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]]> 2007-01-25T09:09:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070116_jabari_asim_bone_deep_similarities/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070116_jabari_asim_bone_deep_similarities/ africa, anthropology, eurasia, hominid, skull, Recent anthropological research suggests that our African and Eurasian ancestors were more genetically similar than we had thought.

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]]> 2007-01-17T05:49:01+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070108_jabari_asim_epithetical_distinctions/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070108_jabari_asim_epithetical_distinctions/ nigger, poet, rap, One of the poets credited with giving birth to rap music gives us another take on the most taboo racial epithet of them all.

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]]> 2007-01-09T05:21:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061222_jabari_asim_lyrics_rated_m_for_murderous/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061222_jabari_asim_lyrics_rated_m_for_murderous/ rap, Are rappers’ ultra-violent rhymes a sign of lethal intent or just a cry against oppression?

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