Tag: years
Hybrid donkeys for war 4,500 years ago
Before the introduction of the domestic horse, the Mesopotamians made crosses between species in order to generate a prestigious and useful mount in war. A hybridization between equines made it…
400 years Molière [1/2], “never where expected”
It is “a living world heritage” and also “African”. In 2022, the year of Molière’s 400th birthday, the latter will have his first translation into Wolof, accompanied by a major…
The violent eruption of the volcano Thera on the island of Santorini created 4 devastating tsunamis 3,600 years ago
The end of the Bronze Age was marked by a catastrophic event that would have strongly impacted humanity. This is the eruption of the Thera volcano, off the Cretan coast.…
10 years ago, Etta James left us …
On January 20, 2012, singer Etta James passed away at the age of 73. This major personality of African-American popular culture was a formidable performer of the Soul repertoire, but…
The line of modern man in Africa is now at least 233,000 years old!
The dating of the oldest undisputed fossil ofHomo sapiens was estimated 200,000 years ago. Radiometric dating of a volcanic layer in Ethiopia allows us to reassess the age of our…
Low Vaccination Rate at 5-11 Years Cause Concern
The low rate of vaccination in children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the USA worries experts. By January 11, it was reported that the rate of those…
Oceans are warming 6 times faster than 40 years ago and setting new temperature records
2021 will not be remembered as the hottest year on record. Not in the atmosphere at least. But in the oceans a whole different story is playing out. Researchers confirm…
Culture Pass: from 15 years old, when and how to register?
From January 10, 2022, the Culture Pass will be gradually extended to young people aged 15, 16 and 17. They allow them to reserve seats for shows, movies, buy books,…
-53 ° C in Canada: the sharpest cold felt for 14 years
Canada is facing an extreme cold wave with down to -53 ° C this Sunday in the Yukon, the lowest temperature recorded in this area since 2008. After the Great…
After two years without lessons, young Ugandans find their way back to school
In Uganda, some 15 million students returned to school on Monday, January 10, after one of the longest school closures ever seen due to the pandemic. For almost two years,…