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Herodotus tells us of the Scythians, who ravaged the Middle East and Europe. The Romans later defeated Sarmatians on the plains of Pannonia. Even further back in history we know of the Indo-Aryan Mittani in Syria, while there are hints of a relationship between nomadic societies on the steppe of Eurasia and later settled populations in Eastern Europe, Iran & India. Because of the lack of literacy in most of the world before 500 B.C. we must rely on archaeology to connect the vaguest of these dots... Standard physical anthropological methods did yield results which suggested that populations of European...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The number of freshman heading off to college this fall in the University of California system will be at an all-time high. Asian-Americans top the list of freshman with 19,896. U-C officials say more than 55-thousand students who applied were accepted, a new record for the system. This fall's record admission beat last year's, which was also a record, by about ten percent. Officials say a relatively stable state funding situation meant U-C was able to follow a tradition of finding a place somewhere in the system for all students who met eligibility requirements. Students have until...