Czech Republic
Tree rings from centuries ago in the Czech Republic and southeastern Bavaria today suggest that drought may have driven Attila the Hun’s invasion of the Roman Empire. The tree rings helped the researcher reconstruct his fifth-century climate, identifying a drought that may have forced the Huns to migrate.
Greenland
Scientists have identified the oldest 2-million-year-old DNA ever recovered from Arctic permafrost. The DNA fragments are from more than 100 species, revealing that Greenland’s environment was once much more diverse than it is today.
India
PhD students have solved a 2,500-year-old language puzzle and deciphered a complex set of “metarules” (options to choose from when multiple Sanskrit grammatical rules are in conflict) written by ancient Indian scholars. This will allow linguists to better understand Sanskrit, including how to teach computers Sanskrit grammar.
Papua New Guinea
Recent research has shown that the immune system of the indigenous people of New Guinea was shaped by the DNA of the extinct human species, the Denisovans.Mating Denisovans sage And their DNA may have conferred resistance to certain diseases. This is the legacy that is passed down to our descendants today.
Tanzania
Biologists usually hypothesize that human ancestors learned to walk bipedally across the flat expanses of the savannah. But a new study shows that wild chimpanzees walk upright in trees much more often than on the ground, suggesting that bipedal locomotion may have evolved first at high altitudes. is suggested.
South Africa and Australia
Construction has begun on the Square Kilometer Array, which, when completed, will be the world’s largest radio telescope. Half are in the Northern Cape of South Africa and half are in Western Australia. The first phase of construction he plans to complete in 2028.
