EXT Migrants make up about 3.2 percent01 the planet's population.

TheKing'sMaidensSix ceramic figurines were apuzzle when they came to lightin a royal Maya tomb at TakalikAbaj in Guatemala in 2012.Now archaeologist ChristaSchieber de Lavarreda and herteam believe they have workedout the complex symbolism."They're like marionettes in atheater," she says. One role wasto accompany the king to theunderworld in about 500 B.C.

But they also played otherparts, Four stood at the cardinalpoints, the corners of the Mayauniverse. Two others, positionedeast and west, likely represent-ed the daily cycle of the risingand setting sun. That symbol ofconstant rebirth may allude tothe staple crop of corn sprout-ing anew every year-a nod tothe king's own mythical role asthe corn godo -A. R. Williams

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•• Large ACIO RAIN storms may have lollowed the asteraid strike that killed the dinosaurs some 65 millionyears ago, says one study, one reason only some species survived .• Oceanographers have loundan unknown COLO-WATER CORAL near southern Greenland, where water temperatures are close tofreezing .• A ZIRCON rack discovered in Australia contains crystals believed to be 4.4 billion yearsold, the oldest material ever found on Earth.

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