<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 07:50:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/anthropology/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[In a Royal House ]]></title><description><![CDATA[After arriving in the Americas, the Spanish crown proceeded to conquer, colonize, Christianize, and expand their new dominions, starting in the island of Hispaniola, present day Dominican Republic (and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193212/@litguru/in-a-royal-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193212/@litguru/in-a-royal-house</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193212]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[litguru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:55:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VtqrYsQTorxs3Kcc38zT6Kb3pjbEimyaM6SDX4u6QPpZTumMbpVZCsWyVVLQHNtzpCdq4XjGbFC9zo4tCpHCRPawd95qnj6hCy7zcHjpLSZkr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ist die "Out of Africa"-Theorie endgültig widerlegt?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Liebe Leser, lange galt Afrika als die unumstrittene Wiege der Menschheit - die sog. 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