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Dr. Atkinson figured that if a similar founder effect could be discerned in phonemes, it would support the idea that modern verbal communication originated on that continent and only then expanded elsewhere.
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It is based on a piece of evolutionary theory called the founder effect, which shows how the isolation of small populations from larger ones can accelerate evolutionary change, because a small population's average characteristics are likely to differ from those of the larger group from which it is drawn.
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David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy founder and author of the The Facebook Effect, led a conversation about the fusion of user experience and monetization.
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KONG, July 9 (Reuters) - Chinese meat processor China Yurun Food Group Ltd said founder Zhu Yicai has resigned as chairman with immediate effect but will become honorary chairman and a senior advisor, the latest management reshuffle by a Chinese company.
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AOL's founder, whose resignation as chairman of the group takes effect next month.
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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of which Dr Sinclair is a co-founder, has identified a number of synthetic molecules whose effect on yeast is many times more potent than resveratrol's.
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The family effect declined substantially in the second generation but when the founder was still in charge, even as chairman with a hired manager as CEO, shareholders did better.
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The co-founder and General Partner of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz talks about the girl effect.
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The conversation was guided by Techonomy Media founder David Kirkpatrick, who, as author of the 2010 bestseller The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World, is a widely acknowledged expert on the company and the strategies of its founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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