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Linguist’s ‘huge knowledge’ analysis helps waves of migration into the Americas

Linguistic anthropologists are making use of the newest know-how to an historic thriller: how and when early people inhabited the New World. Their new analysis suggests complicated patterns of contact and migration among the many early peoples who first settled … Continue reading

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Did volcanic activity play a role in early human evolution and migration?

Did volcanic activity play a role in early human evolution and migration? The great Rift Valley that runs through Ethiopia has played a pivotal role in human evolution. It is both the location of the earliest fossils of anatomically modern … Continue reading

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Himalayan migration northward found to be result of tectonic lift

Himalayan migration northward found to be result of tectonic lift A trio of researchers has found evidence to suggest that a very large gorge in an eastern part of the Himalayas is moving slowly northward due to pressure from tectonic … Continue reading

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Migration back to Africa took place during the Paleolithic

The Palaeogenomics study conducted by the Human Evolutionary Biology group of the Faculty of Science and Technology, led by Concepción de la Rua, in collaboration with researchers in Sweden, the Netherlands and Romania, has made it possible to retrieve the … Continue reading

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Migration back to Africa took place during the Palaeolithic

A research group has managed to retrieve the mitochondrial genome of a fossil 35,000 years old found in the Pestera Muierii cave in Romania. That woman was part of the first population of our species that inhabited Europe following the … Continue reading

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Clues about human migration to Imperial Rome uncovered in 2,000-year-old cemetery

Isotope analysis of 2000-year-old skeletons buried in Imperial Rome reveal some were migrants from the Alps or North Africa, according to a study published February 10, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kristina Killgrove from University of West … Continue reading

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Letta calls for united European action on migration

IMG class=hide alt=”Letta calls for united European action on migration” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-a42c91a1310659d73ca42758fc697687.jpg” (ANSA) – Mexico City, January 13 – European Union countries must find a way to better cooperate on immigration issues rather than leaving individual nations to struggle on their … Continue reading

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A FRONT ROW SEAT FOR THE SPECTACLE OF MIGRATION IN ORIENT-EXPRESS SAFARIS IN BOTSWANA

M.V. year X-Nr 719 of 30.09.2013 In November many migratory birds, including the Eurasian steppe Eagle, European bee-eaters, and European white stork coming here to escape the harsh winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere. In the Savute thunderstorms in spring … Continue reading

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Italy set to see migration demands met by EU

(ANSA) – Brussels, October 24 – Italy will be standing firm on its demands for changes to European attitudes and laws on immigration issues, Premier Enrico Letta said Thursday as a leaders’ summit opened in Brussels. “We want the European … Continue reading

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A FRONT ROW SEAT FOR THE SHOW OF MIGRATION IN THE ORIENT-EXPRESS SAFARIS IN BOTSWANA

M.V. year 719 X – Nr 30.09.2013 In November of many migratory birds, including the Eurasian steppe, Eagle, European Bee-eater and European white stork coming here to escape the rigors of winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere. In the Savute … Continue reading

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