Mapping the end of incest and dawn of individualism
If you're from a Western society, chances are you value individuality, independence, analytical thinking, and an openness to strangers and new ideas.
If you're from a Western society, chances are you value individuality, independence, analytical thinking, and an openness to strangers and new ideas.
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2019
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Peruvian archeologists have discovered in a sacred pre-Incan site the bodies of 16 men from China who arrived to South America almost two centuries ago as semi-enslaved workers.
Archaeology
Aug 24, 2017
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In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where ...
Archaeology
Oct 27, 2016
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A teenage saint whose 750-year-old mummified body lay for centuries in a church in central Italy probably died of a congenital heart defect, scientists said Thursday.
Archaeology
Jun 10, 2010
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Two of Boston's most venerable institutions are teaming up to create an online database of hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic Church documents to help people trace their family histories.
Internet
Jan 10, 2017
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Denmark, perhaps better known for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again.
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2016
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In this month's edition of Physics World, Paula Findlen from Stanford University profiles Laura Bassi—an emblematic and influential physicist from the 18th century who can be regarded as the first ever woman to forge a ...
General Physics
Aug 29, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Nowhere has linguistic research involved more discord than in the Balkans. Serbian and Bulgarian linguists have both attempted to prove that Macedonian – one of the official languages of the Republics of Yugoslavia ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The percentage of Americans who say they are strong in their religious faith has been steady for the last four decades, a new study finds. But in that same time, the intensity of some religious groups has surged ...
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2012
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Notre Dame should not be rebuilt, argue Guillaume Habert and Alice Hertzog. In times of climate change and in light of the current religious landscape its reconstruction is no longer a priority.
Environment
May 7, 2019
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