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How the slave trade left its mark in the DNA of people in the Americas

23 July 2020

Genetic data from people in the Americas with African heritage hints at unusually high death rates among certain slaves, and points to systematic rape of women of African descent
Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

22 July 2020

Foxes rooting through our rubbish to scavenge for food isn’t just a modern-day phenomenon – analysis of animal bones in Germany shows foxes were eating human leftovers 42,000 years ago

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