Lost Civilization May Have Existed Beneath the Persian Gulf

Veiled beneath the Persian Gulf, a once-fertile landmass may have supported some of the earliest humans outside Africa some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new review of research suggests.


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Mayo Clinic to expand outreach to American Indians - chicagotribune.com

"The Mayo Clinic has been awarded $6 million to expand cancer prevention and outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native patients."

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Researchers Discover New Genetic Factors Associated With Successful Aging In The Amish

"Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will convene to present their latest research findings at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 60th Annual Meeting, on November 2-6, 2010,"

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Alaska tribal village receives nearly $95,000 to reduce exposure to toxics

"(Seattle - Nov. 4, 2010) The Native Village of Eyak tribal members will have greater protection from toxic chemicals thanks to a nearly $95,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The tribe is located in the eastern Gulf of Alaska"

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Brookings Register

Brookings Register: "The newly opened American Indian Education and Cultural Center exemplifies South Dakota State University's commitment to Native American higher education, says Ron McKinney."

New tribal casino raises legal questions : News : UpNorthLive.com

New tribal casino raises legal questions : News : UpNorthLive.com: "VANDERBILT -- The opening of a tribal casino in northern Michigan this week is raising legal questions."

Mystic: Wolf Stones and Old Mystic's Wightman Burying Ground - Courant.com

Mystic: Wolf Stones and Old Mystic's Wightman Burying Ground - Courant.com: "When a young Israel Putnam climbed into a craggy den on a snowy afternoon in 1743 and killed the last wolf in Connecticut, colonists could breathe a sigh of relief."

NewsDaily: Humans mastered tool making earlier than thought

NewsDaily: Humans mastered tool making earlier than thought: "A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report."

The Associated Press: Expansive Native American exhibit opening in NYC

The Associated Press: Expansive Native American exhibit opening in NYC: "Ancient stone projectiles created miles from where the original rock was quarried highlight the intent of a monumental new exhibition on Native American Indians: to offer a hemispheric survey of tribes as dynamic interconnected societies."

USDA Awards Native Americans Millions In Discrimination Suit : NPR

USDA Awards Native Americans Millions In Discrimination Suit : NPR: "The United States Department of Agriculture has agreed to pay $680 million in damages to thousands of Native American farmers who say they were denied farm loans"

Cancer Is Probably Man Made Caused By Pollution And Diet

: "Why was cancer detected in only one in a few hundred Egyptian mummies? Why is there such scarce reference to cancer in ancient Greek or Egyptian texts? A study carried out by researchers from the University of Manchester, England and published in Nature suggests that cancer, especially cancer among children and young adults is not simply due to our living longer these days - it must be a man-made disease."

Read more: Cancer Is Probably Man Made Caused By Pollution And Diet

Native Americans plan to block work in protest at Glen Cove Shellmound area - Vallejo Times Herald

Native Americans plan to block work in protest at Glen Cove Shellmound area - Vallejo Times Herald: "If the bulldozers come to the Glen Cove Shellmound area, the city can expect the local Native American community and its supporters to chain themselves to trees or otherwise 'peacefully but effectively seek to block' the work, an activist said Thursday."

Indian diabetes treatment addresses diet, exercise

Indian diabetes treatment addresses diet, exercise: "Urban Indian health clinics in South Dakota are incorporating exercise and meal planning into their diabetes treatment to combat the prevalence of the disease among Native American residents."

CBC News - Health - Northern aboriginal diet lacks nutrients: study

CBC News - Health - Northern aboriginal diet lacks nutrients: study: "Northern aboriginal people aren't eating as much ptarmigan stomach, caribou guts or bear liver as their grandparents did, and that might not be a good thing, according to a study."

Materials Engineering, Long Ago : Discovery News#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Materials Engineering, Long Ago : Discovery News#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1#mkcpgn=rssnws1: "Just about everybody’s bounced a rubber ball. But making that ball bounce the first time was quite an accomplishment. Who did it? We’ll see. Today, on Engineering Works! Listen to the podcast."

Archaeologists find new clues why the Maya left - USATODAY.com

"YUCATAN, Mexico— Bird calls ring from the forest, echoing amid the crumbling ruins whose darkened doorways have long beckoned explorers and scholars"

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Study: Were Lucy's Relatives the Oldest Butchers? - TIME

"The myth that humans are the only tool-wielding animals was laid to rest long ago: chimps, otters and even birds use sticks and stones to leverage their innate abilities"


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Hominoidea: Australopithecus, Australopithecus Afarensis, Paranthropus, Ardipithecus Ramidus, Australopithecina, Orrorin Tugenensis (German Edition)

Manitoba to get more aboriginal nurses

Manitoba to get more aboriginal nurses

Lifetime lessons of DNA change : Nature News

"The chemical markers on people's DNA change throughout their life, an international team of researchers has found......And the way they change – that is, whether markers are gained or lost — runs in the family, showing that these ‘epigenetic’ features,"

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Researchers: melting ice reveals 10,000-year-old hunting weapon near Yellowstone - KDVR

Researchers: melting ice reveals 10,000-year-old hunting weapon near Yellowstone - KDVR: "DENVER (AP) — Researchers at the University of Colorado have discovered a 10,000-year-old hunting weapon they say had been preserved in ice before being melted out by rising temperatures."

Racial Disparities in Sepsis Explained by Two Factors

Racial Disparities in Sepsis Explained by Two Factors

Inuit TB strategy needed: report

CBC News - Health - Inuit TB strategy needed: report: "A House of Commons committee report calls for an Inuit-specific tuberculosis strategy in Canada's North, where the infection rate is high among Inuit."

Clinical Differences In Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus Patients May Be Affected By Genealogy

"The effects of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) may differ based on the individual patient's genealogical heritage, according to results of a new study presented at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. In particular, the study reinforced differences in SLE phenotype found between Northern and Southern"

Clinical Differences In Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus Patients May Be Affected By Genealogy:

Crocodile And Hippopotamus Served As 'Brain Food' For Early Human Ancestors

Crocodile And Hippopotamus Served As 'Brain Food' For Early Human Ancestors

Old oyster shells reveal dry, salty details of Jamestown settlers' hardships

Old oyster shells reveal dry, salty details of Jamestown settlers' hardships

Blood disorder checks suggested for P.E.I.

Blood disorder checks suggested for P.E.I.

Rare disease in Amish children sheds light on common neurological... ( PHILADELPHIA So often the rare info...)

Rare disease in Amish children sheds light on common neurological... ( PHILADELPHIA So often the rare info...): "PHILADELPHIA So often the rare informs the common. Penn researchers investigating a regulatory protein involved in a rare genetic disease have shown that it may be related to epileptic and autistic symptoms in other more common neurological disorders"

Ancient Sex Scandals: Did We Get It On With Neandertals?

Ancient Sex Scandals: Did We Get It On With Neandertals?

Study: Darwin Was Right to Worry that Marriage to His Cousin Affected His Offspring

Study: Darwin Was Right to Worry that Marriage to His Cousin Affected His Offspring

'Poor man's Gatorade' could save kids from diarrhea death

'Poor man's Gatorade' could save kids from diarrhea death

Mirror movement disorder gene clue found

Mirror movement disorder gene clue found

New maps show how 1889 Russian flu rode the rails to circle the globe in months

New maps show how 1889 Russian flu rode the rails to circle the globe in months

Ancient Tools Revealed by Melting Arctic Ice

Ancient Tools Revealed by Melting Arctic Ice

Lack of Alaska plumbing linked to diseases

Lack of Alaska plumbing linked to diseases

Doctors May Need To Work With And Learn From Traditional Healers To Improve Care For Native Americans

Doctors May Need To Work With And Learn From Traditional Healers To Improve Care For Native Americans

Association analysis of TNFR2, VDR, A2M, GSTT1, GSTM1, and ACE genes with rheumatoid arthritis in South Asians and Caucasians of East Midlands in the United Kingdom

Association analysis of TNFR2, VDR, A2M, GSTT1, GSTM1, and ACE genes with rheumatoid arthritis in South Asians and Caucasians of East Midlands in the United Kingdom

Study: No Evidence of Cannibalism at Donner Party Campsite

Professor's Research Finds No Evidence of Cannibalism at Donner Party Campsite

Homo Australopithecus & Wellness

Homo Australopithecus & Wellness

Childhood asthma and sensitization risk linked to specific allergens

Childhood asthma and sensitization risk linked to specific allergens

COPD underdiagnosed in Canada

COPD underdiagnosed in Canada

Scientist Uses Google Earth to Find Ancient Ancestor

Scientist Uses Google Earth to Find Ancient Ancestor: "Scientist Uses Google Earth to Find Ancient Ancestor"

Ancient Life Trapped in Amber

Ancient Life Trapped in Amber

Mercury still plagues Ont. First Nation: report

Mercury still plagues Ont. First Nation: report

The many lives of an inverted genomic region

The many lives of an inverted genomic region

Toxic N.L. mine hasn't harmed residents: tests

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Last fall, after the provincial government found high levels of toxins such as lead around Buchans, N.L., residents were urged to get their blood tested. Buchans is located about 530 kilometres west of St. John's.



Toxic N.L. mine hasn't harmed residents: tests

Traces of Early Native Americans -- in Sunflower Genes

Traces of Early Native Americans -- in Sunflower Genes

Faces of Our Ancestors : Discovery News

Faces of Our Ancestors : Discovery News: "Faces of Our Ancestors"

US judge strikes down patent on cancer genes - washingtonpost.com

US judge strikes down patent on cancer genes - washingtonpost.com: "In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for the patenting of human genes, a judge on Monday struck down a company's patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer"

Canadian research team awarded international grant for work on Indigenous peoples health

Canadian research team awarded international grant for work on Indigenous peoples health

Professor unearthing Native American village

Professor unearthing Native American village: "Professor unearthing Native American village"

via Abenaki News on Yahoo Groups and Native American Times

Study: 1 in 10 adults in China have diabetes, nearing U.S. rate

Study: 1 in 10 adults in China have diabetes, nearing U.S. rate

Religious beliefs are the basis of the origins of Palaeolithic art

Religious beliefs are the basis of the origins of Palaeolithic art: "This statement isn't new, but for years anthropologists, archaeologists and historians of art understood these artistic manifestations as purely aesthetic and decorative motives. Eduardo Palacio-Pérez, researcher at the University of Cantabria (UC), now reveals the origins of the theory."

BBC News - DNA identifies new ancient human

BBC News - DNA identifies new ancient human: "DNA identifies new ancient human"

Society for New Communications Research Receives Grant to Help Raise Awareness and Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Society for New Communications Research Receives Grant to Help Raise Awareness and Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Gene Sequences May Make You Unique - MedicineNet - Health and Medical Information Produced by Doctors

Gene Sequences May Make You Unique - MedicineNet - Health and Medical Information Produced by Doctors: "Gene Sequences May Make You Unique"

2009: Low Vitamin D Levels In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

CiteULike: Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D Levels in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a Retrospective Survey.: "Berkovitz, S., Ambler, G., Jenkins, M., and Thurgood, S. (2009). Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin d levels in chronic fatigue syndrome: a retrospective survey. International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift für Vitamin- und Ernährungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition, 79(4):250-254."

Canada: Diversity will change the face of the workplace

Diversity will change the face of the workplace: "Diversity will change the face of the workplace"

Studies show huge health disparities among Asian-Americans, native Hawaiians, Asian immigrants

Studies show huge health disparities among Asian-Americans, native Hawaiians, Asian immigrants

Interventions aimed at helping indigenous people in Australia could worsen problems

Interventions aimed at helping indigenous people in Australia could worsen problems

Minorities at Greater Risk for Kidney Disease - MarketWatch

Minorities at Greater Risk for Kidney Disease - MarketWatch: "Minorities at Greater Risk for Kidney Disease"

Correlates of Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Older Adults Living in Public Housing

CiteULike: Correlates of Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Older Adults Living in Public Housing: "Jang, Y., Chiriboga, D. A., Herrera, J. R., and Schonfeld, L. (2010). Correlates of depressive symptoms among hispanic older adults living in public housing. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 29(2):180-195."

An Anthropologist's Perspective of Why We Fall In Love

TB rate 185 times higher for Inuit than others

TB rate 185 times higher for Inuit than others

Blacks, Hispanics With Heart Failure Less Likely to Use Hospice

Blacks, Hispanics With Heart Failure Less Likely to Use Hospice

BBC News - Azerbaijan's long lifers 'a dying breed'

BBC News - Azerbaijan's long lifers 'a dying breed': "Azerbaijan's long lifers 'a dying breed'"

SciNewsBlog: Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'

SciNewsBlog: Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'

Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution

Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution

Autoimmune Response of IgE Antibodies to Cellular Self-Antigens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

CiteULike: Autoimmune Response of IgE Antibodies to Cellular Self-Antigens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.: "Atta, A. M. M., Santiago, M. B. B., Guerra, F. G. G., Pereira, M. M. M., and Sousa Atta, M. L. L. (2010). Autoimmune response of ige antibodies to cellular self-antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus. International archives of allergy and immunology, 152(4):401-406."

Ancient Texts Present Mayans As Literary Geniuses

Ancient Texts Present Mayans As Literary Geniuses




(PhysOrg.com) -- Literary critics, cultural scholars and aficionados of the Mayans, the only fully literate people of the pre-Columbian Americas, have lined up to call the first fully illustrated survey of two millennia of Mayan texts assembled by award-winning scholar Dennis Tedlock, "stunning," "astounding," "groundbreaking" and "literally breathtaking."

Finding Hope Amidst Bartered Skulls and Stolen Memories

Finding Hope Amidst Bartered Skulls and Stolen Memories

Genealogical tourism redefining leisure travel market, professor says

Genealogical tourism redefining leisure travel market, professor says

Genetic cause discovered for rare bleeding disorder

Genetic cause discovered for rare bleeding disorder

Associations Between Helicobacter pylori Infection, Co-Morbid Infections, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, and Circulating Cytokines in African Children

Associations Between Helicobacter pylori Infection, Co-Morbid Infections, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, and Circulating Cytokines in African Children

Dietary calcium intake low in older French women

Dietary calcium intake low in older French women

Old Copper and Gold Mine on Prince of Wales Island Added to Federal Cleanup List

03/03/2010: Old Copper and Gold Mine on Prince of Wales Island Added to Federal Cleanup List: "Old Copper and Gold Mine on Prince of Wales Island Added to Federal Cleanup List"


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Nouns And Verbs Are Learned In Different Parts Of The Brain

Nouns And Verbs Are Learned In Different Parts Of The Brain

Better Burning, Better Breathing: Improving Health with Cleaner Cook Stoves

Cooking styles can contribute significantly to indoor air quality. In other parts of the world where cooking is done in clay stoves, the soot blankets the walls and contributes to a number of diseases. This author notes that the amount of smoke village women inhale from cooking is equel to two packs of cigarettes a day. Researchers now say that "smoke flowing from open fires and old-fashioned cook stoves. Most—about 90%—is carbon monoxide (CO). The rest is a mix of volatile organic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, metals, and particulate matter including PM10 (which easily penetrates airways) and PM2.5 (the smaller fraction, which penetrates deep into the lungs). According to Fuel for Life, 24-hour levels of PM10 in homes that use solid fuels routinely reach 300–3,000 µg/m3 and may spike to 10,000 μg/m3 during cooking. By comparison, the WHO recommends no more than an annual mean of 20 µg/m3 and a 24-hour mean of 50 µg/m3 for PM10."

Environmental Health Perspectives: Better Burning, Better Breathing: Improving Health with Cleaner Cook Stoves: "Better Burning, Better Breathing: Improving Health with Cleaner Cook Stoves"

African-Americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More Likely to Die

African-Americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More Likely to Die

New genetic test for cause of intellectual disability to be launched

New genetic test for cause of intellectual disability to be launched

Blacks Much Less Likely to Know They Have Heart Condition Or to Use Treatment for It

Blacks Much Less Likely to Know They Have Heart Condition Or to Use Treatment for It

Stone Age copper workshop found in southwest Illinois

Stone Age copper workshop found in southwest Illinois

Life expectancy in Canada nears 81

Life expectancy in Canada nears 81

Could Higher Levels Of Vitamin D Cut The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes?

Could Higher Levels Of Vitamin D Cut The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes?

Study links mercury contamination with changes in birdsongs

Study links mercury contamination with changes in birdsongs

Prince Edward Islanders lack vitamin D

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Prince Edward Islanders lack vitamin D

Listen to the natives for better moose monitoring

Listen to the natives for better moose monitoring

Very high omega-3 intakes linked to big health benefits

Intakes of omega-3 exceeding levels consumed by the general US population may significantly reduce the risk of chronic disease, suggests a new study with Yup'ik Eskimos.....High levels of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) were associated with lower levels of triglycerides, as well as higher levels of HDL cholesterol, according to data from 357 Yup'ik Eskimos published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Facts: Wipedia

• Other related peoples:  (Siberian Yupik, Alutiiq, Naukan), Inuit, Aleut
• As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the Yupiit population in the United States numbered over 24,000, of whom over 22,000 lived in Alaska, the vast majority in the seventy or so communities in the traditional Yup'ik territory of western and southwestern Alaska.
• A recent article discusses how climate change is altering sea levels and flooding and therefore, forcing them from their homelands. Read the article. 

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Very high omega-3 intakes linked to big health benefits: "Very high omega-3 intakes linked to big health benefits"


(2010). Very high omega-3 intakes linked to big health benefits. Nutraingredients.com. February 21, 2010.

Population Genetics Identify Susceptibility for Viral Infections

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A population genetics approach identifies susceptibility variants for viral infections

Viruses have played a role in shaping human genetic variability, according to a study published February 19 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. The researchers, from the Don C. Gnocchi and Eugenio Medea Scientific Institutes, the University of Milan and the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, used population genetics approaches to identify gene variants that augment susceptibility to viral infections or protect from such infections.
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Diabetes hits Canada's native population hardest | Reuters

Diabetes hits Canada's native population hardest Reuters: "Diabetes hits Canada's native population hardest"

The Peopling Of The Americas: Genetic Ancestry Influences Health, Anthropologist Says

The Peopling Of The Americas: Genetic Ancestry Influences Health, Anthropologist Says

Decoding Diversity In Bushmen - Science News

Decoding Diversity In Bushmen - Science News: "Decoding diversity in Bushmen"

Tutankhamen's Familial DNA Tells Tale of Boy Pharaoh's Disease and Incest: Scientific American

Tutankhamen's Familial DNA Tells Tale of Boy Pharaoh's Disease and Incest: Scientific American: "Tutankhamen's Familial DNA Tells Tale of Boy Pharaoh's Disease and Incest"

CBC News - Health - Caribou hunting ban raises Dene health concerns

CBC News - Health - Caribou hunting ban raises Dene health concerns: "Caribou hunting ban raises Dene health concerns"

First ancient human sequenced....

First ancient human sequenced - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences