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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Anthropology ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A professor of anthropology explores how early hominins ate prehistoric elephants to survive. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bG87njeamMvhgAnCbyRmbW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The rotting carcass of an adult African elephant]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large, gray, wrinkled carcass sits between two trees on a brown, dusty surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'That's why there's 9 billion of us and not 9 billion of some other primate': Why our ability to adapt is humanity's 'superpower' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science of human diversity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:49:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6QBUgyDCuRSdXwktBzqxH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pontzer drew insights from his work with the Hadza community in Tanzania throughout &quot;Adaptable&quot;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hadza man making an arrow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'alien-like' skulls have been found on every continent but Antarctica. Anthropologists are starting to figure out why. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ACscAWnZ6Vvxg9GDbWsJnj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Nabeel Nezzar]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[For millennia, people have shaped the skull during infancy. Archaeologists are starting to unpack why.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a skull missing the jawbone, with two ropes tied around its conical-shaped forehead, with rocks on both the front and rear of the skull to help shape it. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached eastern Asia. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RA7HhAU5om2ztTPMLdkRKM-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The reconstruction of the two original Yunxian &lt;em&gt;Homo erectus&lt;/em&gt; fossils, discovered in 1989 and 1990. There is currently no reconstruction of the third Yunxian skull.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two reconstructions of archaic human faces based on the two original Yunxian Homo erectus skulls. Below are the original skulls.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:37:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2buarH7J4BWceVjHbenmq9-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The bones and teeth of the newly announced &lt;em&gt;Homo habilis&lt;/em&gt; skeleton KNM-ER 64061.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[several upper body fossil bones from archaic Homo habilis on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NcVRzvVks9TXChWiY7sBvZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A series of three skulls, with a neanderthal skull on the left, human in the middle, and australopithecus afarensis on the right]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of three skulls, with a neanderthal skull on the left, human in the middle, and australopithecus afarensis on the right]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A never-before-seen Homo erectus face reveals a complex picture of early human evolution. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:38:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ArycLz2xgCcNutTAphdD4m-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Karen L. Baab and National Museum of Ethiopia]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers used CT scans to model how this early human&#039;s face might have been shaped.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two images of a reconstructed homo erectus skull]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eWrXvahUtQqMZegue8jrEJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A skull of &lt;em&gt;Homo floresiensis&lt;/em&gt;, also known as the &quot;hobbit.&quot; ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a &quot;hobbit&quot; skull against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 16th-century gallows and dozens of skeletons discovered in France ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have identified a 16th-century gallows structure and nearly a dozen mass burial pits in Grenoble, France. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2QNwveBNvmXCbSqiiuwfAe-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Grenoble gallows dead were buried together in pits.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a mass grave of human bones still in the rocky ground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'They had not been seen ever before': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fingerprints on a Roman burial hold new clues to an unusual liquid gypsum funeral ritual. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:09:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BVMDSQYNew2dfmmbyyy5wg-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers found fingerprints and finger drag marks on plaster in a Roman burial.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[finger marks drag horizontally across plaster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in contrast to previous assumptions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:16:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:35:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TS6KKEeByMMw2ssKC7tH3D-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An ancient carved stone at the site of Shimao in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a large rock carved with a face stands in front of archaeological ruins of a wall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient genomes from southern Africa show that people evolved in isolation for upward of 100,000 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:33:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nEgQWBkyDdZkxehZbJ7XtC-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mandible of Matjes River 1 woman, who lived 7,900 years ago in southern Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a human mandible missing several teeth against a peach-colored background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:55:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F4qzBRbBMpGQFsgaX8PBYD-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers put four live wood ants in a jar of warm milk to create yogurt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glass jar filled with milk and four ants sits on a table.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:40:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5Y2DqK89GkCk7M4EbPxhK6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jane Goodall holds a chimpanzee. She died at age 91 on Oct. 1, 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Jane Goodall holding a chimp in the jungle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Republic of Georgia — and it may be earliest evidence yet of Homo erectus ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new fossil find in the Republic of Georgia is expanding our understanding of the earliest humans to leave Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:56:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:18:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dSUSgd2Ce6rE6XrLfLczpe-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Giorgi Bidzinashvili]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers discovered a fragment of a jawbone and teeth at the archaeological site of Orozmani in the Republic of Georgia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two hominin molars peek out of a mass of bone embedded in orange-brown dirt]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,100-year-old skeleton of warrior nicknamed 'Lord of Sakar,' buried in a stunning gold wreath, unearthed in Bulgaria ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The second century B.C. burial mound is the richest ever found in Bulgaria. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:04:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DwZnCLB7PMKWHajee9Lxaj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Deyan Dichev]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This burial of a warrior and his horse was found in Bulgaria.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two burials in the ground, including a man and a horse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W6sgC6wNcPPdg5KKtLwtXC-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maria Avila Arcos]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A researcher inspects a human jawbone from a pre-Hispanic individual from what is now Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[black-and-white image of a person handling a human jaw carefully while gloved]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 6,300 years ago, dozens of people were murdered in grisly victory celebrations in France ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 6,000 years ago, invaders were captured in northeastern France before being tortured and mutilated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:07:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vjXpwLb4UkBVDLto4bEBTd-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Fanny Chenal and Philippe Lefranc / INRAP]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Overhead views of two Stone Age pits full of human skeletons excavated in France.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two excavated pits filled with human skeletons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:19:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/99YNsK3JSGn6W6H2869Ljm-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An Oldowan flake tool was found near a butchered bone from a hippo relative.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A light-colored stone tool rests next to the shoulder blade of a hippo relative in the ground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:24:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ogYeWoKxA5TegvCroYBFme-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sam Falconer]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists once thought there was a clear evolutionary line between our ancestors and us. But emerging evidence suggests our evolutionary history is more like a braided stream than a branching tree.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of braided streams with the silhouettes of a human face and human ancestors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:28:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xVPPpNodJNyP4XFgLmfRLK-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Homo sapiens&lt;/em&gt; (left) and &lt;em&gt;Homo erectus&lt;/em&gt; (right) skull replicas. One expert thinks that &lt;em&gt;H. erectus&lt;/em&gt; may have mated with &lt;em&gt;H. sapiens&lt;/em&gt; in Asia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two skulls against a black background -- human on the left and Homo erectus on the right]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:43:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/667WEC8u9Q6xNVwuiWMbrR-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sayer et al., Antiquity Publications Ltd]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Grave 47 at Updown cemetery in Kent, England, contained an adolescent girl with recent African ancestry.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph of an excavated human grave with a skeleton in the middle; on the left, a line drawing of the grave and skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Stone Age skull discovered in a cave in Italy is the oldest evidence of artificial cranial modification ever found in Europe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:51:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:11:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A8rYmsdsVN9w5vcBxVBvgJ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artistic illustration of two people wrapping a baby&#039;s head.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two brown-skinned people in a cave wrap a baby&#039;s head with a piece of fabric]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A handful of stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the date that human relatives arrived in the region. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7HHvcAozRypEtRKq5L4Sdd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the stone tools discovered on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia dates back at least 1 million years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person with light skin shows off a chert stone tool with their left hand]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study of a handful of 300,000-year-old teeth revealed an ancient human group had a mix of archaic and modern tooth features. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:20:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aWekchDqscoAMbbhiZbdnP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossil teeth from Hualongdong show a mix of ancient and modern traits.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of teeth and jaws from ancient humans]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient human relative cannibalized toddlers, 850,000-year-old neck bone reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cut marks on a child's cervical vertebra found at Atapuerca in Spain suggests Homo antecessor was indiscriminate about cannibalism victims. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:58:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kfjKnCPHZLHbpgN9HYQ22k-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Detail of the neck vertebra of a child aged between 2 and 5 years, with cut marks evidencing cannibalistic practices by other humans.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[fragment of a human bone with cut marks against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 78,000-year-old footprints from Neanderthal man, child and toddler discovered on beach in Portugal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Neanderthal trackway discovered in Portugal shows how an adult male and two children hunted for food 78,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/52DfZam3YGKYNPBq8rEdcj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Carlos Neto de Carvalho (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the Neanderthal trackway discovered on the northern cliff of Monte Clérigo beach in Portugal, with two study authors for scale.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of footprint depressions in a large grey rock with two humans for scale]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeologists discover that parties 11,000 years ago were BYOB — bring your own boar ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans have feasted since the dawn of agriculture — but a new find suggests the practice of bringing exotic food to a communal gathering is even older. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:17:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:03:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Petra Vaiglova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CBdJiQrdm4GE6wGVi6LgrC-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artistic depiction of people bringing a wild boar to an ancient feast.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of ancient humans carrying a wild boar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien' skull of toddler is actually evidence of long-standing practice of head shaping ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Workers digging a pipeline in Argentina found the flattened skull of an ancient toddler, raising questions about its asymmetrical shape. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:51:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aNdgdkE7TnGVu2kHK5isxJ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skull of a child who died in the 15th or 16th century was found by workers digging a pipeline in northwest Argentina.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two views of a child&#039;s skull that has been flattened at the back, on black backgrounds in a lab]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:51:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2oyHTZ9TJ3KRsUGUierHpT-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Stone Age site of Fujia in eastern China produced two cemeteries and pottery.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two human burials, a series of four pots, and a map showing the location of two cemeteries in Neolithic China]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient 'Dragon Man' skull from China isn't what we thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:02:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:43:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XaGGTH8hVyxGAj6pMBs7jg-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of &lt;em&gt;Homo longi&lt;/em&gt; from the ancient Harbin skull found in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reconstruction of Homo longi (Denisovan)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:25:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:33:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7tgxxawJSN9Dr9izvDS8A-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ian Towle]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A skull of &lt;em&gt;P. robustus&lt;/em&gt; that was studied for dental traits.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Skull of hominin P. robustus, which has a low braincase and a large face and teeth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:00:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y6CMTQT6p4EVqrT6kPHKh9-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A replica of a &lt;em&gt;Paranthropus robustus &lt;/em&gt;skull discovered at Kromdraai in South Africa in 1938.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cream-colored skull reconstruction of P. robustus, with large orbits, large nose, and large brows but a flat head]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare face tattoos on 800-year-old mystery mummy baffle archaeologists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special black ink. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 16:41:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w78WVJCfT86T7b3hyDNmfk-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[G. Mangiapane et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Right cheek of the mummy showing tattoos of three horizontal black lines.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Right side view of a mummy with dark hair in a bowl cut. There are three black horizontal lines on the cheek.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p8pWiGe87sh58z6ZDrVLi9-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Quechua women in the Andes spin alpaca wool and weave traditional fabric.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Four women dressed in red are sitting on green grass. In the foreground, we see another person&#039;s hands spinning wool into yarn.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea around 7000 B.C. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 May 2025 22:26:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sT6FZiFT6sXgLuCnzjzkt6-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A three-dimensional rendering of an HIV virus]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three-dimensional rendering of an HIV virus]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Maya 'blood cave' discovered in Guatemala baffles archaeologists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 20:56:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c4VD6e3MLFSNg5h54dzNJk-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fragment of a human skull found in Cueva de Sangre in Guatemala.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fragment of a skull with white arrows showing where it was cut]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret of ancient Maya blue pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TuQdV66eZUwaFczXp3V24T-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mural in Bonampak, Mexico, showcases a Maya blue background.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of a wall mural with dark-skinned people facing right, dressed in fancy outfits; the background is a stunning turquoise color called Maya blue]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:42:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A8HUnQeCMJ8CtjJyKUdZNn-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A rendering of the room where numerous snuff tubes were discovered at the Chavín archaeological site in Peru.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Drawing of the inside of an ancient room showing two people taking drugs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 18th-century monk's anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him, researchers discover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An 18th-century Austrian monk who died of tuberculosis was mummified in an extremely unusual way. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8QQmfTJZ2uD7PHcPZ4NcNL-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Front and back views of the mummified body of Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Front (top) and back (bottom) of a human male mummy. His arms are crossed over his chest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A unique Bronze Age cemetery in China has revealed a high frequency of injuries suggestive of intense, violent interactions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:41:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eG2tgygUdprjCfX7VdH8Nf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researcher Jenna Dittmar studies a human skull found in a Bronze Age cemetery in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A white woman with blonde hair in a ponytail looks at a human skull on a table]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Groundbreaking' ancient DNA research confirms Pueblo peoples' ties to famous Chaco Canyon site ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New genetic research confirms what the oral traditions of the Picuris Pueblo people of New Mexico have long described — that they're related to the Indigenous people of Chaco Canyon. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Margaret Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cjrhSGsW7MaXMXNwS72kY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Pueblo Bonito site at Chaco Canyon. Ancient DNA from several people buried here centuries ago confirms that they&#039;re related to the Picuris Pueblo people in New Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ruins of a large circular building on a plant plain with mountains in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mass grave of Black Union soldiers slaughtered during the Civil War may lie under a Kentucky soybean field, high-tech scans reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:55:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:41:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zqbGHPp7NGxj3QbqQ5N7r7-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Brian Mabelitini, Kentucky Office of State Archaeology]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologist Brian Mabelitini collects ground-penetrating radar data over the area marked as a Civil War burial mound on a 1936 map.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man in a blaze yellow vest pushes a contraption that looks like a vacuum with four wheels in a field.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:34:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LwDXkzFUdPQgz3PHqhzrc7-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Newgrange Neolithic passage tomb in Ireland]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Newgrange passage tomb in the setting sun]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elite Celtic warrior had healed arrowhead injury in his pelvis, 3D bone analysis reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Celtic warrior was injured in battle 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists were able to identify the weapon based on 3D scans of his skeleton. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TJKqVksgCM2zNZvxP6WaHg-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A partial human skeleton found in a Celtic burial mound in south Germany. This individual survived an arrowhead injury to his pelvis.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Bones of a human skeleton laid out in anatomical position against a black background. The skeleton is missing its skull, hands, and feet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hairy books' bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CwAEsh9JwfrKqVxQgQURyY-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Matthew Collins]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The research team studying some of the medieval books in 2016.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Four people stand in front of a table with a large, old book on top. One wears white gloves and opens the cover.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a clue. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:21:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:06:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MVhZQ2XHs82L9DuffPK5tn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Eight human sacrifices were found at the entrance to this tomb, which held the remains of two 12-year-olds from ancient Mesopotamia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Eight human sacrifices were found at the entrance to this tomb, which held the remains of two 12-year-olds from ancient Mesopotamia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We have smaller faces than Neanderthals and even chimps. A new study may explain how this came to be. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ayrNRJczCUzTG58d4jisDS-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[CT scans of a Neanderthal skull (left) and a modern human skull (right).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CT of a Neanderthal skull facing to the right and a CT scan of a human skull facing to the left]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Bonobo genius' Kanzi, who could understand English and play Minecraft, dies at 44 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has died. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:44:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:55:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pZXRkZa5j68Rm6DWm9VVyN-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Kanzi looking over his shoulder after a shower in 2005.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dark-haired bonobo ape looks back over his shoulder after a shower]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Smallest human relative ever found may have been devoured by a leopard 2 million years ago ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/smallest-human-relative-ever-found-may-have-been-devoured-by-a-leopard-2-million-years-ago</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short — and ended up as a leopard's lunch. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:35:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:55:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZPanqwsKgPeZckFFfv2CHU-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A fragment of a hip bone from the newly discovered &lt;em&gt;P. robustus&lt;/em&gt; skeleton from Swartkrans, South Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fragment of a fossil hip bone from a human relative showing edges that are scalloped indicating a leopard chewed them.]]></media:text>
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