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"Exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in global wildlife populations in recent decades, the WWF conservation group says. In a report, the charity says losses in vertebrate species - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles - averaged 60% between 1970 and 2014. "Earth is...

If a picture tells a thousand words, a cross-hatched design drawn on a fragment of rock some 73,000 years ago could speak volumes. The problem will be understanding what it tells us. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06657-x

(not for those who believe humans were created 6000 years ago of course :smile: ) http://www.reuters.com/video/2017/07/20/human-history-pushed-back-by-australian?videoId=372137483&videoChannel=117760

I think this is an interesting project:- http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/16/health/iceland-genes-genealogy-alzheimers-exp/index.html

For the experts. Did haplogroup E split from paragroup DE*. If it did how come D and E have taken such opposite and extreme directions and characteristics? Would DE* have African or Asian origins, or is the whole thing still debated yet? Even wikipedia article is a little confusing. Any opinions?

Two men who took several people hostage in a church in France's northern Normandy region have been "neutralised", the French interior ministry said Tuesday. Police sources said one of the hostages was killed. http://www.france24.com/en/20160726-assailants-take-hostages-church-near-french-city-rouen

DiscussionThe analyses of the dominant and autochthonous I2a1b-M423 lineage (>30%) suggest that SEE had a significant role in the Upper Paleolithic, the R1a1a1b1a*-M558 lineage (19%) represents a signal from present day Slavic populations of Central Europe in the Croatian population, and the...

23rd June is Referendum day to determine whether Britain will leave or remain in the EU. It seems that there is quite a strong momentum for Britain to Leave the Block irrelevant that financial and now religious institutions are advising the contrary. Will it be really that bad for a few years...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34156673

23andme autosmal results can be downloaded to Family tree dna. I guess with will provide a bigger database for possible matches. https://www.familytreedna.com/autosomalTransfer?atdna=fKMQSZziN%2FslCrEiXcDVCQ%3D%3D

Hello admin. It seems my inbox is not working properly. It tells me I have new notification, but nothing new is in inbox. I haven't exceeded capacity and even deleted some old messages. Was this problem known before? - Its just that I dont want to be thought as I am ignoring pvt messages. Thank...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150527134040.htm

All the news channels seem to highlight the bad news (compared to any good news they might highlight), not only announcing it but spend much of the coverage on analyzing and discussing it. Once the bad news is not happening anymore no one hears about it not because its not worth discussing...

https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fbge20150420map&utm_campaign=Content&sf8693824=1 One can click on arrows for a description

Eurovision 2015....and more Australia taking part this year? That is something really new. Maybe we see Canada next year? I mean Celine Dione already won it for them in 1988.....in the name of Switzerland of course :). I guess because of the interest it generates and the majority of the...

I guess we are all familiar with all the types of advertising the type that literally 'bombard' us every day to the point of madness through Junk mail, TV (non stop) Driving round on Bill boards, spam on phones, Calls on land lines, browsing through the internet, E-mails. Have we come to a point...

I found this study quite interesting and well conducted too. Its about the parents role in creating the right balance between Narcissism and Self esteem in Children. Unfortunately I don't think that one can get access to the whole study (for free) but there is a good summary about it in the link...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/04/us-science-humans-idUSKBN0M024E20150304

59% Southern European 25% Asia Minor 7% Eastern Middle east 6% North African 2% Finland and Northern Siberia :rolleyes2:

Maltese cuisine is not exactly what comes to your mind when one thinks food. Malta has been influenced apart from the aboriginal country style cooking in less prosperous times, from Sicilian (and Italian), Provance (South France) (through the knights as it know that thats were the main chefs...