New release. Discussion about the implications of Vitamin D production in northern latitudes, which we have discussed before.AUSTIN, Texas—Although most scientists believe tuberculosis emerged only several thousand years ago, new research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals the most ancient evidence of the disease has been found in a 500,000-year-old human fossil from Turkey.
The discovery of the new specimen of the human species, Homo erectus, suggests support for the theory that dark-skinned people who migrate northward from low, tropical latitudes produce less vitamin D, which can adversely affect the immune system as well as the skeleton.
John Kappelman, professor of anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin, is part of an international team of researchers from the United States, Turkey and Germany who have published their findings in the Dec. 7 issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The Leakey Foundation and the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey funded the research.
Prior to this discovery in western Turkey, which helps scientists fill a temporal and geographical gap in human evolution, the oldest evidence of tuberculosis in humans was found in mummies from Egypt and Peru that date to several thousand years ago.
TB in H. Erectus
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TB in H. Erectus
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Also puts HE in western Turkey a half million years ago. Very interesting.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7130760.stm
Another article on the same story. Try not to check the math too closely.
Another article on the same story. Try not to check the math too closely.
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"Be sure not to forget the red ochre, honey".Minimalist wrote:Sure.
Why not?
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It will probably turn out that red ochre is the cure for TB.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
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http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/mid ... losis.html
Hawks with a blog on this story. Interesting.
Hawks with a blog on this story. Interesting.