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Jan 07 2009

Across the Pillars of Hercules: Recent Study Confirms Prehistoric Connection between Iberia and North Africa

Published by AnneH under big questions, genetics 101, news

Less than eight nautical miles wide, the Strait of Gibraltar is an easily surmountable barrier between northwest Africa and Spain. Military invaders such as Hannibal of Carthage and the caliphs of the Islamic Empire have had no trouble traversing this sliver of sea in the process of invading Europe.
But in addition to those legendary military [...]

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