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Ancient American’s genome mapped

Clovis tools Clovis stone technology was highly sophisticated Present-day Native Americans are descended from some of the continent’s earliest settlers, a genetic study suggests. Scientists sequenced the genome of a one-year-old boy who died in what is now Montana about 12,500 years ago. Some researchers have raised questions about the origins of early Americans, with…

Can the language of Jesus survive modern Mideast politics

While millions will commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter Sunday, only a handful of people could discuss his works in the language he spoke: Aramaic. Nearly all of them live in three Syrian villages, the last outposts in a region largely swept by the Arabic of Islam. Modern branches of the…