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Here’s How Humans Have Evolved In the Last 100 Years

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about some of the recent discoveries in regards to our own evolution in the last 250 years. Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1… Support this channel on Patreon to help … Continue reading →

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A Question Hidden in the Platypus Genome: Are We the Weird Ones?

Researchers have produced the most comprehensive platypus genome yet, as well as that of another monotreme, an echidna. Is the platypus the paragon of mammals? Researchers have produced the most comprehensive genomes yet of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and echidna … Continue reading →

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Megaprojects: Terraforming The Sahara | Answers With Joe

A team of researchers have figured out how to turn the Sahara desert into lush, green farmland. It could save the world… But it is insane. By the way, if you want to learn more and support the Africa Great … Continue reading →

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American Expats In Korea React To The US Capitol Riot | STREET INTERVIEW

On January 6, 2021, rioters supporting Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Hill in an attempt to overturn the US election result, sending shockwaves throughout the world. Asian Boss interviewed a group of American expats living in Seoul to get … Continue reading →

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Camille Claudel: Rediscovering Works of an Underappreciated Sculptor | My Modern Met

By Arnesia Young on January 8, 2021 How much do you know about Camille Claudel? Throughout history, there have been many sculptors who have made a name for themselves. One is Auguste Rodin, the famous 19th-century French sculptor who created … Continue reading →

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Man Spends 40 Years Planting a Tree on Barren Island Every Day | My Modern Met

By Kelly Richman-Abdou on August 9, 2018 This man has been planting a tree every day, since he was 16 years old, and now the fruitless island is a giant forest that’s bigger than Central Park.   In 1979, Jadav … Continue reading →

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Why the Bubonic Plague Still Exists Today

When you think of the Plague, the Black Death of the 14th century, with its medieval cities overrun with rats and creepy plague masks, probably comes to mind. But the Plague isn’t a disease of the past; it’s still very … Continue reading →

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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN – ‘Now and Then’ Documentary

A beloved British classic that is 50 years old this year, watch the ‘Now and Then’ documentary now

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3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration

In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved … Continue reading →

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Yule – Anglo-Saxon Winter Celebrations

Horse burial: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net… More about Yeavering: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/…

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Art and apartheid | Not to forget history’s difficult moments | Sue Williamson | UNIQLO ARTSPEAKS

Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, the Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator of Painting and Sculpture, looks at Sue Williamson’s “For Thirty Years Next to His Heart,” in which the 30-year life of one man’s official government passbook “captures the experience of Black … Continue reading →

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Rhinos Comparison Size Living Extinct

White Rhino 1.Uintaceras radinscyi 2.Hyrachyus eximius 3.Hyracodon 4.Subhyracodon occidentalis 5.Diceratherium niobrarense 6.Aceratherium incisivum 7.Menoceras barbouri 8.Menoceras arikarensis 9.Prosantorhinus 10.Trigonias osborni 11.Teleoceras fossiger 12.Sumatran rhino 13.Stephanorhinus etruscus 14.Stephanorhinus hemitoechus 15.Sansirhinus ringstromi 16.Brachypotherium lewisi 17.Javan rhino 18.Black rhino 19.Juxia sharamurenense 20.Chilotherium 21.Metamynodon … Continue reading →

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