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Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy - Sawyer Mystery Cache

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NorthernLite: Have moved from the area and can no longer maintain. Will be removing the containers before Sept. 1.

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Hidden : 6/5/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is not at the posted coordinates.

This series is placed on a new bike path in Aylmer...another area we wanted you to discover. The series consists of three traditional caches and this one puzzle cache.

This cache is part of the first of a trilogy of trilogies.

Robert Sawyer is our favorite sci-fi author...and to boot, he's Canadian. We wanted to place a series of caches to introduce his books to this community. His stories take place mainly in Ontario and in the near future. They are thought provoking and believable of a very near future.

The bestselling Neanderthal Parallax trilogy explores a version of Earth where Neanderthals survived to the present and we did not — and a portal that opens up between our world and theirs.

To find the location of this puzzle cace, you will need to be come familiar with Robert Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. Find the answers to the following questions: (some internet sleuthing will be required)

Hominids: In what month did the Neanderthal make his first appearance in the heavy water tank at the Sudbury Neutrino Lab?
Humans: Jurard Selgan is a member of which generation?
Hybrids: In what year did Lonwis Trob invent the Companion?

To solve:
Hominids:(? x 10) - 1 = AB
Humans: (? / 8 ) - 1 = CD
Hybrids: (? - 1900) + 7 = EF

Cache is at: N45 25.ABC W 75 46.DEF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bcravat Puncgref

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)