Posts Tagged ‘extinction’

The Human Race Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago

Sunday, April 27, 2008 15:00 2 Comments

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70,000 years ago humans came close to extinction as a result of climate change (drought) as scientists speculate. This was revealed from a genetic survey which showed that we were down to just 2,000 people.
Paleontology Professor Meave Leakey from Stony Brook University said:

Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes [...]

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2008: The year of Feta cheese, Kermit the frog and potatoes

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 10:16 No Comments

It seems that we got a lot to look forward to for 2008 according to Nature. According to the famous journal various organisations and countries have declared 2008 to be many things. Lets take a look at the headlines:
-United Nations declared 2008 to be many things such as the international year of potato (suggestion by [...]

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