From the Editor

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Reorientations

Cowboy Culture and the Universe

The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors

Big Digs

Excavations in Ethiopia and Lockport, New York

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Novelties

In praise of contributors, including you

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Meat and Potatoes

Of carnivores and herbivores

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Misperceptions

Closing in on 40 years

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Fevers

Temperatures at the Boiling Point

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Strongmen

Larger than life, for ill and good

Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev In Vienna

From the Editor: My Favorite Commie

Nikita Khrushchev Comes to America

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From the Editor: Positive Thinking

Funny-looking cells and an air of expectation

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From the Editor: Outliers

Big Sur and George Koval, atomic spy

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Poles Apart

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Paying Attention

Ten Sites and One Overlooked Hero

Charles Darwin

Evolution and Equality

What do Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and the Freedom Riders have in common with each other?

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Elevations

Disparate views from on high

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia

Big Deals

Revelry and Architecture

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Standing Tall

Niger's giraffes and our 16th president

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Puzzlers

Stonehenge's purpose and a noble fish's demise

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Newcomers

Two new key additions to our staff

Leopold (top) and Loeb (bottom)

Challenges

To save a wall and understand killers' motives

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Stouthearted Men

Brutal, yes, but also strong-willed

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