Neolithic Europeans were drinking milk (no doubt with very sore stomachs) for thousands of years before evolving the gene that helps digest it. According to a recent article published in the journal Nature, prehistoric individuals developed a taste for milk thousands of years before humans gained the genetic characteristic that allows us to digest it without hurting stomachs … [Read more...] about Humans Were Drinking Milk Some 6,000 Years Ago Before Most of us Evolved to Be Able To Digest It
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When a Shelter Dog is Finally Adopted After 6 Years, He Receives The Sweetest Farewell
“Stevie wagged his tail and said a special goodbye to everyone" ❤️️ Stevie was about a year old when he arrived at Dogtown SA as a stray. He was friendly and outgoing with both people and other dogs from the start. His new shelter companions assumed it wouldn't take long before he got his forever home, but that wasn't the case. Stevie was passed over time and again for … [Read more...] about When a Shelter Dog is Finally Adopted After 6 Years, He Receives The Sweetest Farewell
After Thousands of Years, Wild Bison Have Returned to Britain
Three European Bison (Bison bonasus) may be able to reverse the fact that the UK is one of the most environmentally devastated nations in the world. As the first of these creatures to walk freely in the wild in Britain for thousands of years, the three made history this week. As part of The Wilder Blean Project, run by the Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, these … [Read more...] about After Thousands of Years, Wild Bison Have Returned to Britain
Europe Will Freeze if The Gulf Stream Ceases, Which is at Its Weakest Level in More Than a Thousand Years
Sediments and ice cores show that the warm ocean current that maintains northern Europe habitable is weaker than it has ever been in the last thousand years. The discovery raises the possibility that the current will weaken even more, which would be disastrous for the UK and Ireland and bad news for many other locations. Northern Europe's climate has been governed for … [Read more...] about Europe Will Freeze if The Gulf Stream Ceases, Which is at Its Weakest Level in More Than a Thousand Years
Reexamined Remains of Warrior Buried 900 Years Ago Suggest They May Have Been Non-Binary with XXY Chromosomes
A recent study published in the European Journal of Archaeology has shed new light on the remains of a sword-wielding warrior found in southern Finland over 50 years ago. The reexamination of the body has led researchers to believe that the individual may have been non-binary and had an additional X chromosome (XXY). Radiocarbon testing has suggested that the body was buried … [Read more...] about Reexamined Remains of Warrior Buried 900 Years Ago Suggest They May Have Been Non-Binary with XXY Chromosomes