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Sea squirts and 'skeeters in our science news roundup

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The Ivory Lady

An international team of researchers have re-evaluated the remains of a person who was a ruler in the Copper Age. Scientists used to think those remains belong to a man, but now these researchers think it's more likely they belonged to a woman. Why did it take 15 years to reach this conclusion? It comes down to the technique the researchers had available.

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