Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...
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Ancient DNA Traces History of South Asians
Modern-day populations in India descend from a mixture of peoples living thousands of years ago in South and Central Asia, including the Bronze-Age ... an international team of researchers analyzed ...
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How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread
The first is the origin of the Yamnaya. The second was posed in the eighteenth century, when scholars noticed similarities ...
Today3y
From ancient to modern: How yoga became part of American culture
How did this ancient South Asian tradition seep into the American culture? Yoga’s ancient roots are found in the ancient Hindu text, the Rig Veda, said to be more than 3,000 years old.
The incredible 1000-year-old town with hardly any tourists that’s ‘the Venice of Asia’
Hidden away in Asia lies a stunning ancient water town that's the East's version of Venice, home to epic bridges, stunning houses and gondolas.
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Paan as a cultural currency of South Asia
Paan has been integral to medicine and entertainment in South Asia for millennia. The ancient Sanskrit text on medicine, ...
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SNU team synthesizes evidence of ancient land use for climate predictions
A research team led by Professor Jennifer Bates from Seoul National University (SNU) conducted a large-scale synthesis of ...
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Ancient Egyptians made mummies using ingredients from as far as Southeast Asia, new research finds
The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ingredients – some apparently imported from as far away as Southeast Asia – to mummify their dead, as revealed by a new analysis of containers ...