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Initial findings have revealed that 15% of the gorilla genome is closer to human DNA than to our nearest evolutionary relative, the chimpanzee.
CNN: First gorilla genome map offers clues to human evolution
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The virus, a hybrid of swine, avian and human flu, can jump from person to person with relative ease.
CNN: Hysteria over swine flu is the real danger, some say
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But Ditmire from Fox-Pitt Kelton says the so-called hybrid half-human, half-electronic system at NYSE "is at a relative disadvantage" on days like Thursday.
FORBES: Crank Up The Volume
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In an industry in which human and equine pedigree go back for generations, Kelley is a relative newcomer, having owned, raced, and bred Thoroughbreds since 2009.
FORBES: 400's Brad Kelley And Calumet Farm Win The Preakness
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Mr Clarke, who had spoken of his dislike of harsh penal policies, was replaced as justice secretary by Chris Grayling, a relative hardliner who is already being encouraged to stand up to European human-rights judges.
ECONOMIST: The reshuffle
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To make their SIDS model they tweaked this switch so that it came on when the mice were three weeks old (mice are born prematurely, relative to people, so that corresponds roughly with the moment of human birth) and then looked to see what would happen.
ECONOMIST: Sudden infant death syndrome
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Psychosocial stress from relative deprivation, disrupted social cohesion, disinvestment in social capital and underinvestment in human resources have all been cited as possible contributors to this phenomenon.
ECONOMIST: Letters
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By any material measure, and relative to the aspirations of most people, she was one of the most privileged human beings on the planet.
NEWYORKER: Books as Bombs
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Two years ago, thinking in herds, the entire human race seemed to have gone mad, stampeding out of stocks, and rushing for the relative safety of cash.
FORBES: Extraordinary Popular Delusions Lead All The Way To Adam
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But the sheer magnitude of the human tragedy of the second world war puts it in a class of its own, and its relative closeness to the present day makes claims on the collective memory that more remote horrors cannot.
ECONOMIST: The second world war