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Remains of First African Slaves Found

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the you-are-what-you-eat dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us LiveScience is reporting that Archaeologists may have found the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. From the article: "The African origin of the slaves was determined by studying a chemical in their tooth enamel that reveals plant and rock types of their native land. The chemical enters the body through the food chain as nutrients pass from bedrock through soil and water to plants and animals. It is an indelible signature of birthplace, the researchers said, because it can be directly linked to the bedrock of specific locales."

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  1. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We can finally prove Bush was not born in Texas. Nor was he raised there. Nor did he own his ranch in Crawford until the year before the 2000 presidential election. Guess that makes him all hat and no cattle?

  2. This is Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is fuckin' slashDOT!!!! How the fuck am I 'sposed to care 'bout some fuckin' dead niggers on fuckin' SLASHdot!!!!

  3. I am? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do we still refer to PEOPLE..as objects.. if inheretly all are WORTH?


    Unless, some get to be "worth - less" in the minds of others.



    Eggnog that, Nerd.

  4. bedrock of specific locales by smittyoneeach · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "The stones...I love the stones. Still can't believe they're doing it after all these years. I watch them whenever I can--Fred and Barney."--Steven Wright

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear