Category: News
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Neanderthal-DNA found in 65% of modern Asians
The Neanderthal-genome is published, which makes it possible to do a wide range of research on comparative evolution.Researchers prooved the interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals already. Now, compartive tests show that 65% of modern Asians share a DNA-chromosome with Neanderthals. The chromosome is related to UV-light adaptation. This particular DNA-chromosome however left the DNA-genome during…
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Read Alfred Rosenberg’s diary online
It was quite a media-buzz when the American government announced that the diary of Alfred Rosenberg was found. Rosenberg, one of the top-nazi’s from Hitler’s Third Reich, was responsible for many of the criminals conducted by Germany. Speculations about the content of his long-lost diary were abundant, and DisputedPast went along with them. As it…
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Today is Willy Brandt’s 100th birthday
As mayor of West Berlin, as Foreign Minister and as Chancellor of Germany, Willy Brandt (1913-1992) changed the Federal Republic of Germany (BDR) like no other politician. Brandt was born in Lübeck on the 18th of December 1913 as an illegitimate child by the name of Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm. The name under which he…
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Adolf Hitler stays honorary citizen of Dietramszell
A controversial vote made by the local council of Dietramszell confirms the honorary citizenships for Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg. Last week, the cancellation of the honorary citizenships was thwarted already by the opposition. Holocaust survivors are taken aback by the city council’s decision, that argues that history cannot be undone: To withdraw the…
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‘East Side Gallery’ preserved for future generations
The world-famous ‘East Side Gallery’, the east side of the Berlin wall that’s covered with paintings from artist all over the world, is constantly threatened by building-projects, vandalism and graffiti. Therefore, the Berlin city council will spend 125.000€ per year to preserve the art-piece. The East Side Gallery consists of 105 paintings from 1990, and is renowned as a worldwide memorial to freedom.
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Archaeologists conclude: Neanderthals buried their dead
An international team of archaeologists conducted a 13-year study on the remains of Neanderthals and concluded that our less competent hominid relative buried their dead – just like modern humans. The researchers state that these burials show an unexpected advanced cognitive capacity of the Neanderthals. Although these conclusions sparked controversy in the archaeological community, the…
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Why Japan had to abolish state-Shinto 68 years ago
On December 15th, 1945, Japan abolished Shinto religion on American instigation. They regarded the ancient Shinto religion as an important part of Japanese nationalism and militarism – both foundations of the aggressive expansionist policy of imperial Japan in the first half of the 20th century. Shintoism is an old religion, dating back to the early…