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TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY REVIEW Winter 2007/08 cover story As the State of Israel celebrates 60 years, TAU Review reports on some of the pioneering work of TAU scientists researching the land of Israel – the little slip of real estate that links Africa to Asia, that 120 million years ago lay under the sea, that fostered monotheism, and that today still lacks recognized borders This land By Gil Zohar Land of Israel studies can be summed up in one snappy phrase: Natural history meets Jewish history. From studying live fallow deer – mentioned in the Book of Deuteronomy, to weighing in on problems of water supply and borders, hundreds of TAU scientists and scholars are contributing to a vast and fascinating body of knowledge that includes zoology, botany, anthropology, archeology, religious studies, geology, geography and Zionist history, among numerous other fields. “TAU pursues the most diverse and comprehensive research into ancient and contemporary Israel – the land itself – than any other institution in the world,” says Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, TAU Vice President for Research and Development. The following is a sampling of five areas that represent the wide scope of research being pursued at TAU. Plant fossil from Lower Cretaceous sandstone, southern Israel
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