Dag: 25 februari 2005
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Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence
Evolution and Human Behavior : Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence Given the precondition of competition among kin- and reciprocity-based coalitions (shared with chimpanzees), an autocatalytic social arms race was initiated, which eventually resulted in the unusual collection of traits characteristic of the human species, such as concealed…
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Compression algorithms harnessed to fight HIV
Compression algorithms harnessed to fight HIV HIV mutates rapidly, thus evading the human immune system. This means that vaccines developed to counteract one strain may not be effective against another variant. But the researchers hope that algorithms capable of finding patterns in digital information could also help identify key genetic features across many different strains…