Ancestors of Chinese came from India: Study |
BANGALORE: The ancestors of most Asian
populations, including the Chinese and southeast Asians, came from India, a new
genetic study across 10 countries has revealed. The study found that humans
first migrated to the Indian subcontinent from Africa some 100,000 years ago and
then spread to other parts of Asia.
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“When humans moved out of
Africa, there was a migration to India and from India to southeast Asia and then
east Asia, and finally to the Americas. So, all Asians have a genetic connection
with India,” Mitali Mukerji, a scientist from the Institute of Genomics and
Integrative Biology who was in the team, said.
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Makes me want to put on a pair of white overalls and visit the site, though I am not so sure I can run that fast anymore 
Amazing how these “sightings” seem to make headlines when new movies on aliens and alien abductions are due to hit the big screen. UFO alert: police officer sees aliens at crop circle |
A police officer contacted British UFO experts after seeing three aliens
examining a freshly made crop circle near Avebury, Wiltshire.
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However, as he approached the ‘men’ – all over 6ft tall with blond hair – he
heard “the sound of static electricity” and the trio ran away
”faster than any man he had ever seen”.
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The officer returned to his home in Marlborough, Wiltshire, and contacted
paranormal experts and told them he had spotted a UFO.
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Wiltshire Police has refused to comment on the incident, saying it is a
”personal matter” for the officer involved.
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Crop circle researcher Andrew Russell, who is investigating the bizarre
sighting on behalf of the officer, described the moment his sighting was
made.
Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk |
Impressive, but it seems if one looks back at the ancient Greeks or in the Biblical stories, people lived to be a 125+ years old, so living till 100 yo still is not that impressive. Again, it amazes me that humans have figured ways to take a life or lives in a matter of a few seconds, yet we have not put our intelligence to use and figured away to extend a peaceful co-existence of life for more than 150+ years. Today’s babies could live to 22nd century: study |
PARIS — More than half of the babies born today in rich countries will live to 100 years if current trends of life expectancy continue, a study appearing in the medical journal The Lancet said on Friday. |
In the 20th century, most developed countries saw an increase of around 30 years in life expectancy, according to the paper led by Kaare Christensen, a professor at the Danish Ageing Research Centre at the University of Southern Denmark. |
In 1950, only 15-16 percent of 80-year-old women, and just 12 percent of octogenarian men, made it to the age of 90 in advanced economies. |
In 2002, this had risen to 37 percent and 25 percent respectively. In Japan, the survival rate from 80 to 90 is now more than 50 percent for women. Read more at www.google.com |
Hard to imagine 4.4 million years ago - makes our potential life span seem so tiny in comparison to how long human life on earth has existed. I guess what amazes me most is within the last 4-5 thousands years, humans have made many attempts at eradicating each other, let alone all the natural disasters and such and we still exist. Once more, when I am in museums it boggles my mind how all the artifacts, paintings, and other treasures have been preserved over the years. This is just an incredible find of this skeletal remains. Ardi’s Secret: Did Early Humans Start Walking for Sex? |
The big news from the journal Science today is the discovery of the oldest human skeleton—a small-brained, 110-pound (50-kilogram) female of the species Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed “Ardi.” She lived in what is now Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago, which makes her over a million years older than the famous Lucy fossil, found in the same region 35 years ago.
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Buried among the slew of papers about the new find is one about the creature’s sex life. It makes fascinating reading, especially if you like learning why human females don’t know when they are ovulating, and men lack the clacker-sized testicles and bristly penises sported by chimpanzees.
Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com |
A skull that rewrites the history of man |
It has long been agreed that Africa was the sole cradle of human evolution. Then these bones were found in Georgia… |
The conventional view of human evolution and how early man colonised the world has been thrown into doubt by a series of stunning palaeontological discoveries suggesting that Africa was not the sole cradle of humankind. Scientists have found a handful of ancient human skulls at an archaeological site two hours from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, that suggest a Eurasian chapter in the long evolutionary story of man. |
The skulls, jawbones and fragments of limb bones suggest that our ancient human ancestors migrated out of Africa far earlier than previously thought and spent a long evolutionary interlude in Eurasia – before moving back into Africa to complete the story of man. |
Pretty incredible architecture and building feat. ‘Massive’ ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem |
JERUSALEM (CNN) — An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say. |
Standing 8 meters (26 feet) high, the wall of huge cut stones is a marvel to archaeologists. |
“To build straight walls up 8 meters … I don’t know how to do it today without mechanical equipment,” said the excavation’s director, Ronny Reich. “I don’t think that any engineer today without electrical power [could] do it.” |
Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority added, “You see all the big boulders — all the boulders are 4 to 5 tons.” |
2,000-year-old cream shows aristocrat’s taste |
Tuscan discovery was found almost intact in a cosmetics case |
Italian archaeologists have discovered lotion that is over 2,000 years old, left almost intact in the cosmetic case of an aristocratic Etruscan woman. |
The discovery, which occurred four years ago in a necropolis near the Tuscan town of Chiusi, has just been made public, following chemical analysis which identified the original compounds of the ancient ointment. The team reports their findings in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science. |
Dating to the second half of the second century B.C., the intact tomb was found sealed by a large terracotta tile. The site featured a red-purple painted inscription with the name of the deceased: Thana Presnti Plecunia Umranalisa. Read more at www.msnbc.msn.com |
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Ancestors of Chinese came from India: Study
