{"id":2289222,"date":"2024-07-04T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remains-of-500-humans-found-in-lake-of-bones-so-remote-it-takes-5-days-to-hike-there\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T19:18:59","slug":"remains-of-500-humans-found-in-lake-of-bones-so-remote-it-takes-5-days-to-hike-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remains-of-500-humans-found-in-lake-of-bones-so-remote-it-takes-5-days-to-hike-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains of 500 Humans Found in ‘Lake of Bones,’ So Remote It Takes 5 Days to Hike There"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The discovery of human \u200bremains<\/a> \u200cat Roopkund Lake, \u2063also known \u2064as the “Skeleton Lake” or “Lake of Bones” in \u200bIndia, has\u2063 left researchers \u200dbaffled. Believed to belong \u200dto at least 500\u200c individuals, the bones have sparked various theories about \u2062their origins. Recent DNA studies have revealed that the bodies can \u200cbe divided into three\u2064 distinct groups,\u2064 including ancestors\u2062 of modern South Asians, individuals of Eastern Mediterranean descent, and those from\u200d Southeast Asia. Carbon dating has \u2063shown that\u2064 the bodies range from around 800 AD \u200bto 1800 AD, suggesting that two large groups of bodies\u200d in the lake are roughly 1,000 years\u2062 apart in \u200bage. This mysterious discovery has\u200d raised more questions than\u200d answers, with experts like Harvard geneticist David Reich and anthropologist Kathleen Morrison offering differing perspectives \u200bon the\u2064 history of\u2064 the region. <\/p>\n

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