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Yeah, becoming pale was one of the adaptations necessary for humans to get enough vitamin D here in the UK at the very least. It’s the same old white supremacist BS, ignore the man behind the curtain.

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Eggzackly!

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Wreck revealed
Swedish-language daily Hufvudstadsbladet reports that researchers from the Forgotten Fleet (Glömda flottan in Swedish) project have identified a long-mysterious shipwreck near Porkkala.

The wreck was previously known as “the warm ship” (VarmbĂ„dan in Swedish) as the Falken — a 17th-century warship and smaller sister ship to the famed Swedish ship Vasa.

The Falken ran aground in autumn 1651 while sailing back to Stockholm from Narva after transporting Count Erik Stenbock.

The 35-meter-long pinnace, built in Stockholm between 1630–1631, was smaller than the Vasa but richly decorated, with three masts, ornate carvings and cannon ports. It was used not only in military missions but also to transport nobles, diplomats and even royalty. Notably, the Falken carried the body of King Gustavus Adolphus from Germany to Sweden after his death in the Thirty Years’ War.

The wreck was discovered in 1974 but only recently identified by maritime archaeologist Niklas Eriksson of Stockholm University, who studied a 3D model made by the Finnish Maritime Archaeological Society and researched archives to confirm its identity.

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Stefan performs some experimental archaeology (and there are some icky shots of frostbite; be warned)

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And yet the ‘Clovis First’ mob will remain steadfastly unconvinced

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sounds cool!

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I don’t know about that. Not my field, certainly not up on internal politics, but from an amateur looking in, it seems Clovis Firsters are a shrinking minority. Way too much solid evidence extending >20kya even farther south. It appears to me that pre-Clovis habitation of NA is pretty well accepted. How far >20kya? That’s where things get debated, mostly because evidence gets thin. It’s fun to watch in real time as the paradigm shifts.

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Science!

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Researchers Pit Stone Age Seafaring Skills Against One of Earth’s Fiercest Currents

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In a new study, researchers reenacted how

Ugh, no, they didn’t “reenact” anything. They performed a controlled experiment

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I guess that depends on how well they stayed in character during the voyage, doesn’t it? :wink:

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