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Decoding Neanderthals documentary

Posted on 21. März 2013
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Translation Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans—people physically identical to us today—left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. But when they arrived, they were not alone: the stocky, powerfully built Neanderthals had already been living there for hundred of thousands of years. So what happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals? Did we make love or war? That question has tantalized generations of scholars and seized the popular imagination. Then, in 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo announced stunning news. Not …

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Shanidar Cave

Posted on 27. Februar 2012
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TranslationThe cave site of Shanidar is located in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan in Iraq. It was excavated between 1957-1961 by Ralph Solecki and his team from Columbia University and yielded the first adult Neanderthal skeletons in Iraq, dating between 60-80 000 years BP. The excavated area produced nine skeletons of Neanderthals of varying ages and states of preservation and completeness (labelled Shanidar I – IX). The tenth individual was recently discovered by M. Zeder during examination of a faunal assemblage from the site at the Smithsonian Institution. The remains seemed to Zeder to suggest that Neandertals had funeral ceremonies, …

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Der Neandertaler – Was wirklich geschah

Posted on 27. Februar 2012
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The Iranian Genome Project

Posted on 26. Februar 2012
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TranslationThe Iranian Genome Project aims to provide knowledge to both the scientific and Iranian community by studying and understanding the genetic background of Iranians. Genomics is an emerging field whereby scientists map our genetic code — the language of life – and study how differences in this language leads to differences in health and disease. Knowledge of our genetic code will enable us, as Iranians, to gain a better understanding of how our genes affect our health. Moreover, it will empower us as a community by giving us data that could one day be used to create tailored treatments and …

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„Ardi“ älter als „Lucy“

Posted on 26. Januar 2012
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Translation„Ardi“ kam noch vor „Lucy“ 4,4 Millionen Jahre altes Skelett ist ältester Vorfahre des Menschen Dieser Fund schreibt Geschichte: Wissenschaftler haben in der Afar-Senke in Äthiopien die Überreste von unserem ältesten bekannten Urahnen entdeckt. Ardipithecus ramidus lebte vor 4,4 Millionen Jahren und damit noch deutlich vor dem Australopithecus „Lucy“. Das Fossil ergänzt damit die Geschichte der Hominidenentwicklung um ein wichtiges Kapitel.   Quelle: scinexx | „Ardi“ kam noch vor „Lucy“: 4,4 Millionen Jahre altes Skelett ist ältester Vorfahre des Menschen – Frühmenschen, Ardi, Lucy, Fossilien, Hominiden, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus, Evolution, Homo sapiens. Film zum Thema (Quelle: youtube.com):

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