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A scientist uncovers an 11-year-old Tenerian girl, who was buried wearing an upper-arm bracelet carved from the tusk of a hippo.

Green Sahara

( Mike Hettwer / National Geographic Society )

A scientist uncovers an 11-year-old Tenerian girl, who was buried wearing an upper-arm bracelet carved from the tusk of a hippo.

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