Mysterious Minoans Were European, DNA Finds
The Minoans, the builders of Europe’s first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests. The conclusion, published today (May 14) in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn by comparing DNA from 4,000-year-old Minoan skeletons with genetic material from people living throughout Europe and Africa in the past and today. “We now know that the founders of the first advanced European civilization were European,” said study co-author George Stamatoyannopoulos, a human geneticist at the University of Washington. “They were very similar to Neolithic Europeans and very similar to present day-Cretans,” residents of the Mediterranean island of Crete. While that [...]
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Why Cities are The Future Of Human Evolution
Cities Are the Future of Human Evolution Humans began to live in urban settlements about 7 thousand years ago. As humans continued to evolve over the millennia, so too did our cities. Now, our cities are about to change again — and they’re going to look more like ancient Machu Picchu than the gleaming towers of glass and steel we have today. Illlustration by Olga Idealist on Deviant Art As any urban dweller can tell you, the one thing that’s constant in city life is change. Buildings rise up and are torn down; parks bloom out of old train tracks; [...]
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Early human ancestors were ‘aquatic apes’: Living in water helped us evolve big brains and walk upright, scientists say
Supporters of the aquatic ape theory include Sir David Attenborough It says apes emerged from water, lost their fur, and started to walk upright Theory will be revisited at London conference next week By Amanda Williams PUBLISHED: 17:23 GMT, 28 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:23 GMT, 28 April 2013 A controversial theory that humans evolved from amphibious apes has won new support. The aquatic ape theory, whose supporters include David Attenborough, suggests that apes emerged from the water, lost their fur, started to walk upright and then developed big brains. While it has been treated with scorn by some scientists [...]
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DNA and cloned extinct animals are on their way
Woolly mammoths stomp through the Siberian tundra as the giant moa strides the forest floor of New Zealand and Tasmania’s dog-like ”tigers” stalk their prey under the cover of night. This is not a snapshot of times past, nor an addition to Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park movies. Instead, it’s a scenario that some biogeneticists see as plausible in our own lifetimes: the resurrection of species driven to extinction, sometimes thousands of years ago. A museum display of the Giant Moa. Next Thursday will be 60 years since Francis Crick and James Watson published their paper unveiling the structure of DNA, [...]
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Lloyd Pye – Everything You Know Is Wrong
Everything You Know Is Wrong (EYKIW) is the product of years of research into human origins, spanning everything from the oldest known recorded histories of the world to modern genetic discoveries. In it, Lloyd Pye postulates his alternative view of human evolution, now called “Intervention Theory.”
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Ancient Europeans mysteriously vanished 4,500 years ago
Published April 23, 2013 LiveScience The genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,500 years ago, new research suggests. The findings, detailed today (April 23) in the journal Nature Communications, were drawn from several skeletons unearthed in central Europe that were up to 7,500 years old. “What is intriguing is that the genetic markers of this first pan-European culture, which was clearly very successful, were then suddenly replaced around 4,500 years ago, and we don’t know why,” said study co-author Alan Cooper, of the University of Adelaide Australian Center for Ancient DNA, in a statement. “Something major happened, and the hunt is [...]
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Making of Europe unlocked by DNA
The Neolithic was a period of momentous cultural and demographic change DNA sequenced from nearly 40 ancient skeletons has shed light on the complex prehistoric events that shaped modern European populations. A study of remains from Central Europe suggests the foundations of the modern gene pool were laid down between 4,000 and 2,000 BC – in Neolithic times. These changes were likely brought about by the rapid growth and movement of some populations. The work by an international team is published in Nature Communications. Decades of study of the DNA patterns of modern Europeans suggests two major events in prehistory [...]
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‘Living fossil’ coelacanth genome sequenced
The genetic secrets of a “living fossil” have been revealed by scientists. Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago. The study found that some of the animal’s genes evolved very slowly, giving it its primitive appearance. The work also shed light on how the fish was related to the first land-based animals. The coelacanth has four large, fleshy fins, which some scientists believe could have been the predecessors of limbs. It had been suggested that this fish was closely related to early tetrapods – [...]
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Scientists make ‘laboratory-grown’ kidney
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The rat kidney was grown in the laboratory A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated organs made so far. A study, in the journal Nature Medicine, showed the engineered kidneys were less effective than natural ones. But regenerative medicine researchers said the field had huge promise. Kidneys filter the blood [...]
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Cow/Human DNA
Joel probably set embryology, stem-cell research, and Science in General back about 50 years.
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