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KwaZulu-Natal

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mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. The land was of course already occupied by San (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers for millennia and more recently Bantu tribes of the Nguni branch (most notably Zulus and Xhosas).

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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No, not a reality show, the history of paleontology in the United States is apparently livelier than the Indiana Jones movies.) Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. No collarbones! No feathers!

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