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San rock engraving

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Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

Various types of sugar. Organic compound. Glucose. Refined sugar, raw sugar, brown sugar, sugar cubes spoon wood

What’s the Difference Between Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar?

Aspirin pills.

7 Drugs that Changed the World

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

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Also Known As	Saa • Masarwa • Saan • Basarwa • Sarwa • Bushmen

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Incised drinking vessel and necklace

San rock engraving

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!xong |Gui !Kung Nguni Mpondo Zulu Tembu Venda Pedi Tswana Xhosa Manyika Voortrekker

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Isaac Schapera

South African anthropologist