AvatarPaula Nylin Nevelsflipped into Historical FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 hours agoDNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really meanstheconversation.com - Shai Carmi and Harald RingbauerIn 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly …
AvatarKeithflipped into NOTICE MAGAZINEStoryboardCountries Where Women Far Outnumber MenAvatarCurated byWorldatlas.comAccording to the statistics, the number of women and men making up the global population is almost equal, though slightly more men than women. According to the UN estimate, for every 100 women, there are 101.8 men, meaning that women account for about 49.6% of the total global population. Although the human gender sex ratio is almost 1:1, women and men are distributed unequally globally. In some countries, women far outnumber men to the point of great concern.
AvatarUNILADflipped into UNILADAvatarAvatar1 day agoEarth is going to lose a second for first time in history and it could cause huge problemsUNILADIt's often said there's not enough in the day - but that saying might take on a whole new meaning in a few years time. Thankfully, this is only for a …
AvatarPennLive.comflipped into Central Pa. News: PennLive.comFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo23 hours ago‘It can’t be’: Amateur fossil hunter makes ancient discoverypennlive.com - Claudia DimuroNot bad for an amateur. A woman in England who likes to look for fossils in her spare time stumbled upon a find that may be nearly millions of years …
AvatarSalvo Miccichéflipped into History and PhilologyFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo9 hours agoThe Biggest Treasure I Found After Five Decades in Archaeologycounterpunch.org - Gary M. FeinmanAn analytical lens across the depth of time is archaeology’s greatest attribute. Since the mid-20th century, tens of thousands of archaeologists and …
AvatarKeithflipped into Notice: The PastFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo19 hours agoExcavation in Wyoming reveals groundbreaking Triceratops discoveryourcommunitynow.comPaleontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery into the lives of the Triceratops dinosaur. What began in 2013 as a hunt for Tyrannosaurus rex …
AvatarJeff Buhmannflipped into ARCHAEOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGYFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoScientists uncover long-lost secrets of major biblical eventsthebrighterside.news - Joshua ShavitArchaeologists have long sought to bridge the gap between the narratives of ancient texts and the tangible evidence hidden beneath the earth's …
AvatarFlipboard Canadaflipped into ScienceAvatarAvatar23 hours agoAncient DNA reveals intriguing details about a sixth century Chinese emperorverified_publisherCNNCNN — Ancient DNA recovered from the remains of a sixth century Chinese emperor who ruled during the country’s dark ages has shed some light on what the leader may have looked like. Emperor Wu ruled China as part of the Northern Zhou dynasty from 560 to 580 and is credited with unifying the northern …
AvatarThe Daily Beastflipped into Latest StoriesAvatarAvatar4 hours agoGeorge Washington’s Descendants ID’d From Bones in Unmarked GravesThe Daily Beast - Dan Ladden-HallResearchers used DNA analysis to find the first president’s family members. A historical mystery about the final resting places of George Washington’s …
AvatarJosh flipped into The Daily InterestFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo23 hours ago10 of the Biggest Earthquakes in Historymentalfloss.com - Julie FogersonModern seismographs were invented in the 1880s. Since that time, Earth has experienced some colossal quakes. The earliest written evidence of an …
AvatarPaula Nylin Nevelsflipped into Historical FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoWhat Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?thecollector.com - Greg BeyerThe military conquests of Genghis Khan are well known. His Mongol cavalry swept across the open steppe taking vast swathes of territory. His armies …
AvatarEurasia Reviewflipped into Eurasia ReviewFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoWhat Bronze Age Teeth Say About Evolution Of The Human Dieteurasiareview.com - Eurasia ReviewA new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford Univeristy Press, uncovers well-preserved microbiomes from two 4,000 year old …