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Fishnets and fortifications: Troops on Ukraine’s southern front dig in as peace talk hopes fade

By Rebecca Wright, Ben Wedeman, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Dan Hodge, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. Down

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A Neanderthal man at a 2024 London exhibit. Modern humans genetically diverged from the lineage that produced Neanderthals and Denisovans about 600

Humans may have had a competitive edge over our ancient relatives, study suggests

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more efficient water seekers than our closest extinct relatives. About 600,000 years ago, modern humans

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