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The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there

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Tags: anthropology, india, roopkund, himalayas, humans, communities, genetics, burials, human remains, author.douglas preston, source.the new yorker, long read, paywall.soft
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake

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Title
The Skeletons at the Lake
Authors
The New Yorker
Word count
6105 words

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    joplin
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    For those who can't get around the paywall, you can find the interesting parts of the story here > Research generally points to a semi-legendary event where a group of people was killed in a...

    For those who can't get around the paywall, you can find the interesting parts of the story here

    > Research generally points to a semi-legendary event where a group of people was killed in a sudden, violent hailstorm in the 9th century.
    3 votes
  2. mieum
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    That was a fun read. It's got me day dreaming about the mysteries of human life and all the ways we have lived. These kinds of stories terrified and intrigued me a lot when I was a kid. I spent a...

    That was a fun read. It's got me day dreaming about the mysteries of human life and all the ways we have lived. These kinds of stories terrified and intrigued me a lot when I was a kid. I spent a fair amount of time in remote, desolate areas growing up, and for some reason the tale of these bones makes me feel weirdly close to home...a kind of surreal nostalgia, in a way.

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