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February 2012

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Olduvai Chopper

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With regard to your image contribution File:Olduvai_Chopper.JPG, did you really mean to say "oldest object", or should it have been "oldest artifact"? The former seems quite unlikely. Cheers, LeadSongDog come howl! 17:02, 24 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for pointing that out. You are correct.

Your contributed article, Cathedral of Saint Mel in Ardagh

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Clarification

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Paine Ellsworth, I have a few things to say. I will respectfully protest that "Homo" is Latin for Man or Human. Since we live in the 21st Century, it is less sexist to indicate human. The entry for Meganthropus is grossly misleading and confused. I have spent some time putting together a page on Meganthropus offline. How may I replace what is already on Wikipedia. Charles

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