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I’ve always found difficult the argument that Homo erectus couldn’t speak because of the size of its spinal cord. Consider that parrots manage to reproduce a wide range of human sounds. David PetcheyMill Valley, Calif.
- Earth
Tainted by Cleanser: Antimicrobial agent persists in sludge
About 76 percent of a commonly used antimicrobial agent exits sewage-treatment plants as a component of the sludge that's often used as a farm fertilizer.
- Humans
Letters from the May 6, 2006, issue of Science News
Same old grind “Ancient Andean Maize Makers: Finds push back farming, trade in highland Peru” (SN: 3/4/06, p. 132) remarks on maize starch granules being “consistent with” stone grinding.
