DNA was discovered by Friedrich Miescher in 1869, In 1940s Oswald Avery realized DNA contains humans’ genetic blueprint. DNA’s double-helix structure was discovered in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick. A helical weird thing occurred to both in a dream before starting their research.
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Did you know Leonardo Da Vinci had strabismus?
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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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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It’s dedicated to a Greek goddess Athena.
It’s not the first temple on this space and Acropolis was inhabited since Neolithic Prehistory.
For a time, it was used as a mosque while Greece was under Ottoman rule and before that was a Christian church.
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By what standards should we judge Elgins action?
The Elgin Marbles are a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures from the Parthenon made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor Phidias.
The Acropolis Museum in Athens is keeping a space empty for the Elgin Marbles to be displayed.
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How was Neanderthals sex life?
Sex with modern humans may have helped drive Neanderthals to extinction.
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Was the hominid missing link ever discovered?
The biggest weakness of Darwin theory on evolution is that it doesn’t explain how species occur abruptly without transition forms.
What did Neanderthals eat? #Shorts Quick Facts
What did Neanderthals eat?
Ancient humans had much better diet than us and Neanderthals had better health. Based on their diet Neanderthals would not have suffered from much heart disease, cancer, or most viral diseases.
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Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily.
He discovered the Archimedes principle in a bathtub and after the discovery he yelled Eureka! Eureka! and ran naked to the king of Syracuse palace.
He has built mirrors called “Archimedes heat ray” and destroyed a Roman Empire fleet.
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