Lock of hair pins down early migration of Aborigines

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15020799

A lock of hair has helped scientists to piece together the genome of Australian Aborigines and rewrite the history of human dispersal around the world.

DNA from the hair demonstrates that indigenous Aboriginal Australians were the first to separate from other modern humans, around 70,000 years ago.

This challenges current theories of a single phase of dispersal from Africa.

An international team of researchers published their findings in the journal Science.

While the Aboriginal populations were trailblazing across Asia and into Australia, the remaining humans stayed around North Africa and the Middle East until 24,000 years ago.

[MineralMan]

1. Lack of Hair Pins?

Did the aborigines have hair pins? This is a great headline! When I first saw it, I wondered if they had misspelled the first word: "Lack of hair pins down early migration of Aborigines" Now, I could see where the aboriginal women wouldn't want to travel without a good supply of hair pins. I need another cup of coffee. :rofl:

[jberryhill]

2. I read it the same way

But I've been meaning to get new glasses.

You can pick locks with hair pins, though.