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1) To the heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the exploration of central Africa

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c2004

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A portrait drawn from historical documents discusses the nineteenth-century adventurer's rescue from slavery, her education under and marriage to English adventurer Sam Baker, and her life in the uncharted interior of Africa.

2) The invaders: how humans and their dogs drove Neanderthals to extinction

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Shipman, Pat

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[2015]

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With their large brains, sturdy physique, sophisticated tools, and hunting skills, Neanderthals are the closest known relatives to humans. Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe��descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago,...

3) Taking wing: Archaeopteryx and the evolution of bird flight

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In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the Bavarian region of Germany was a fossil skeleton so exquisitely preserved that its wings and feathers were as obvious as its reptilian jaws and tail. This transitional creature offered tangible proof of Darwin's theory of evolution. Hailed as First Bird by its champions and dismissed...