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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

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Despite differences in time, geography, and material culture, many human groups developed the same set of knots—again and again. “The ability to tie them may have been passed between cultures, or more likely through shared ancestry,” — Roope Kaaronen But cultural transmission can’t explain everything.

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The Fulani Enigma: Unraveling the Deep Genetic History of Africa’s Legendary Pastoralists

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published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. 2025) conducted an extensive population study of the Fulani, uncovering genetic differentiation along a west-east cline across the Sahel.

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