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In novels and movies, archaeologists leap over pits, swing from vines and disarm ingenious traps as they gallivant around the world in search of buried treasure. They behave less like scientists than swashbuckling explorers with an old map and a loose grasp of history. But in the summer of 2003, a group of real archaeologists excavating a site in Olorgesailie, Kenya, discovered treasure as exciting as any in fiction. They were pursuing a greater understanding of humanity's ancestors, and their real-life adventure offers us revelations in the epic and evolving story of mankind.
The scientists, affiliated with the Smithsonian...
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