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I once heard a great science presentation using sweet potato genetics to make a timeline of Polynesian island inhabitance and it blew my mind. And since then, there is genetic evidence of S American indigenous DNA in some Polynesian populations.

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Are natural resources really a blessing?

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I enjoyed the series! It starts out like a fantasy because dragons. But then it turns out to be sci fi because the planet is populated by colonist humans who got there on a ship generations ago. It was picked because there weren't enough resources that capitaliam was interested, so an intentional community settled in to get away from all that. But it went off the rails.

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I had a black student named Adolf, in the US. He'd be mid 30s by now. I wonder if his mom was African instead of the more common African American who's grsndparents were part of the migration from the aouth to upper midwest.

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