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The discovery of an ancient giant panda skull has confirmed its bamboo diet dates back more than 2 million years and may have played a key part in its survival.[:

A Chinese-US research team reports its results today following studies on a fossil skull found in south China's Cuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2001.

The six fossils unearthed in Jinyin Cave are dated between 2.4 and 2 million years ago, according to the report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an influential US journal.

Jin Changzhu, of the chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and lead author of the paper, said the smaller fossil skull indicates the giant pandas were about a third smaller than today's pandas.

Researchers knew the panda reached its maximum size about 500,000 years ago, when it peaked ,and then gradually became smaller.

Jin, a paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology attached to the CAS, said the size _ was a basic rule of evolution.

"A species tends to grow bigger when it reaches the peak of its population , but becomes smaller when numbers decline," he said.

The dental remains of the skull, which is the oldest giant panda skull ever found, are similar to today's pandas, indicating the type of teeth that could munch mountains of bamboo. A panda can eat up to 40kg of bamboo per day.

Paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon, the US co-author at the University of lowa, said the panda's focus on bamboo could have helped it survive all these years.

"Once an animal begins to rely on a common and stable food source, such as bamboo, it tends to evolve a larger body size," he said. "As individuals of the evolving species grow bigger, they have a better chance not to be eaten by predators due to their larger body size."
1. was something found?
2. what?
3. more than one?
4. how many?
5. where were they discovered?
6. how old are they?
7. who reported this?
8. is an anthropologist mentioned?
9. named?
10. does he have another profession?
11. what?
12. where does he work?
13. did he say something?
14. what?
15. how many years?
16. when was the specimen discovered?
17. in what country?
18. in the Northern section of the the country?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. fossils
3. Yes
4. six
5. in Jinyin Cave
6. they are between 2.4 and 2 million years old
7. the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
8. Yes
9. Russell Ciochon
10. Yes
11. co-author
12. the University of lowa
13. Yes
14. that the panda's focus on bamboo could have helped it survive all these years.
15. more than 2 million
16. 2001.
17. China
18. No

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One day, Phoebe woke up and found that her house had been broken into. Her front door was wide open. She went into the living room and saw that her television set and stereo were missing. She checked the kitchen, but didn't find anything missing there except for a clock. Then she saw that her purse had been stolen too. She called the police to report what had happened. The police officer told her that there had been a lot of cases like this in her neighborhood lately, and they were looking for the criminals. Phoebe went into her bedroom and started to cry. She had no money to buy a new television set or stereo. She was scared that the robbers might try to break into her house again. She called her friend Mary and asked her what to do. Mary told Phoebe to change her front door lock right away. She said she knew a detective who could try to find the robber who had broken into her house. Phoebe thanked Mary, and said she felt safe knowing that there was someone who could help her catch the robber so he wouldn't do it again.
1. How many things were stolen?
2. What where they?
3. How did they get in?
4. Who did she call first?
5. Had they found the robbers?
6. Who was the next person she talked to
7. What advice did she give?
8. Who did she say cold be of assistance?
9. Could she replace her taken belongings?
10. why not?
11. Was she the only victim?

Numbered answers:
1. Two
2. her television set and stereo
3. Her front door
4. the police
5. unknown
6. Mary
7. to change her front door lock right away.
8. a detective
9. no
10. She had no money
11. no

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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR.

The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long.

Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time he arrived, and Bladud was lying on his back inside his hut.

"Is any one within?" demanded the stranger, lifting a corner of the curtain.

"Enter not here, whoever you are!" replied the prince quickly, springing up--"stay--I will come out to you."

"You are wonderfully inhospitable," returned the stranger, as the prince issued from the hut and stood up with an inquiring look which suddenly changed to one of astonishment.

"Beniah!" he exclaimed.

"Even so," replied the Hebrew, holding out his hand, but Bladud drew back.

"What! will you neither permit me to enter your house nor shake your hand? I was not so churlish when you visited my dwelling."

"You know well, old man, that I do not grudge hospitality, but fear to infect you."

"Yes, I know it well," rejoined the Hebrew, smiling, "and knowing that you were here, I turned aside on my journey to inquire as to your welfare."

"I have much to say about my welfare and strange things to tell you, but first let me know what has brought you to this part of the land--for if you have turned aside to see me--seeing me has not been your main object."
1. Where had Cormac gone?
2. for what?
3. What was Bladud doing?
4. where?
5. What did the stranger ask?
6. What did he do to the curtain?
7. Did the prince want him to come in?
8. Was the Prince surprised to see who it was?
9. Did the Prince want to shake his hand?
10. Why not?
11. Was the visitor young?
12. Did he go out of his way to see the prince?
13. How is the visitor's hair described?
14. Does he have a beard?
15. What is he wearing?
16. Is it short?
17. Tight?
18. What is he carrying?
19. Are his shoulders narrow?
Numbered answers:
1. A sprint
2. A spring for water
3. Lying on his back.
4. Inside his hut.
5. Is any one within?
6. Lifted a corner
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. He did not want to infect him.
11. No
12. Yes
13. Snowy
14. Yes
15. A black garment
16. No
17. Loose
18. a six foot long staff
19. No