The existence of Helen of Troy is still a debate. Let me explain. While the Trojan war, most likely existed and Agamemnon, Menelaus, Odysseus, and Priam probably existed, the existence of Helen of Troy is questionable. There is no archeological or documented evidence of her existence, and she is rather a legend. Trojan war existed but it was due to political and economic reasons.
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What is Buddhism? Quick Facts on Mauryan Empire
What is Buddhism?
What is Buddhism? Ouick Facts on Mauryan Empire. Find out more!
Did you know that it is the world’s fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Did you know that Sikhism is the fifth major religion? Sikh Religion has 25 million followers mainly in Pakistan and India in the area named Punjab. They have large community in US and Canada.
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8000 BC Shamans are first using trepanation with success. Some patients did not even survive but they came back for more. The reasons trepanations were performed in Neolithic are unknown.
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Why do humans walk upright?
The humans use 75 percent less energy walking upright than the chimps use walking on all fours. Walking upright seemed to be beneficial because it saved energy.
Having two limbs free to use tools constituted a key element of advanced intelligence.
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Scientists have recently renamed fossils of certain hominids and created a new type of hominid called Homo Bodoensis.
The name comes from the Bodo skull discovered in 1976 in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia, on the Awash River in Africa.
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Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci had strabismus?
Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci had a form of strabismus that could have facilitated his artistic work?
Examination of 6 likely portraits and self-portraits of da Vinci shows that most paintings exhibit a consistent exotropic strabismus angle of −10.3°.
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Diseases humans inherited from Neanderthals
Did you know that difficulty in quitting smoking is coming from Neanderthals?
They passed on genes involved in type 2 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, depression, and smoking addiction.
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Recent evidence suggests Neanderthals had sophisticated burial habits.
Shanidar cave archeological site in Iraq revealed amazing things on our cousins. They buried intentionally their dead.
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