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Where Did the Polynesians Really Come From?
... from Taiwan, parts of Papua New Guinea, and Southeast Asia. Another intriguing area of study is the genetic ... the mtDNA comes from haplogroups in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. This suggests some degree of intermarriage between ... most mtDNA in Polynesia comes from Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Are there Amerindian Connections to Early Polynesians? ...
Caleb Strom - 26/08/2020 - 23:49
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90,000-Years-Old Footprints Discovered On Moroccan Beach
... Asian Homo erectus, spread eastward into Southeast Asia by at least 1.6 million years ago. However, modern ...
ashley cowie - 02/02/2024 - 16:22
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Ferdinand Magellan: Defying all Odds in a Voyage around the World
... of the Ottoman Empire was that European overland trade to Asia was now limited. Moreover, the exotic goods of the East ... explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who made an attempt to reach Asia by sailing west 13 years after Columbus’ death. MORE ... in search of the fabled passage that would lead them into Asia. Portrait traditionally associated with Antonio ...
dhwty - 19/04/2015 - 01:00
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Ryukyu Kingdom: Castles, Customs, and China and Japan's Rivalry
... would come to almost dominate maritime trade in East Asia, mostly due to their key position. For roughly 150 years ...
Aleksa Vučković - 11/11/2019 - 01:22
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Mystery of the Sphinx: An Ancient Message of Ethnic Diversity in Dynastic Egypt
... artifacts is startling, with examples of people from Asia, Africa, and Europe, and is documented in hundreds of ... of the Louvre. Each has the face of an individual from Asia. (Photo by the author). Each sphinx is executed in the ... conclude that because of its close proximity to Africa, Asia, and Europe, “ from the first millennium BCE onwards, ...
Cliff Dunning - 15/10/2017 - 18:43
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Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II
... and informed Cyrus of her answer, he mustered his forces. Asia in 323 BC, showing the Massagetae located in modern-day Central Asia. ( CC BY 3.0) Cyrus lead his forces to the Jaxartes ...
Cam Rea - 06/10/2016 - 01:58
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The Mysterious Deer Stones of Mongolia
Mongolia is steeped in rich, ancient culture. One of the most fascinating discoveries made in Mongolia is that of their mysterious deer stones. These deer stones are estimated to be at least 2,700 years old and depict several images, including deer, elk, horses, human faces, and the sun. These Bronze Age masterpieces are fascinating, as they provide some insight into the people that lived at the time of their creation, but otherwise provide little to no detail about their purpose.
Lex Leigh - 13/12/2022 - 14:00
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The Amazons: The Real Female Fighters Dispelling Myth & Legend
... were concerned, anything past Thrace and heading to inner Asia was essentially the land of the Scythians. If one were ... war with the Medes: “…They (the Scythians) entered Asia in pursuit of the Cimmerians and overthrew the empire of ... R. 1970. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia . Rutgers University Press. Hard, R. 2008. Apollodorus: ...
B. B. Wagner - 18/07/2019 - 14:07
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Link Between the Huns and Vizsla Dogs Unravels an Ancient Enigma
... Huns are thought to have arrived from Central or South Asia, possibly from the Hindu Kush, and may be descendants of ... paternal DNA was identified as R1a (Z93). Z93 is common in Asia and this mutation happened around 5,800 years ago, which ... from this line.” Dogs “followed their humans from Asia to Europe…, eventually becoming the dogs that founded ...
Ksana - 14/02/2020 - 19:05
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How the most important plant for Prehistoric Man migrated across the planet
... its African origins – it came to be so widely used in Asia and the Americas at least 8,000 – 10,000 years ago. ... that the American strain of the plant originated in Asia, so were most likely carried across the Beringian ... more closely related to African gourds than those found in Asia. Using updated models of how objects drift on Atlantic ...
aprilholloway - 16/02/2014 - 23:19
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Bactria - The Bountiful, Sought-after Region of Ancient History
... of the ancient period for the region between Central Asia and the Indus River in Pakistan, comprising the eastern ... More broadly speaking, Bactria was situated in Central Asia (in whose history it played a major role), and nestled ... Sogdiana, and beyond it the limitless steppes of Central Asia, where the fierce Scythian warrior culture lived. The ...
Aleksa Vučković - 02/10/2021 - 14:43
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Paro Taktsang: The Breathtaking Himalayan Cloud Monastery
Bhutan is a small country in South Asia and the home of many sacred sites and monasteries ... wooden bridges. Ten Magnificent Ancient Structures of Asia DNA study solves mystery of Himalayan Yeti, with ...
Bryan Hill - 03/08/2015 - 02:56
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Alexander the Great: Veterans and Settlers – Part III
Watching the fast-evolving state of affairs following Alexander’s death, the Athenian demagogue Demades compared the Macedonian army to the: “Cyclops after his one eye had been burned out, seeing its many disorderly and unsteady motions.” The trouble, which would spread to the distant corners of the empire, commenced in Babylon in June 323 BC.
David Grant - 16/04/2018 - 21:35
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Genetic Research Untangles Africa’s Human Evolutionary History
An international team of anthropologists, archaeologists, and genetic researchers that included 44 scientists from 12 countries has completed a new African genetic research study that reveals more details about the fascinating and complex evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, or modern man within the continent of Africa.
Nathan Falde - 25/02/2022 - 17:43
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The Rise and Demise of the Seleucid Empire
... ambitious younger brother, Antiochus Hierax, demanded Asia Minor and occupied with the war against the Ptolemies ... War in 241 BC, however, Seleucus attempted to regain Asia Minor, and civil war broke out between the two brothers. ... around 239 BC. Around the same time, Seleucus had to leave Asia Minor to deal with problems in the east, thus leaving ...
dhwty - 19/09/2019 - 02:01
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Scientists to map out vast ancient Chinese city of Loulan
... for merchant caravans trading between China and Central Asia, and prospered from the trade. References to this desert ... antiquities around Loulan, in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia. Since then, more than two hundred mummies have been ... the local peoples, the Uyghur, who look more European than Asia, that they are the descendants of the original ...
aprilholloway - 18/06/2014 - 23:30
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Ancient Alien-Like Heads Discovered in Croatia
Archaeologists digging in Croatia have unearthed three ancient alien-like skeletons and two have artificially elongated skulls.
ashley cowie - 23/08/2019 - 19:01
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10th Century Astronomical Text of Abd-al Rahman al-Sufi Unveiled
... scholars into Arabic. The syncretic traditions of Western Asia were once culturally aligned owing to the dominance of ... had emerged with transcontinental trade and exchange with Asia , particularly those regions connected to the ancient ...
Sahir - 17/09/2021 - 22:55
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Exo-Geologist Reveals Neolithic Petroglyphs In “Alien Mountain” Caves
... with other archaeological sites in Sri Lanka and South Asia region, it is “the very first time these particular ... at other archaeological sites found in Sri Lanka and South Asia, the new paper says these carvings “are systematically ...
ashley cowie - 11/09/2020 - 17:14
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DNA Tool Allows You To Trace Your Ancient Ancestry
University of Sheffield
Scientists at the University of Sheffield studying ancient DNA have created a tool allowing them to more accurately identify ancient Eurasian populations, which can be used to test an individual's similarity to ancient people who once roamed the earth.
Currently the study of ancient DNA requires a lot of information to classify a skeleton to a population or find its biogeographical origins.
ancient-origins - 14/01/2019 - 22:54