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<div class="individual-author">Benjamin Taub is a freelance science journalist living in Portugal. He has a background in anthropology and specializes in writing about the lives of prehistoric humans. (Follow him on X: <a href="http://x.com/Benjaminkt86">@Benjaminkt86</a>)</div>
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