# Here's the cite I promised.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-cite-i-promised/63297 "2001-04-25T15:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-cite-i-promised/63297/1 "2001-04-25T15:03:58Z")

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[Encyclopedia Britannica](http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=108487&tocid=22288#22288.toc).

I’ve read of this elsewhere, too, but Britannica is the most readily available source at the moment.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-cite-i-promised/63297/2 "2001-04-25T15:06:13Z")

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Can a moderator get rid of this?

I’ll repost my reply in the right place.