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Crystals Break Slow Growth Record

The massive gypsum crystals found in Mexico’s Naica mine are spectacular to behold. The meter-thick beams of translucent crystal stretch across a life-threateningly hot and humid chamber deep within a Mexican mountain. Light passing through the crystals, some as long as 36 feet, creates a moonlight-like glow. Now new research shows that they are record-breakers… Seguir Leyendo Crystals Break Slow Growth Record

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When Humans and Neanderthals Split

While DNA evidence suggests humans and Neanderthals mated way back when, the two groups did represent distinct species at the time. The question is: when did they last share a common ancestor? A new study on dental fossils indicates Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens, shared a common ancestor at least one million years… Seguir Leyendo When Humans and Neanderthals Split

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Spanish Saliva May Reveal Real Columbus

Spanish Saliva May Reveal Real ColumbusBy Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News Jan. 25, 2006— Hundreds of saliva samples may reveal the disputed origins of Christopher Columbus, according to a genetic investigation aimed at finding possible distant descendants of the admirals family. A team of geneticists, led by José Antonio Lorente Acosta from the University of Granada,… Seguir Leyendo Spanish Saliva May Reveal Real Columbus

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DNA Results Could ID Columbus

DNA Results Could ID ColumbusBy Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News Columbus Remains Jan. 21, 2004 — The long-standing cultural dispute over Christopher Columbus final resting place could take a new turn as further DNA tests are carried out by an Italian university. DNA technology will be applied by the University of Pavias laboratories to fragments of… Seguir Leyendo DNA Results Could ID Columbus