A couple of kava kava dolls sparked the interest of marine archaeologists, which led to the discovery of an old shipwreck. The remains were found to belong to a Spanish ship that was illegally transporting 93 African slaves to Cuba, during a time when slavery was abolished in most parts of the world. The ship sunk, t... |
26 November 2008
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A recent research based on the bone remains of ancient Inca people points to the differences between them, indicating that they belonged to a large number of people brought in by the Incan elite to perform the chores that would eventually make Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization thrive. The permanent workers, cal... |
28 October 2008
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In the human species, there is a natural birth sex ratio (the number of newborn boys compared to the number of newborn girls) is about 103-106 : 100. At the age of 20, this ratio can be 100:100, as male babies are more vulnerable to diseases and have a higher mortality rate. But when an ignorant cultural preference f... |
22 September 2007
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In the Hindu civilization, women are not that priced. The gendercide of the female embryos have reached hallucinating levels in India, where the sex ratio at birth is already 118 boys: 100 girls in the capital Delhi (normal number is 103:100). To marry off a girl, the family must pay $ 14,000 dowry, too much for a po... |
22 June 2007
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Contrary to the common opinion, animals employ violence very rarely, only when they are cornered or mad of fear. Otherwise, they carefully save their forces, as zoopsychologists noticed. In a chicken group, just one picks and knocks the others. Moved in another group, he will manifest the same tendency, becoming soon... |
17 March 2007
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