Giant eagles once ruled the skies. They snatched human children, and shaped our evolution
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After the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit, giant birds became apex predators for tens of millions of years – and humans were among their prey. A child of our ancient ancestors, just three years old and still teething, wandered through the swaying grass of the South African savannah 2.8 million years …
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