[ad_1] You must have watched the movie Lagaan, which was based on the truth of arbitrary land taxes imposed by the British during the colonial era in India. You must have also heard about the East India Company, infamous for plundering and exploiting Indians. You might be wondering why we …
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Discovery of bones and tools in German cave could rewrite history of humans and Neanderthals:
[ad_1] Pioneering groups of humans braved icy conditions to settle in northern Europe more than 45,000 years ago, a “huge surprise” that means they could have lived there alongside Neanderthals, scientists said Wednesday. The international team of researchers found human bones and tools hiding behind a massive rock in a …
Read More »DNA from 10,000-year-old “chewing gum” sheds light on teens’ Stone Age menu and oral health: “It must have hurt”
[ad_1] DNA from a type of “chewing gum” used by teenagers in Sweden 10,000 years ago is shedding new light on the Stone Age diet and oral health, researchers said Tuesday. The wads of gum are made of pieces of birch bark pitch, a tar-like black resin, and are combined …
Read More »Ancient human DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have higher multiple sclerosis risk
[ad_1] Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings come from a huge project to compare modern DNA with that culled from …
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