eastern

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It also noted that as many as four hominin lineages may have lived in eastern Africa between 3.0 and 2.5 million years ago: early Homo, Paranthropus, A. garhi, and the Ledi Geraru Australopithecus.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

She had fired her Defence Minister Andris Spruds last week after two drones crashed down in eastern Latvia, criticising his response and appointing a replacement.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

During La Niña, the sea surface temperatures of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean cool — the opposite of the El Niño trend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

“The rapidly developing capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces and the presence of U.S. forces in Poland strengthen NATO’s eastern flank,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield