Tag #Indigenous Populations

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Suriname's Illegal Gold Mining Crisis: Environmental Devastation and Social Injustice

Illegal gold mining in Suriname, predominantly by Chinese miners using cyanide, is rapidly expanding, causing severe environmental damage and health risks to indigenous communities due to weak government oversight and potential corruption.

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Genetic Study Traces First Americans' Migration and Adaptation

A study in Science traces the migration of the first Americans from present-day Russia 20,000–30,000 years ago, revealing four distinct South American groups isolated by geographic barriers and possessing unique genetic adaptations, emphasizing the urgent need to preserve their heritage.

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Ancient Leprosy Strain Found in Americas Before European Contact

A groundbreaking study published in Science reveals that leprosy existed in the Americas for over 1,000 years before European colonization, challenging previous assumptions and highlighting a distinct strain of the disease, M. lepromatosis, that spread widely across the continent.

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Ancient Colombian Skeletons Reveal Extinct Human Lineage and Population Replacement

Archaeologists in Colombia discovered 6,000-year-old skeletons near Bogotá, revealing a unique, now-extinct lineage of hunter-gatherers genetically isolated for millennia and unrelated to modern Indigenous groups; around 2,000 years ago, they were replaced by migrants from Central America.

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Ancient Leprosy in the Americas Predates European Colonization

A new study published in Science reveals that leprosy bacteria (Mycobacterium lepromatosis) existed in the Americas for over 1,000 years before European arrival, challenging previous assumptions about the disease's introduction to the continent and indicating its spread across the Americas via unkno...

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