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Human genome reboot better reflects global population
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
The new genome rundown may help clarify the contribution of genetic variation to health and disease, improve genetic testing, and guide drug discovery. "A pangenome is not just one reference genome, but a whole collection of diverse genomes. Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was billed as the complete sequence of the human genome, though about 8% of it had not been fully deciphered. That reference genome was a mosaic drawn from about 20 people, including 70% from one individual of mixed European and African ancestry. The first complete human genome, based on a single European individual, was published last year after scientists filled in the gaps.
A fabricated image of a giant man towering above a crowd of people is being shared alongside false claims that it shows the “last Neanderthal giant”, but the image was likely generated using artificial intelligence, experts said. A Facebook post sharing the image states: “This is the last know human Giant Neanderthal!” and adds that Neanderthals “died out” thousands of years ago, so “no Neanderthal's DNA is found in modern times” (here). Contrary to the online claims, Neanderthal DNA has been extracted from these skeletal remains and analysed extensively. The earliest version of the image of a purported “Neanderthal giant” that Reuters could find appears on the official subreddit for Midjourney, an AI-based system that generates images based on text prompts entered by users (bit.ly/423OozQ). The image does not show the last Neanderthal giant, it is likely AI-generated.
Scientists have recovered the DNA of a woman from the tooth, which was used as a pendant 19,000 to 25,000 years ago. The pristine collection of the pendant from Denisova Cave paid dividends. The researchers who found the pendant, which was determined to be 19,000-25,000 years old, used gloves and face masks when excavating and handling it, avoiding contamination with modern DNA. The oldest-known objects used as personal adornments date to about 100,000 years ago from Africa, according to the University of Leiden's Marie Soressi, the study's senior archeologist. Denisova Cave long ago was inhabited at different times by the extinct human species called Denisovans, Neanderthals and our species.
CNN —Traces of ancient DNA contained in old bones have spilled fascinating secrets about the past. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, revealed intriguing details about its ancient wearer and is the first time scientists have successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Stone Age artifact. Shown here is the ancient DNA extraction lab at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyTypically, researchers would use a small drill to extract bone powder from an artifact or bone. The pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia yielded ancient human DNA.
The findings in the ambitious Zoonomia Project identified parts of the genome functionally important in people and other mammals and showed how certain mutations can cause disease. The project revealed the genetics of uncommon mammalian traits like hibernation and showed how the sense of smell varies widely. The researchers said the findings on hibernation genetics could inform human therapeutics, critical care and long-distance space flight. The most primitive species was the venomous burrowing insect-eater Hispaniola solenodon, closely related to mammals alive during the dinosaur age. In terms of human differences from other mammals, the study pointed to regions associated with developmental and neurological genes.
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. They were examples of the "island effect," a rule in evolutionary biology describing how large-bodied species tend to downsize on islands while small-bodied species upsize. Extinction risk was seen highest among species that underwent more extreme body size shifts compared to mainland relatives. But small-bodied species, because there is a decreased risk from predators on islands, are emancipated from evolutionary constraints on their size. It once was home to a dwarf elephant relative, giant rats and a giant stork, as well as a dwarf human species - Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the "Hobbit," standing just 3-1/2 feet tall (106 cm) tall.
Tom Bjoerklund/Handout via REUTERSMarch 1 (Reuters) - Europe was no balmy paradise during the Ice Age, with the vast glaciers that blanketed large parts of the continent rendering wide swathes inhospitable for humans. While some populations hunkered down and survived in relatively warmer parts of Europe, including France, Spain and Portugal, others died out on the Italian peninsula, the study showed. "It refreshes our knowledge of how human beings survived the Ice Age," added paleogeneticist and study co-author He Yu of Peking University in China. Homo sapiens arose roughly 300,000 years ago in Africa, then spread worldwide, reaching Europe at least 45,000 years ago. The only people who survived this harshest period in Europe were hunter-gatherers who had found refuge in portions of France and the Iberian peninsula, the study found.
Survivors could farm mushrooms on dead trees, or eat rats and insects. In order to survive, he says, people would need to adopt sunlight-free agriculture — cultivating mushrooms, rats, and insects. Vincent Kessler/ReutersWhile we're using the wood to grow mushrooms, we could use the dead trees' leaves, too, he said. Dead trees can feed other life forms, like rats and insectsRats, much like mushrooms, can digest cellulose, the sugar that makes up 50% of wood. So anything the mushrooms leave behind could be fed to the rats, Walsh suggests.
Meanwhile, one group of a related species — Neanderthals — developed a mutation that could have spared them the smell of their own body odors. It's a popular idea that humans have a bad sense of smell, as compared with dogs, for instance. Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty"We have to really understand ourselves within our own context," rather than comparing humans to dogs or monkeys, as previous research on smell receptors has done, Hoover said. To Hoover's surprise, the Neanderthals, Denisovan, and humans all appeared to have the same repertoire of smells. More research like it, with more samples of ancient genomes, could reveal a clearer picture of Neanderthal and Denisovan life.
New YorkFashion designers love the jump from homo sapiens to home, which liberates them from necklines, hemlines, and everything in between. One thinks of the über-modernist Halston, the floors and furniture in his Paul Rudolph townhouse sheathed in lean industrial gray, flocks of white orchids sailing in the stillness. Or of the changeless Bill Blass , the masculine classicism of his poised Sutton Place living room an escape from the WASP shmattes demanded by his East Side clientele. Or of the quixotic Karl Lagerfeld , chasing one period vision after another through serial homes decorated to the nth degree, costly statements of style that bored him once done. These postwar men were actually following in female footsteps.
An amateur archaeologist has decoded what experts describe as "the first known writing in the history of Homo sapiens." The inscriptions that Bacon, 67, decoded date back tens of thousands of years. Bacon says he believes his discovery has the power to change our understanding of Stone Age communities. The code inscriptions that Bacon, 67, decoded appear in at least 400 caves across Europe which are up to 25,000 years. Bacon told The Times that he believed this discovery had the power to change our understanding of Stone Age communities.
Prehistoric humans were surprisingly creative cooks
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —Stone Age cooks were surprisingly sophisticated, combining an array of ingredients and using different techniques to prepare and flavor their meals, analysis of some the earliest charred food remains has suggested. (From left) Breadlike food was found in Franchthi Cave in Greece; pulse-rich food with wild peas was uncovered in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq. The charred food remains from Franchthi Cave dated from 12,000 years ago, when it was also occupied by hunter-gatherer Homo sapiens. Much research on prehistoric diets has focused on whether early humans were predominantly meat eaters, but Kabukcu said it was clear they weren’t just chomping on woolly mammoth steaks. A Neanderthal hearth was unearthed at Shanidar Cave, where charred plant remains were also found.
Ученые обнаружили на стоянке Нешер Рамла в Израиле кости, которые принадлежат неизвестному ранее науке виду людей. На месте раскопок ученые обнаружили каменные орудия труда, останки людей и множество костей животных. Человеческим останкам около 120 000 — 140 000 летВнешне жившие в то время люди напоминали скорее неандертальцев, чем современных. Выяснилось, что все четыре вида останков принадлежат к одной группе, которая ранее была неизвестна науке. На связь между ними указывает ряд ранее обнаруженных останков людей возрастом от 80 000 до 120 000 лет.
Locations: Нешер Рамл, Израиль, Табун, Кесем, Мугарет эльЗуттие, Нешер Рамла
Sursa foto: ProfimediaO nouă specie de om preistoric: Diferă de omul modern prin absenţa bărbiei şi prezenţa unor dinţi foarte mariO nouă specie de om preistoric descoperită recent în Israel pune sub semnul întrebării ipoteza cunoscută în prezent potrivit căreia omul de Neanderthal a apărut în Europa şi apoi a migrat spre sud. Noua specie diferă însă de omul modern prin absenţa bărbiei, structura craniului şi prezenţa unor dinţi foarte mari, precizează studiul. Pentru dr. Zaidner, acest lucru „arată că Homo Nesher Ramla poseda tehnologii avansate de producere a uneltelor de piatră şi cel mai probabil a interacţionat cu Homo sapiens din zonă”. Potrivit studiului, alte câteva fosile cu caracteristici similare descoperite anterior în Israel pot fi atribuite acestei noi specii de Homo. ProfimediaDescoperirea de la Nesher Ramla pune sub semnul întrebării teza privilegiată conform căreia Neanderthal a apărut în Europa şi ar fi migrat apoi spre sud.
Persons: Hr, dr ., Ramla, Israel, dr . Rachel Sarig Organizations: Yossi, Universităţii Ebraice, Science, Universitatea din, Zaidner, Israelul Locations: Israel, Europa, Ramla, Israelului, Ierusalim, Universitatea din Tel Aviv, Levant, Vest, Asia, Africa, Veche
Этот недавно обнаруженный тип гомининов мог быть предком популяций неандертальцев в Европе, отвечая на загадку того, как эти популяции получили ДНК H. sapiens до их прибытия в эти регионы. Археологи назвали нового древнего человека человеком из Нешер Рамла (Homo Nesher Ramla) в честь археологических раскопок в Израиле, где были обнаружены кости. Кроме того, реконструированный череп сильно отличался от черепа H. sapiens, с более крупными зубами, другим строением черепа и отсутствием подбородка. По словам исследователей, после прибытия H. sapiens 200 000 лет назад эти два типа людей жили в Леванте около 100 000 лет. Для реконструкции облика древнего человека ученые сопоставили уровень активности генов, которые определяют форму лица и анатомию тела у шимпанзе, людей современного типа, неандертальцев и денисовцев.
Persons: Исраэль Гершковиц, Йоси Зайднер, Гершковиц Organizations: тельавивский университет, Еврейский университет Locations: Левант, Израиль, Европа, Азия, Нешер Рамла, Нешер Рамл, Иерусалим, Африка, Средиземноморье, Западная Европа
Sursa foto: Jurnal.md80 de ani de la deportările staliniste: „Să nu uităm niciodată trenurile morții, altfel istoria se poate repeta”„Timp de săptămâni întregi oamenii au mers în vagoane pentru animale: femei cu copii mici, femei gravide, bătrâni. Să nu uităm niciodată de acele trenuri ale morții, pentru că, altfel, chiar și în mileniul 21 istoria se poate repeta”, a menționat deputata Maria Ciobanu în cadrul evenimentului de comemorare a victimelor deportărilor staliniste organizat de Platfroma DA sâmbătă, în scuarul Gării. Restul membrilor familiilor au fost duși la cercul polar, Comi, Omsc, Kazahstan și în alte regiuni ale Rusiei. Secretarul general al Platformei DA, Ion Terguță, a menționat că deportările au vizat distrugerea sistemică a populației locale, distrugerea elitelor politice, economice și a clerului din Basarabia pentru „a ne domina și a ne transforma în homo sovieticus”. Ion Terguță a menționat că orașul Chișinău este, de fapt, singurul oraș din lume în care încap deopotrivă monumentele victimelor și ale torționarilor, acest fapt exemplificând tranșant toată drama moldovenilor.
Persons: Ciobanu, Andrei Năstase, Vasile Năstase, Terguță Locations: Gării, Siberia, Kazahstan, iștii, Gulag, Omsc, Rusiei, Basarabia, Chișinău
Исследователи считают, что падение кометы на Землю в далеком прошлом могло спровоцировать изменение человеческого общества. Хотя первые Homo sapiens возникли в период между 200 000 и 300 000 лет назад, гораздо раньше, чем это столкновение, исследователи обнаружили, что падение кометы фактически совпало со значительными изменениями в самоорганизации человеческого общества. В этот исторический период люди в "Плодородном полумесяце", который охватил страны, которые мы знаем сегодня как Египет, Ирак и Ливан, переходили от кочевого образа жизни охотников-собирателей к жизни в постоянных поселениях. "Эта крупная космическая катастрофа, кажется, увековечена на гигантских каменных столбах Гебекли-Тепе, в Турции, возможно, "первом храме в мире", который связан с зарождением цивилизации в "Плодородном полумесяце" в юго-западной Азии. Хотя новое исследование является захватывающим и многообещающим, ученые говорят, что необходимы дополнительные доказательства и исследования, чтобы лучше понять, как удар кометы мог повлиять на глобальный климат и, в конечном итоге, на человеческие цивилизации.
Persons: Чиксулуб, Мартин Свитман, Свитмен Organizations: Эдинбургский университет Locations: Земля, Шотландия, Северная Америка, Гренландия, Плодородный полумесяц, Египет, Ирак, Ливан, ГебеклиТепе, Турция, Плодородном, Азия
Sursa foto: AFPRămășițele a nouă oameni de Neanderthal au fost găsite într-o peșteră din ItaliaArheologii italieni au descoperit rămășițele a nouă oameni de Neanderthal, care ar fi fost vânați și uciși de hiene, într-o peșteră preistorică aflată la sud-est de Roma, informează BBC. Oasele fosilizate, care includ bucăți de craniu și maxilare rupte, au fost găsite în peștera Guattari din orașul de coastă San Felice Circeo. Mario Rolfo, profesor de arheologie la Universitatea Tor Vergata, a spus că majoritatea oamenilor de Neanderthal au fost uciși de hiene pentru hrană și aduși în peșteră. Alte rămășițe ale oamenilor de Neanderthal au fost descoperite întâmplător în peștera Guattari în 1939, aceasta devenind "unul dintre cele mai importante locuri din lume pentru istoria oamenilor de Neanderthal". Peștera a fost sigilată în trecut de un cutremur sau o alunecare de teren, permițând păstrarea în bună stare a conținutului ei.
Persons: Felice Circeo, Mario Rolfo, Mario, Dario Franceschini Organizations: BBC, Universitatea Tor Vergata Locations: Italia, Roma
Кургинян предлагает также внимательнее всмотреться в описанный Хаксли ещё в 30-е годы ХХ века «дивный новый мир». Так какие же негативные свойства существующей системы здравоохранения действительно необходимо обсуждать, проводя при этом четкое различие между таким обсуждением и отказом от достижений здравоохранения как такового? У существующей системы здравоохранения несколько негативных свойств. Я будут перечислять негативные свойства существующей системы здравоохранения. Но ведь не все же представители существующей системы здравоохранения и сопряженных с нею областей являются такими мерзавцами.
Persons: Сергей Кургинян, Кургинян, Хаксли, Маркс, Ковид, Шпенглер, Швейцер, Нет, Сальери, Моцарт, Великим Жрец, Олдос Хаксли, Директор Инкубатория, Директор, Бокановский, Ковида, Форд, Рувим Рабинович, Рувима Что, Рождавшиеся, Бедный Organizations: Суть времени, ЦЕНТРАЛЬНО ЛОНДОНСКИЙ ИНКУБАТОРИЙ И ВОСПИТАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЦЕНТР, Воспитательный Центр, Центрально Лондонский, ИВЦ Locations: Русь, Калиюгу, Запад, Рим, Греция, Земля, Ковид, Мировое Государство, Хаксли
С того момента, как панде­мия коронавируса застала врасплох весь земной шар, в Республике Мол­дова стали обнаруживаться люди, занимающиеся раз­множением зла. Деятель­ность «сеятелей зла» процветает и в пандемию, и при чрезвычай­ном положении. На то, кем эти негативные люди есть, наложило свой отпечаток латинское выражение «Homo homini lupus est», означаю­щее «человек человеку волк». Еще один успех, который они приписывают себе, ‒ это то, что более 60 процентов граждан страны не хотят вакци­нироваться. Даже не верится, но многие из этих голосующих были награждены медалями и орденами за особые заслуги перед страной и наро­дом.
Persons: Вовторых, Роберт Оппенгеймер Organizations: СМИ, Ботанический сад Locations: Республика Молдова
„Special pentru domnul Țîcu voi vorbi în limba rusă, poate își va trage un glonte în cap după discursul meu”, a spus Bolea. Drept răspuns, Octavian Țîcu a spus că Bolea a intrat în sala de glorie a lui homo-moldovanus. „Pe domnul Bolea vreau să îl felicit a intrat în sala de glorie a lui homo-moldovanus. Luare de cuvânt al socialistului a fost în contextul proiectului înaintat de PSRM, privind achitarea de către stat a facturilor la energie electrică pentru persoanele fizice. Cu majoritatea voturilor, proiectul de lege privind compensarea tarifelor la energia electrică utilizată de consumatorii gospodăriilor casnice a fost aprobat în prima lectură de către deputați.
Persons: Octavian Țîcu, El Organizations: Soros
Исследователи пещеры Кесем в Израиле выяснили, что обнаруженные там шарообразные каменные орудия использовались для дробления костей животных. Из этих 29 каменных шаров в 10 сохранились следы износа, поэтому команда провела цифровую стереомикроскопию и металлографическую микроскопию этих камней, а, вернее, следов органики на них. Кроме того, авторы работы доказали, что копии камней из пещеры Кесем были более эффективными при растрескивании открытой кости, чем естественные гладкие камни. Раньше самое древнее свидетельство систематического производства и использования каменных инструментов было датировано возрастом 2,5 млн лет назад. Считается, что человек изобрел первые простейшие орудия труда, которые антропологи относят к так называемой олдувайской культуре, примерно 2,5 миллиона лет назад.
Persons: Эллой Ассаф, Ассаф, Дэвид Браун Organizations: тельавивский университет Locations: Кесем, Израиль, Северное полушарие, Эфиопия, Кения, Аваш, Джордж Вашингтон
The manner of writing is captivating and adding the pictures to the end of the book, was the perfect way to end this autobiography. At the same time, the twists of the plot are merciless – the reader falls under the spell and into the trap. Although he begins his book by recalling how his mother threw him out of a minibus because of a racist, dangerous driver, he defines very well his relationship with her. Pe Goodreads puteți accesa lista celor 100 cei mai activi cititori din Moldova care au scris recenzii în 2020. Vedeți pe #diez cine au fost cei mai activi cititori din Moldova care au scris recenzii pe Goodreads în 2019.
Persons: Stella Popa ., Oleg Serebrian, Alice, Remi, Creangă, Rebreanu, Teodoreanu, Serebrian, Regândirea, Esther Perel, Esther !, Galina, Cristina Mazilu, Schindler, Leon Leyson, Lilah, InuYasha, Gray, Rumiko Takahashi Inuyasha, G . Willow Wilson, Adrian, Anastasia Bodrug, Nun, Denis Diderot, Margaret Atwood, Elena Ferrante, Elif, . Încercând, Natalia, Franz Kafka, F . Kafka, ., Dumitru, Troțki, Apoi, Oliver James, Victor Fală, Eugen Cioclea, Brumaru, Gherman, Iulian Ciocan, Nistor Poloboc, Nistor, Nistor poloboc, Denis, Cotețov, Jora, Eduard Podubnîi, Iulian Iordăchescu, Vasile, virtuali, Sorin Hadârcă, John, Andrea Camilleri, Tania Moroi, Frații, Erich Maria, Autorul, Anna Casian - Musteață, Antonia Sârbu, Sarah Bodaly, Mike Lee, Cristina Oniscenco, Fredrik Backman, Irina Constantin, Jacques Dorme, Andrei Makine, Andreea, Svetlana, Alex Railean, Anne Frank, Anne Frank Knowing, Anne, Alexandru, Luminița Gabura, Matt Haig Great, Andrei Vasilachi, Cristina Ermac . Born, Trevor Noah, Born, Noah Organizations: Andreea Solodchi, African Locations: Moldova, Poland, Chișinău, suci, Jora Curechi, Republica Moldova, neștirea, Karnak, Lisabona, Europa, America, backgrounds, Sud, African Childhood, South Africa, humor
Граждане Молдовы начнут жить хорошо тогда, когда сформируется Homo Moldavicus Sapiens, то есть такой вид нашего народа, в котором разум начнёт перевешивать эмоции. Такое мнение на своей странице в соцсети высказал бывший вице-премьер, экс-министр экономики Молдовы, а ныне независимый эксперт Александр Муравский, передает Noi.md. "Когда мы начнём жить хорошо?" А пока советую усесться поудобней перед экранами ТВ или мониторами компов и посмотреть фильм "Джек Восьмёркин - американец". - задался вопросом бывший вице-премьер, экс-министр экономики Молдовы.
Persons: Александр Муравский, Джек Восьмеркин Organizations: ТВ, Советская власть Locations: Молдова, Республика Молдова
Prestația electorală a unioniștilor Op-Ed de Victor Pelin
  + stars: | 2020-11-30 | by ( ) www.ipn.md   time to read: +7 min
Prestația electorală a unioniștilor Op-Ed de Victor Pelin„Cu așa lideri, ca cei doi reprezentanți ai mișcării unioniste, aceasta nu mai are nevoie de inamici. Doi dintre aceștia – Octavian Țîcu și Dorin Chirtoacă, au participat la recentele alegeri prezidențiale, lăsându-și susținătorii cu ochii în soare pentru o perioadă indefinită. Acesta a convocat ședința Consiliului Politic Republican al formațiunii, care i-a aprobat raportul de activitate și a demis vicepreședinți, pe care i-a înlocuit cu alții. Pentru opinia publică ar fi de mare interes să citească raportul de activitate a liderului PUN și argumentele care justifică demisia vicepreședinților și nu a președintelui formațiunii, care a obținut un scor derizoriu. Cu așa lideri, ca cei doi reprezentanți ai mișcării unioniste, aceasta nu mai are nevoie de inamici.
Persons: Victor Pelin, Igor Dodon, Aceștia, Octavian, Dorin Chirtoacă, Octavian Țîcu, Moldovanus, învinșilor, Dodon, Mihai Ghimpu Organizations: Partidului Unității Naționale, Politice, Politic, UNIREA, Partidului Liberal, PL, România !, Partidul Unității Mișcării Naționale Locations: Republicii Moldova, România, Republica Moldova, Drăguțanu, Moldovei
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