STUDY - FOR Homo Sapiens

Not just Neanderthals,

there's X-men in us too

Humans Have Mated With Multiple Homo Species

London: A new study has found that Neanderthals weren't theonly other Homo species early homo sapiens mixed with.

          Joao Zilhao at the University of Bristol, UK, suggests Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to meet and interbred with other Homo species that have now become extinct. Swedish biologist Svante Svante Paabo's team at the Max Ploanck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, found the first evidence of interbreeding. They reportedlast week that the genome of humans today is roughly 1 to 4% Neanderthal.
           The fact that all non-Africans have this percentage, suggests that homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred sometime between 100,000 and 45,000 years ago, after the first humans left Africa but before they split into regional populations.
          Jeffrey Long at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque presented results from nearly 100 modern human populations at a meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropologists. They found proof that Eurasians became genetically diverse by breeding with other Homo species after they left Africa, reports New Scientist.
          Also, they observed a spike in genetic diversity in Indo-Pacific peoples, dating to around 40,000 years ago, Again, it's unlikely the diversity came from Homo sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals, as the latter never travelled tht far south.
          In March, Paabo's team reported the discovery of DNA from a homin in that is probably neither human nor Neanderthal that lived 50,000 to 30,00 years ago, in a cave in southern siberia. They dubbed the creature X-woman, and sequencing machines are already decoding its genome, says Paabo's colleague Ed Green of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
          Green does not dismiss the idea that X-women or its kind have bred with humans.

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T20 ICC WORLD TWENTY20 WEST INDIES 2010 - Semifinal SL Vs ENG

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World Cup

Twenty20

West Indies

Bowlers set up win for England

SL Struggle As Collingwood's Boys March Into Title Round

St.Lucia: Sri Lanka's plans of derailing free-flowing England with a blistering assault at the top backfired on Thursday, in the first semifinal here on Thursday. Electing to bat, with a broad grin on his face, captin Kumar Sangkarra must have to attack the English bowlers and push themselves for a daunting target.

        But disciplined bowling, backed by razor-sharp fielding, and overcast conditions, made sure that they could only muster 128 for six England cantered to the target in 16 overs with seven wickets in band as, ironically, the sky cleared up and paved the way for a perfect batti9ng reply.

        Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb provided the ideal platform, raising a brisk 68. Kevin Pietersen, in his new role as father, completed the chase with amazing ease, smashing his way to 42. They await the winners in the other semifinal between Australia and Pakistan. Lanka opened with the spinners, hoping to exploit England's weakness against turn: Dilshan and mystery tweaker Mendis, however, didn't pose any danger on a pitch that had eased out. The ball came nicely on to the bat, making their task tougher.

        Sangakarra rotated his bowlers sharply but they just didn't effect the early break through that is so vital while defending a small total. Malinga picked up the first wicket in the ninth over. it was too late. Perera helped himself to two as England seemed in a bit of a hurry.

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Toni Braxton - PARTING WAYS

   Toni Braxton is 

heartbroken

      Singer Toni Braxton, whose marriage recently fell apart, has dismissed rumours suggesting the cause of the split to be an alleged affair.

         The Unbreak My Heart singer parted ways with her husband of eight years, Keri Lewis, last year, but Braxton is adamant the separation was amicable and there wasn't ' a third party' involved. The star also adds that the 'stress' of working with her musician partner may have contributed to the breakdown of their relationship. Braxton admits that although she is separated from Lewis, they have not yet made plans to divorce, because she wants to make sure they work out a suitable arrangement for their two young sons. She says, "My heart is still broken. We'll see what happens."

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Shruti Haasan and AR Murugadoss - Testing Waters

TREBLE DELIGHT!

         It's finally official. The Murugadoss project, staring Suriya and Shruti Haasan is finally ready to commence. Producer Udhayanidhi Stalin and director AR Murugadoss are planning to hold a press meet on Saturday (May 15), to announce their new film.

        At the press meet, Udhayanidhi and Murugadoss will formally announce their team and probbly the title of the film. It will be Shruti's first Tamil film as an actress.

        The shooting is likely to start in the first week of June and the buzz is that one of the songs will be picturised in China. It is likely to be a big-budget action adventure that will release in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

       After Rakthacharitra,Suriya is expected to go places in Bolloywood. He also has a huge market in Andhra Pradesh. As for Shruti, she is a familiar face among the north Indian audiences, thanks to her debut venture with Imran Khan, Luck. And AR Murugadoss needs no introduction in Mumbai as his last directorial venture Ghajini was a huge blockbuster. Looks like the trio is going to make quite an impact!

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Kalki Koechlin - READ ON

Kalki and Anurag's bookish ways!

       Kalki Koechlin and boyfriend Anurag Kashyap have many common interests apart from films. One of them is books. Both of them are voracious readers and their home is a proof of that.

      The two have full-length, wall-to-wall, built-in book shelves boasting of as many books as can be filled in without earning the official title of a library. But while Kalki stocks up her books in one end of the room, Anurag's collection is stocked up on the wall facing Kalki's 'book-wall facing Kalki's because they don't share a common taste in the genre of books they read. "I enjoy reading all sorts of books, but tend to avoid dark thrillers.

      Anurag's, however, digs thrillers -- crime, psychological, medical, you name it. I enjoy books on films and stories that inspire or stir something within me. our taste in books is one of the few things that Anurag and I can never agree upon," says the Dev D actress.

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