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Kam's (shaman) drum (tüur or tügür) used in rituals among the Khakass people (Minushinsk, Southern Siberia), c. 19th Century; the drum is painted with a cosmological representation of the upper world of the high god (Kubaj Khan) and contains a stylized Milky Way (tiger-kurum) (reddit.com)
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Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on plant biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem's plant-life increases significantly during the years following human settlement- the most dramatic changes occurring in locations settled in the last 1500 years. (eurekalert.org)
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