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  1. Anthropology

    A hip stance by an ancient ancestor

    By 6 million years ago, upright human ancestors had evolved a hip design that remained stable for perhaps the next 4 million years, until the appearance of hip modifications in Homo erectus.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Strong support for a basic diet

    The alkalinity of diets rich in potassium—usually a reflection of heavy fruit and vegetable consumption—helps preserve muscle.

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  3. Plants

    Floral Shocker: Blooms shake roots of flowering-plant family

    A tiny aquatic plant, once thought to be related to grasses, raises new questions about the evolution of the earliest flowering plants.

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  4. Tech

    Holding up

    New software pinpoints the weak spots in Michelangelo's David.