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The Many Dangers and Pitfalls Of Home Ancestry DNA Tests

Decide for yourself after reading about the shortcomings and dangers of at-home ancestry testing. What Information Can Ancestry Tests Provide To You, and What Can't They?

These Photos Reveal the Clothes of 100 Years Past...

A most incredible statistic is that 100 million of America’s 322 million people can trace their ancestry back to individuals that arrived in the country via the Ellis Island immigration station.

This Discovery Will Change All We Know About Dinosaurs

This would help to explain why this dinosaur looks so strange for a relative of the Allosaurus – it had common ancestry with Theropods, but had features such as a beak and hip that put it closer to the group of dinosaurs that contains the likes of the Stegosaurus and Parasaurolophus.

10 Key Fossils that Changed Our Understanding of Evolution

According to experts, afarensis sits at the foundation of our ancestry, branching out to later species such as Homo erectus and, subsequently, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. From this standpoint, Lucy is seen as the mother of humanity. 3.

10 Historical Figures Side by Side Their Live Descendants

This incredible concept was conceived and executed by British photographer Drew Gardner , whose intention was to showcase the complicated story of lineage and ancestry by dressing up live descendants of famous people and recreating iconic portraits of these people as accurately as possible.

Everything You Need To Know About Excessive Hair In Women

Genes & Ancestry As we have mentioned above, your genetic makeup can be the reason why you have more hair than your peers.

What Makes a Person Attractive? The Scientific Answer.

Your genetics match In the past, people overwhelmingly married people of a common ancestry, a trend that has had long-lasting effects. We are all drawn to things that are familiar to us, primarily because they make us feel comfortable.

Entirely Unrelated Animals that Are Like Two Peas in a Pod

phenomena in nature is called convergent evolution, a process through which creatures (and plants) that are either unrelated or only distantly related evolve to fill the same ecological niche and consequently, the result is that both animals often end up looking alike, despite having very little shared ancestry

These Archaeological Finds Left the World Mystified

The researchers aren’t sure what exactly caused Ata’s skeletal malformation but note that she was most closely related to indigenous Chileans and had some European ancestry as well. 3.

Have You Been Believing These Christmas Myths Too?

Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist of German ancestry, played a vital role in establishing our modern view of Santa Claus during the 1870s.

The Most Important Symptoms and Remedies for Glaucoma

eye • Sudden hazy or blurred vision • Nausea or vomiting • Pain in the eye • Narrowing of vision (tunnel vision) • Flashes of light or black spots • Double vision • Seeing spots, ghost-like images People Most at Risk: • Are over the age of 40 • Have a family history of glaucoma • People of African ancestry

25 Reasons I Can't Wait to Visit South Africa!

The Cradle of Humankind is perfect for anyone looking to trace the origins of their ancestry. The grassy-dome shaped buildings are part of the World Heritage Sites, about an hour ride from Johannesburg.

Ever Wonder What People Were Like Thousands of Years Ago?

DNA evidence was unable to confirm the man’s nefarious nonhuman ancestry, but it did reveal what he probably looked like. The male had dark hair, brown eyes, and fair skin with freckles (no fangs though). Related article: These Reconstructed Faces of Ancient Figures Look So Real 6.