study shows high diversification rate in plants does not necessarily translate into species richness

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The Earth is home to a wide variety of species, and a whole gamut of hypotheses exist in order to explain the diversity in life. Most of these draw a link between species richness and physical phenomenon such as climate or seasonality or environmental heterogeneity. This is, for instance, well reflected in what is known […]

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Digging Deep: Genetics gives a closer look into origins of the world’s first farmers

Digging Deep: Genetics gives a closer look into origins of the world’s first farmers

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The Neolithic (~10000 BCE), human history witnessed a watershed: a transition from a nomadic lifestyle involving hunting-and-gathering to settled agriculture. The region where this took place – stretching all the way from Egypt in the East to Iraq in the West – is known as the ‘Fertile Crescent.’ This shift paved the way for humans […]

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