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BBC News - Genetic 'map' of Asia's diversity
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"It seems likely from our data that they entered South East Asia first - making these populations older [and therefore more diverse]," he said.
"[It continued] later and probably more slowly to the north, with diversity being lost along the way in these 'younger' populations.
"So although the Chinese population is very large, it has less variation than the smaller number of individuals living in South East Asia, because the Chinese expansion occurred very recently, following the development of rice agriculture - within only the last 10,000 years."
Asia AV history archive
awesome, full archive of newsreels and pictures from Asian history.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Asia's brown clouds 'warm planet'
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Effects of glacial and Himalayan melting on world water supply at end is notable.
- cburell on 2007-08-01
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Seasonal glacier and snow melt from the mountain range feeds rivers that supplies water to about 40% of the world's population.
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep), in its latest Snow and Ice Outlook report, said the ice sheets in the region could retreat by up to 81% by the end of the century.
AskAsia: Instructional Resources
- Not impressive at first glance. More middle than high school level. - cburell on 2006-10-03
Hamas's Lessons for the US and Indonesia
- Good analysis of US motives in backing dictatorships, and why democratic elections in non-Western countries are more and more voting for Islam or Socialism. - cburell on 2006-10-03
A century of slaughter - Books - Times Online
- Niall Ferguson's new book on the causes of 20th century slaughter--and a projection that Asia is the 21st century's hegemon. - cburell on 2006-10-03
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