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• Ethiopians and Tibetans Thrive in Thin Air Using Similar Physiology, but Different Genes -- ScienceDaily (06 December 2012)
  
  
• Boys Are Reaching Puberty Earlier, Says Study -- Guardian (20 October 2012)
  
  
• Onset of Puberty in Girls Has Fallen by Five Years Since 1920 -- Guardian (20 October 2012)
  
  
• In Bolivian Amazon, a Yardstick for Modern Health -- New York Times (24 September 2012)
  
  
• Will Humans Eventually All Look Like Brazilians? -- LiveScience (18 September 2012)
  
  
• Your Skeleton – on the Internet -- Neuroanthropology (20 July 2012)
  
  
• Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’? -- New York Times (30 March 2012)
  
  
• Penn Researchers Help Solve Questions About Ethiopians' High-Altitude Adaptations -- EurekAlert (20 January 2012)
  
  

DNA, the molecular basis for inheritance.
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• Digital Anatomist Project -- University of Washington
  
  
• DNA clue to life at high altitude -- BBC News (13 May 2010)
  
  
• Fatherhood 'lowers testosterone to keep men loyal' -- BBC News (12 Sepember 2011)
  
  
• Hips Don't Lie: Researchers Find More Accurate Technique to Determine Sex of Skeletal Remains -- ScienceDaily (06 July 2010)
  
  
• How Genes Pick Our Mates for Us -- ABC News (15 September 2008)
  
  
• Mystery Of Amazonian Tribe's Head Shapes Solved -- Live Science (19 December 2011)
  
  
• Sickle Cell Anemia: What is it? -- Dolan DNA Learning Center
  
  
• Some People May Be Bad to the Bone -- Discovery News (05 July 2011)
  
  
• Tibetans Evolved to Survive High Life, Study Says -- National Geographic News (13 May 2010)
  
  
• Virtual Labs -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  
  
• Why Urine Has Been Such a Useful Commodity -- BBC News (11 November 2010)