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Raptors, or birds of prey, like the eagle, owl and hawk, have large, strong, hooked bills that bite and tear flesh while their feet immobilize the prey.


Ancient Tuberculosis Identified?


Ancient Tuberculosis Identified?
Paleontologists looking for the origin of tuberculosis (TB) in humans have found evidence that the New World form of TB may have originated in the Old World with animals that crossed the Bering Land Bridge more than 17,000 years ago. Those animals could then have passed the infection on to early Americans who hunted them.
5 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 1071
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5 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 1071

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