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Research reveals humans ventured out of Africa repeatedly as early as 400,000 years ago, to visit the rolling grasslands of Arabia
https://theconversation.com/research-rev...bia-167050
EXCERPTS: Our research published today in Nature shows that in repeated pulses over the past 400,000 years, the Nefud Desert landscape received monsoon rains that resulted in rolling grasslands, flowing rivers and large lakes home to thousands of wild donkeys, antelopes and hippos. Humans also inhabited these green corridors as they made their way out of Africa, only to disappear when conditions deteriorated again.
Among other findings, we present the oldest dated evidence for hominins in Arabia, in the form of stone tools dated to about 400,000 years ago. The Homininae subfamily is the group of humans of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor.
[...] Our findings reveal the intimate association between early human migrations and patterns of climate change — wherein different groups of humans repeatedly made it out of Africa when conditions became favourable. And this happened long before the dispersal event of 50-65,000 years ago, which finally saw their descendents permanently colonise other regions.
Yet dozens of questions remain. Were some of these migrations from northern Neanderthals? What became of these different populations? Where did they go? Could some have made it to Southeast Asia and hence to Australia? The human story won’t be told completely until we explore more long-neglected areas, much like our ancestors once did... (MORE - missing details)
RELATED (Max Planck Institute): Prehistoric Climate Change Repeatedly Channelled Human Migrations Across Arabia
Stalin-era mass graves unearthed in Ukraine
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...in-ukraine
INTRO: The remains of up to 20,000 people have been found in Ukraine's southern city of Odessa as excavations continue at a site believed to be a mass grave of victims of Stalin's Terror, historians said Monday. According to various estimates, the bones of between 5,000 and 20,000 people lie in the ground, making it one of the largest mass graves unearthed in Ukraine so far.
They were discovered this month close to Odessa airport after exploratory works started as part of expansion plans. "As of today, 29 graves have been discovered. The bodies lie in several layers," local historian Oleksandr Babych told journalists at the site which until recently was a garbage dump.
"Already we can clearly see at least five layers", he said. Historians believe that these people were executed in the 1930s, the time known as Stalin's Great Terror. Archaeologist Tetyana Samoylova, a chief consultant at the site, highlighted the "cynicism" with which the sentences were carried out.
"They dug out pits in the garbage and threw these people in or shot them dead as they were standing there," Samoylova said... (MORE)
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Because Leftangelicals are such nice guys, LAWL. Goes all the way back to the left's very dawn in the French Revolution: Reign of Terror.
Same old repeat, repeat consequences, especially pertaining to purging activity and nutjobs taking over after the upheaval. With the opportunistic, bureaucratic altruism and radical egalitarianism as a lure beforehand for attracting idealistic fools. But an endless series of people born every generation who buy into the retreads being new or rehabilitated ideology.
https://theconversation.com/research-rev...bia-167050
EXCERPTS: Our research published today in Nature shows that in repeated pulses over the past 400,000 years, the Nefud Desert landscape received monsoon rains that resulted in rolling grasslands, flowing rivers and large lakes home to thousands of wild donkeys, antelopes and hippos. Humans also inhabited these green corridors as they made their way out of Africa, only to disappear when conditions deteriorated again.
Among other findings, we present the oldest dated evidence for hominins in Arabia, in the form of stone tools dated to about 400,000 years ago. The Homininae subfamily is the group of humans of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor.
[...] Our findings reveal the intimate association between early human migrations and patterns of climate change — wherein different groups of humans repeatedly made it out of Africa when conditions became favourable. And this happened long before the dispersal event of 50-65,000 years ago, which finally saw their descendents permanently colonise other regions.
Yet dozens of questions remain. Were some of these migrations from northern Neanderthals? What became of these different populations? Where did they go? Could some have made it to Southeast Asia and hence to Australia? The human story won’t be told completely until we explore more long-neglected areas, much like our ancestors once did... (MORE - missing details)
RELATED (Max Planck Institute): Prehistoric Climate Change Repeatedly Channelled Human Migrations Across Arabia
Stalin-era mass graves unearthed in Ukraine
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20...in-ukraine
INTRO: The remains of up to 20,000 people have been found in Ukraine's southern city of Odessa as excavations continue at a site believed to be a mass grave of victims of Stalin's Terror, historians said Monday. According to various estimates, the bones of between 5,000 and 20,000 people lie in the ground, making it one of the largest mass graves unearthed in Ukraine so far.
They were discovered this month close to Odessa airport after exploratory works started as part of expansion plans. "As of today, 29 graves have been discovered. The bodies lie in several layers," local historian Oleksandr Babych told journalists at the site which until recently was a garbage dump.
"Already we can clearly see at least five layers", he said. Historians believe that these people were executed in the 1930s, the time known as Stalin's Great Terror. Archaeologist Tetyana Samoylova, a chief consultant at the site, highlighted the "cynicism" with which the sentences were carried out.
"They dug out pits in the garbage and threw these people in or shot them dead as they were standing there," Samoylova said... (MORE)
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Because Leftangelicals are such nice guys, LAWL. Goes all the way back to the left's very dawn in the French Revolution: Reign of Terror.
Same old repeat, repeat consequences, especially pertaining to purging activity and nutjobs taking over after the upheaval. With the opportunistic, bureaucratic altruism and radical egalitarianism as a lure beforehand for attracting idealistic fools. But an endless series of people born every generation who buy into the retreads being new or rehabilitated ideology.
