Ancestors
Northumberland County, Virginia CNN — Everyday when PJ Haynie wakes up, he prays to God for two things. “As farmers, we go out and as they say, we plant and pray,” Haynie said. “We plant a crop … we pray for rain; we pray for prices.”
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Early human ancestors came close to eradication in a severe evolutionary bottleneck between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, according to scientists. A genomics analysis of more than 3,000 living people suggested that our ancestors’ total population plummeted to about 1,280 breeding individuals for about 117,000 years. […]
Researchers in China have found evidence suggesting that 930,000 years ago, the ancestors of modern humans suffered a massive population crash. They point to a drastic change to the climate that occurred around that time as the cause. The New York Times: Our ancestors remained at low numbers — fewer than 1,280 breeding individuals — […]
The Bruce family, who last year was deeded the seaside property stolen from their ancestors, sold it. The descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce plan to sell the land back to LA County for $20 million. A California seaside property called Bruce’s Beach was sold back to Los Angeles county for $20 million by the […]
Some people of a certain age grew up with the sound of doo-wop, while younger folks perhaps discovered doo-wop in movie soundtracks like the 1988 cult classic Dirty Dancing. No matter how you heard it first, “In the Still of the Night” is one of the all-time classic doo-wop love songs. SongFacts states: One of the most famous songs in […]
Comment on this story Comment Henry Louis Gates Jr., 72, is a professor, historian and documentary filmmaker. His PBS series “Finding Your Roots” returns for its ninth season in January, and his latest documentary series, “Making Black America: Through the Grapevine,” debuted on PBS this month.
Abortion rights activists during a Bans Off Our Bodies rally and march to the Supreme Court on May 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) As a teen, I developed an interest in genealogy. I interviewed any relative who could help me understand the people whose lives had […]
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