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  1. Olives Alive: Extra-virgin oil has anti-inflammatory properties

    A molecule isolated from extra-virgin olive oil has anti-inflammatory properties similar to those of ibuprofen.

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  2. Anthropology

    Chimps to People: Apes show contrasts in genetic makeup

    The first comparison of the chimpanzee genome to that of people has revealed new DNA disparities between ourselves and the primate species most closely related to us.

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  3. Humans

    Letters from the September 3, 2005, issue of Science News

    Pick of the crop “Honey, We Shrank the Snow Lotus: Picking big plants reduces species’ height” (SN: 7/9/05, p. 20) suggests that the change is an evolutionary process. However, this and the other examples given are all more selective breeding than natural selection.