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This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on May 19, 2020. I’m Steve Mirsky. On this episode: KEATING CLIP That’s…
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Originally published in August 1906 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Some years ago Eugène Dubois discovered in the island of Java some…