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"When the ice began to recede from Europe, thousands of years ago, there were different people inhabiting the landscape. What language did they speak? This book explores the science of linguistic archeology. Trying to restore the lost language that..."
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"Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from...
"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to life on earth. Its gravity stabilized the Earth's...
