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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rift_Valley by WIKIPEDIA] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rift_Valley by WIKIPEDIA] | ||
The Jordan Rift Valley, also Jordan Valley (Modern Hebrew: בקעת הירדן Bik'at Hayarden, Biblical Hebrew: בִּקְעָת הַיַרְדֵּן, romanized: Biqʿāṯ hay-Yardēn, Arabic: الغور, romanized: al-Ghawr), is an elongated endorheic basin located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. | The Jordan Rift Valley, also Jordan Valley (Modern Hebrew: בקעת הירדן Bik'at Hayarden, Biblical Hebrew: בִּקְעָת הַיַרְדֵּן, romanized: Biqʿāṯ hay-Yardēn, Arabic: الغور, romanized: al-Ghawr), is an elongated endorheic basin located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. | ||
=====DNA Study Sheds New Light on Ancient Africa===== | |||
[https://news.stonybrookmedicine.edu/news/dna-study-sheds-new-light-on-ancient-africa/ by Stony Brook Medicine NEWS 30/5/19] | |||
A DNA-based study of 41 human skeletons, conducted by an international scientific team co-led by Stony Brook University bio-archaeologist Elizabeth Sawchuk, PhD, reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into East Africa. The findings are published online in the journal Science. | |||
