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The ‘Ancient Underwater Ruins’ of Yonaguni, Japan

One of the pseudo-archaeological claims that I see from time to time on the intertubes is the speculation that there are underwater ruins of an ancient civilization off the coast of Yonagumi. This by itself isn’t such a fantastic claim. … Continue reading

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The First Americans Were Immigrants of Two Populations

The most recent online issue of Current Biology has an article describing the research which reveals evidence that the first Americans immigrated via two distinct populations at around the same time. One population is comprised of haplogroup D4h3, which took … Continue reading

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