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June 1, 2006
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Arctic treasure hunt
Farish Jenkins and colleagues from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Chicago were interested in the rise of land animals. Focusing on the gap between two primitive fossils (the mostly fish Panderichthys, from 385 million years ago, and the mostly land animal Acanthostega, from 365 million years ago), they set out to find the missing link. Their search centered on Ellesmere Island's Bird Fiord. (Staff photo Justin Idea/Harvard News Office)
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Finding a fossilized needle in an Arctic haystack
Jenkins describes expedition to net fish-land animal link
'Face-blindness' disorder may not be so rare
Little-known condition may affect up to 2 percent of the population
Exhibit explores ivory-billed mystery
HMNH highlights Harvard collection, current science
Sunshine may help prevent breast cancer
Women advised to raise vitamin D intake
Janet Browne named professor of the history of science at Harvard
Author's Darwin biographies are 'dazzling'
Jonathan Losos named professor of organismic and evolutionary biology
Ecologist, biodiversity expert joins FAS
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