The youngest chimpanzees are the biggest risk-takers. Would humans show the same pattern if adults weren’t keeping such a close watch on little kids?
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Scholars of communications pick apart the rhetoric behind the ‘war on coal’ and explain why it ultimately benefits the coal industry.
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Assistant Professor of Religion, James Madison University
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Assistant Professor, James Madison University
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Assistant Professor of Geographic Science, James Madison University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, James Madison University
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Professor of Political Science, James Madison University
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Professor of Anthropology, James Madison University
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Professor of Geoscience, James Madison University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, James Madison University
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Visiting assistant professor, James Madison University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University
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Professor of Political Science, James Madison University
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, James Madison University