Ancient DNA Suggests Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth More Recently Than Thought [SciTechDaily, January 2022]

Title:

Ancient DNA Suggests Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth More Recently Than Thought

 

By:

Tyler J. Murchie, McMaster University

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 31 January 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-dna-suggests-woolly-mammoths-roamed-the-earth-more-recently-than-thought/

 

From the article:

In 2010, small cores of permafrost sediments were collected by a team at the University of Alberta from gold mines in the Klondike region of central Yukon. They had remained in cold storage until paleogeneticists at the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre applied new genomics techniques to better understand the global extinction of megafauna that had culminated in North America some 12,700 years ago.

 

VIDEO by Full Measure with Sharyl Attkinsson [duration: 5:37] - Amish Covid & Amish put faith in God’s will and herd immunity over vaccine [AP, 2021]

Title of video:

Amish Covid

 

Published:

Full Measure with Sharyl Attkinsson, 11 October 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1DgWYdukZU

 

Duration of video:

5:37

From the video description:

When it comes to actions taken to address the Covid-19 threat, hindsight is still very much underway. For your consideration: a story and outcome you probably aren't hearing much about anywhere else. It takes place in the heart of Amish country.

 

Also see the following news article

 

Title:

Amish put faith in God's will and herd immunity over vaccine

 

Author:

John Seewer

 

Published:

AP, 28 June 2021

https://apnews.com/article/religion-amish-coronavirus-pandemic-health-463b17f8a855f932762e4fd23e06c156

 

From the article:

When health care leaders in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country began laying out a strategy to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, they knew it would be a tough sell with the Amish, who tend to be wary of preventive shots and government intervention.