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Thread is a competitor of Facebook-owned photo-sharing site,Instagram
Meta Threads is testing content moderation on Twitter, which would make it easier for users to flag posts they don’t like. This is a part of Meta’s effort to build a decentralized social media network. As per reports, Threads will not support the “ActivityPub” protocol, which is used by Mastodon. It will be launched in…
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Mastodons were found in the territory of Greenland 2 million years ago
A mastodon has been found buried in the Kap Kbenhavn Formation, Sweden, according to a team of researchers. The scientists sequenced ancient DNA from 116 hunter-gatherers who living in Europe and western Asia between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago, and analysed previously sequenced genomes from hundreds more. The team obtained partial genomes from mammoth remains,…
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Mastodons were roaming in the area 2 million years ago.
Researchers have found two million-year-old DNA sequences in Greenland’s Kap Kbenhavn, the oldest ever obtained from frozen soil. They said the region was once home to mastodons and reindeer that roamed a forested ecosystem. “Not in a million years would you expect a mastodon up there,” researcher Ole Willerslev said. The researchers used DNA matched…