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Until recently, the only non-human species of mammals that were known to experience menopause were a select few specie, such as orcas — not primates.

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The triumphant Red Sticks slaughtered the fort’s livestock and horses, destroyed the inhabitants’ property and melted the silver specie.

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His arguments were pointed with specie—we doing the punctuation—and with a little bargaining he told us what he knew.

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The new specie is called Homo luzonensis after the main northern island of Luzon, where the remains were dug up starting in 2007.

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Your merchant ships should go out loaded with attractive goods and came back overflowing with shiny specie.

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