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Red wolf comeback helps other animals thrive

Helen Chappell News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Last updated Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 9:51am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Good news for a wolf is good news for a turkey. At least it is in Eastern North Carolina, where red wolves are making a comeback and helping other animal species along the way.

Since the wolves were reintroduced in 1987, biologists have watched them rattle all the links in the food chain.

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Cavemen were sailors

Helen Chappell News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:11am

Early manlike creatures may have been smarter than we think. Recent archaeological finds from the Mediterranean show that human ancestors traveled the high seas.

A team of researchers that included an North Carolina State University geologist found evidence that our ancestors were crossing open water at least 130,000 years ago. That's more than 100,000 years earlier than scientists had previously thought.

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