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21/05/17
« on: Sunday, 21 May, 2017 @ 16:45:27 »
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BUG BEDLAM Tiny Greek island declares state of emergency as plague of LOCUSTS devours vegetation and gardens
Authorities on sleepy Agios Efstratios, an island in the Aegean Sea that is home to 200 people, have struggled to control the pest swarm despite help from university students
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3608024/tiny-greek-island-declares-state-of-emergency-as-plague-of-locusts-devours-vegetation-and-gardens/


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Did Dutch hordes kill off the early Britons who started Stonehenge?
A gene study has shown that incomers could have ousted Stone Age Britons

The men and women who built Stonehenge left an indelible mark on the British landscape. However, researchers have discovered that their impact on other aspects of the nation may have been less impressive. In particular, their input into Britain’s gene pool appears to have fizzled out, having been terminated by light-skinned Bronze Age invaders who arrived just as Ancient Britons were midway through their great Stone Age project. In the end, these newcomers may have completely replaced the people who were building Stonehenge.

This startling conclusion is the result of a huge gene study of humans in prehistoric Europe. It shows that around 2500BC – when the main sections of Stonehenge were under construction – a race of people known to archaeologists as the Beaker folk arrived in Britain. Their genetic profiles were similar to individuals who were living in the Netherlands at the time. In just a short period, all genetic traces of early Stone Age Britons were replaced by those from these continental newcomers, although work on Stonehenge continued.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/20/dutch-invaders-stonehenge-ancient-britons