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The Old World is a reference to those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia and Africa.

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This is a fairly fresh article about a new homonid fossil discovery in the Afar:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php ... n-ethiopia
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An\drews Collins on Denisovian:

https://youtu.be/ncoOIOmnkkE?t=914
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E.P. Grondine wrote:on a lighter note:

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/anima ... 610-ghl4sq

Perhaps we haven't evolved as far as we thought we have?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.

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