| 单词 | steppe |
| 例句 | Large areas of the former Fertile Crescent are now desert, semidesert, steppe, or heavily eroded or salinized terrain unsuited for agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The transformation of warfare by horses began with their domestication around 4000 B.C., in the steppes north of the Black Sea. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “And now, from the steppes of Russia, get ready for the brave Cossacks of the Caucasus!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He watched as the scenery began to change, and the rolling steppe gave way to low grassy hills and then to higher land, with the occasional gorge or cataract; and still the boat steamed south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z While Stalingrad was burning, they were cooling their heels in the fragrant fields of the Russian steppes, surrounded by sagebrush and birdsong. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Olmsted’s plans alone would make the exposition unique, with lagoons, canals, and great lawns all set against the cobalt-blue steppe of Lake Michigan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “No one has traveled like him, to India, the Russian steppes, Loch Ness, Antarctica,” added Mr. Weinrichter, a film scholar who teaches at Carlos III University in Madrid. Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall 2011-04-23T23:31:38Z This happened once more following the onslaught of the Mongols, who rushed in from the northwestern steppes around 1237 and finally overran the whole of China in 1276, toppling the Song dynasty in the south. Review: Groundbreaking Picture of China 2010-11-19T12:36:00Z I walked down across open steppe and through the Buryat village up the road from Khuzhir, where kids were racing on bicycles, sending tufts of dust into the air. On a Remote Siberian Island Asking, Was It Just a Dream? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Back then, it was a small town in the middle of the vast steppe called Akmola, which consisted mostly of Soviet-style block buildings, grim remnants of the country’s past. In Kazakhstan, a Shimmering Skyline on the Steppe 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The “frozen soils of the mammoth steppe” are “the biggest natural source of greenhouse gases on the planet,” and the permafrost has already begun to thaw. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Growing up in eastern Ukraine, the artist was enthralled by nature — the swaying grass on the steppe and ever-morphing clouds moving over lakes. Art Rooted in Nature Blooms at TEFAF 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Its cuisine has absorbed countless influences over distance and time: from ancient Greece, the Ottoman Empire, the Carpathian Mountains, the Russian steppe and beyond. Rescuing the Cuisine of Besieged Mariupol, Recipe by Family Recipe 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z More than half its residents then were Bedouins uprooted from the surrounding desert steppe, many of them housed in shanties and slums. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The Tatooine desert in “Star Wars” is a dead ringer for the steppes of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z To non-Russian eyes, it may seem like a spaghetti western joined by Reds and Chekists, the cowboys of their day, tearing across Russia’s wild steppe backed by a mournful soundtrack. Eduard Volodarsky, Screenwriter Banned by Soviets, Dies at 71 2012-10-14T01:38:45Z “Here, on the steppe, is an orientation that tears apart my mind map. It breaks the spell of space and family,” she writes. Review | At 19, on a whim, she entered the world’s most grueling horse race — and won 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z At its edges, the Badlands flatten into farm country, but their heart is the swaying, mixed-grass steppe of the Little Missouri National Grassland: more than a million acres of astonishingly beautiful, infernally punishing terrain. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z There we made our way through a greatest-hits of Central Asian cuisine, which was shaped by diverse culinary cultures, from East Asia to the Mongolian steppe to the Persian Gulf. 12 Days on the Most Storied Highway of Them All: The Silk Road 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z After unpacking, I sat on the veranda for a privileged view of the sun setting across the desolate steppes. Fauna, Flora and Freighters in the Danube Delta 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In Ulan Bator, under a sky thick and white with stars, we decided to sleep in a yurt on the steppe. Modern Love: A Free Spirit Who Couldn?t Be Tethered 2010-07-29T21:55:00Z Each of these, he explained, represents an aspect of Russia’s varied regional landscapes: tundra, the steppe, the wetlands, birch forests. In Moscow’s Newest Park, All of Russia Comes Together 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Using para-rhyme, Williams links the first two lines of each tercet: "steppe/ stopped", "people/ purple" and so on. Poem of the week: Rublev by Rowan Williams 2011-07-18T11:01:24Z Kazakh cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev was honored for outstanding artistic achievement for his painterly work on "Harmony Lessons", set on the harsh steppes of Kazakhstan. Romanian film "Child's Pose" wins Berlin Golden Bear 2013-02-16T22:18:58Z Daringly experimental, with vivid vignettes of Turkish life delivered in a fractured movie style, Nazim’s masterpiece flits from a train travelling between Istanbul and Ankara to a steppe prison, a hospital, battlefields, bedrooms and elsewhere. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z For centuries, it was a staple of nomads herding sheep on the steppe, to be rehydrated over a campfire or softened in the mouth and chewed like gum. At Cafe Dushanbe, a Chef Stays True to His Tajik Roots 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The ride-through views encompass sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, volcanic lakes and wide-open desert steppes. In Pictures: Amazing Motorcycle Trips 2010-12-02T20:35:00Z Hitler, in his obsessive pursuit of Lebensraum, had his troops invade Russia in summer uniforms expecting a swift victory, but they were swallowed up in the vastness of the Russian steppes and another cruel winter. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In 2013, then-19-year-old Prior-Palmer ran from this dreaded future in her native England to the Mongolian steppe, to compete in the Mongol Derby, reputed to be “the world’s longest, toughest horse race.” Review | At 19, on a whim, she entered the world’s most grueling horse race — and won 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The Canzonetta’s sweet little tune is whispered over the strings, a dry and distant voice from beyond the steppes. Tchaikovsky for Christmas 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z And while there is no storyline, the scenic wizards evoke a grand travelogue that roams from the Mongolian steppes to the Sahara to Easter Island, circling the planet in a time-lapse, 24-hour cycle. ‘Odysseo’: Lovely horses, riders prancing in a dreamscape 2014-02-20T22:48:30Z They had money, houses, and parents—surely settled life would be better than life on the steppe. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z A clue is that 7 percent of ancient DNA samples from Europe and the steppes contain DNA of the plague microbe that caused medieval Europe’s Black Death. A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The holdings include ancient gold objects found in the Eurasian steppes, from personal ornaments to accessories for belts, chariots and horse harnesses. In Transit Blog: In Hong Kong, a Glittering Exhibition 2014-01-07T01:00:22Z He is driving his Russian jeep along the great flat steppes between Ufa and Kazan. White Fever by Jacek Hugo-Bader - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z The art gallery features 2,000 years of creative works from ancient ivory carvings to contemporary paintings and sculpture, along with a 36,000-year-old mummified steppe bison. Before the summer rush, a spring road trip through Alaska is just as beautiful 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Howard Hughes, the eccentric head of RKO Pictures, lavished money on what he envisaged as a stirring tale of romance and epic battles on Asia’s steppes. Hollywood and the downwinders still grapple with nuclear fallout 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z These were Russian films set on the steppes during the Russian Revolution or Civil War. Manchester filmmaker wins international scripting prize 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z They begin in barren landscapes, on empty plains and steppes, on interrupted journeys. In Stories From an Argentine Surrealist, Circles of Madness and Violence 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The few pictures that place impressionistic horsemen upon the gilded steppes are less convincing, perhaps because Bussiere is more interested in conjuring eternity than action. Review | In the galleries: A sizzling exhibit crackles with creativity 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “The vast variety of architectural styles and the creativity of the city’s design is extraordinary, especially to find that in the middle of the steppe.” In Kazakhstan, a Shimmering Skyline on the Steppe 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The political yoke he imposed was light: Conquered nations were allowed to keep their indigenous gods and Persia’s armies provided welcome protection against the nomadic bands of the northern steppes. Review | We may not be able to leave the house, but these transporting books whisk us to Central Asia 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Residues from an Upper Palaeolithic site in the Pontic steppe in eastern Europe show ancient people pounded tubers before they ate them. The real Paleo diet 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z This rock ensemble from the Siberian steppe, which combines traditional and modern instruments, is named for its colorfully dressed lead singer, who seems almost a Mongolian version of Bjork. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z The band of bachelors travelled out onto the steppe and found the horsewomen. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z That group consisted of herders from the Asian steppes, whose skeletons and genes are known from their burial mounds called kurgans. A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z It might almost be described as an episode of "CSI" written by Chekhov and filmed on the desolate steppes of rural central Turkey, which takes two and a half hours to reach its ambiguous destination. Cannes: Malick's "Tree of Life" wins Palme d'Or 2011-05-22T21:45:00Z Tartare sauce, that piquant gloop found in chippies and fancy fish restaurants alike, was not, you will unsurprised to hear, everyday fare on the windswept steppes of the ancient Tatar people. How to make the perfect tartare sauce 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z And living around the stones, watching over the fire of the Mongol home, I shall shine everywhere upon the hoof-drum steppe. In Mongolia, the Horse-Headed Fiddle Rides Again 2010-08-25T13:53:00Z Half a century ago, 1,000 families roamed the Anatolian steppe but now there are just 86. Turkey's last nomads roam Anatolia 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Though we know she will triumph, Lara’s trials are daunting as she makes her way across the Mongolian steppe — enduring miserable heat and rain, treacherous marshes, unfriendly dogs, obstinate horses and assorted other hazards. Review | Audiobooks for your summer travels 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z And mechanical horses are exactly what they seem: an ingenious response to mechanized warfare, invented and designed by tribal warriors used to fighting over great distances on the steppes. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The scenery of the Tibetan plateau is breathtaking: arid steppe crisscrossed by frozen rivers, with a backdrop of snow-covered peaks. 18 of the world’s best rail journeys 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Zimov doesn’t really need a living mammoth to restore the mammoth steppe, however. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Take in the breathtaking views from atop this ruined 11th century minaret, and experience twilight descending over the steppe. 2010-01-28T08:50:00Z The felt-and-wood homes originated in Mongolia several thousand years ago as mobile lodging for nomadic herders living and working on the Gobi Desert steppes. Why be a square? Yurts offer vacationers adventure-in-the-round. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Beyond the fire true night had set in, blue-black as a bruise, stretching over the steppe and sage brush country of the southern British Columbia interior. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z In 2018, Brand and Church traveled to northeast Siberia, where Russian scientists are attempting to re-create a grassland ecosystem known as the mammoth steppe, named after its predominant and extinct herbivore, the woolly mammoth. Would bringing back extinct animals turn out as badly as it did in ‘Jurassic Park’? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z They’re an invitation to join authors for trips that include grand train journeys and visits to the Peruvian jungle and the sandy Chinese steppe. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z By the 1840s, King writes, Odessa appeared to travelers as “a dreamlike city rising out of nothing, a surprising blip on the blank horizon formed by steppe, sea and sky.” Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z Travelling across the steppe, they came across a group of warrior women. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The conflict alternately fuels and impedes their voyage in a rickety car across Mongolia’s steppes and dunes as they look for the Dalai Lama’s heir. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z An epic action-adventure suffused with court and sexual intrigue, horseback battles and martial arts, the show also filmed on location along the canals of Venice and on the snow-swept steppe of Kazakhstan. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Ahead lay the low, tiered steppes that cover most of southern Patagonia. | Explorer: In Argentina, Glaciers by Way of Patagonia 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z Perhaps steppe peoples acquired plague, developed some immunity with exposure, and transmitted it to unexposed European farmers, thereby decimating them. A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Both men were members of the Afanasievo culture, an eastern variant of the steppe Yamnaya people who made a major genetic contribution to European populations around that time. Ancient marriage traditions—and politics—revealed in giant family trees built from DNA 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Over the past several months, the administration has moved to bar drilling on 1.8 million acres of sagebrush steppe in Wyoming and on more than 1 million acres of public land in Colorado. Biden cracks down on drilling and mining 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Mongolia is set to host the 2026 U.N. conference on desertification and has launched a campaign to plant 1 billion trees across its vast steppes and mountains of grasslands. Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z After months of grueling advances through minefields, small villages and open steppes, Ukrainian forces are making some progress along two major lines of attack, according to analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers. Ukraine Makes Progress Along 2 Lines of Attack 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Ukrainian forces have made only incremental gains in parts of the east and south, where well-built Russian defences have slowed their push across vast swathes of the steppe. Ukraine says Saudi talks were 'breakthrough', Kyiv has more to offer Africa than Russia 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z At least one of the cousins must have traveled hundreds of kilometers across the steppe during his life, an early example of dramatic mobility in the space of a few generations. Ancient marriage traditions—and politics—revealed in giant family trees built from DNA 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Damaged houses gave way to cratered fields on Ukraine’s southern steppe. A Drone’s View Behind Russian Lines: Cratered Fields and Charred Armor 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z More recently, say, 500 years ago, it became a fortress for the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, a military community from the eastern European steppes that played a prominent role in building a Ukrainian state. ‘It’s Crazy’: The Scramble for Ancient Treasures After Ukraine’s Dam Disaster 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But large-scale mining projects have faced barriers from concerns about environmental degradation on the Mongolian steppes, where its people are culturally entwined with the landscape. U.S. Looks to Mongolia, Wedged between China and Russia, for Critical Minerals 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The terrain here is spectacular, looking out over the wooded mountains of the upper Galilee and far into the green steppe of southern Lebanon, which we can see directly over the fence. Israel-Lebanon border tension raises fears of bloody escalation 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Already, geneticists and archaeologists have teamed up to dissect the marriage patterns of Bronze Age steppe nomads and traced thousands of living descendants of enslaved women buried 200 years ago in a forgotten Maryland cemetery. Ancient marriage traditions—and politics—revealed in giant family trees built from DNA 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z These enclaves, once the backbone of Ukraine’s agricultural eastern steppe, were reduced to ruin as the war passed over them like a flood tide. Ruined, Empty, Mined and Overgrown: Ukraine’s Forgotten Villages 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The Kakhovka irrigation system — the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world — provided essential water to more than 617,000 acres of farmland in Ukraine’s dry southern steppes. Ukraine Attacks Along a 600-Mile Front, While Grappling With Flood Crisis 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z We have a very valuable and very fragile steppe ecosystem on the Crimean Peninsula—among the most valuable in Europe. Ukrainian Dam Collapse Triggers ‘Ecological Disaster’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Across the eastern Donbas region — a constellation of industrial cities and mining towns dotting the steppe — Russia has repeatedly reduced towns and cities to rubble before claiming the ruins. The Battle for Bakhmut, in Photos 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z To the north of Mesopotamia is the beginning of the great steppes of Central Asia, the source of limitless and almost nonstop invasions throughout ancient history. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace cooks also elevated traditional methods from the steppes and flatlands of Central and West Asia, such as grilling small pieces of meat on skewers for a dish known as kebab. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z From the east came nomadic raiders, the Magyars, a non-Germanic people who migrated from the steppes of central Asia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Wildfires have long plagued Russia’s forests and steppes during hotter months, but have grown in intensity in recent years. Death toll from wildfires in Russia’s Urals hits 21, authorities suspect arson 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Those staying overnight at Nicole Kuchenbuch’s ranch will soon see spring’s rolling green grass meadows and new sprouts across the sagebrush steppe, snowy peaks in the distance. Wide-open spaces, for cattle and outdoor enthusiasts | Provided by Beef. It's What's for Dinner 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Nomads from the steppe regions were the first to domesticate horses, and for thousands of years only steppe peoples knew how to fight directly from horseback instead of using chariots. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning in the seventeenth century, Russian forces pushed south across the steppes toward Ottoman territory. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z At one end were small self-governing nomadic clans with fluctuating membership and modest herds in remote parts of the steppe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They know that their mom is involved in a quixotic project to invigorate the Siberian steppe with grasses capable of storing massive amounts of carbon. Review | In ‘The Last Animal,’ a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth brings hope 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The Great Wall of China is testimony to a mysterious culture that dominated the Eurasian steppes between 200 B.C.E. and 100 C.E. Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Simultaneously, the Avars and Bulgars, steppe peoples related to the Huns, were pressing Byzantine territory from the north, and piracy was rife in the Mediterranean. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The lands of Anatolia were attractive to the nomadic Turkic peoples who lived in the semifertile Eurasian steppe, a band of grassland that runs from east to west between western China and Hungary. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Liao dynasty also promoted economic development by moving Chinese workers skilled in technologies that steppe people did not practice, like metallurgy, to teach their crafts to those living in the steppe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The genomes included a mammoth from 700,000 years ago - near the origination time of this species on the Siberian steppes - and others that lived later in their history, thus showing how genetic adaptations evolved. Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax - the genetics of mammoths 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “The genetics cover the entirety of the steppe and its neighbors,” Jeong says, from the Caucasus Mountains to the Siberian steppe. Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The Huns were warriors of the central Asian steppes: expert horsemen, skillful warriors, unattached to any particular land. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Orlando had just published a wide-ranging paper tracing the lineage of horses across the world today to the steppes of Eurasia around 2000 B.C.E. Horse nations: Animal began transforming Native American life startlingly early 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z This pact highlighted the changing relationship between the steppe people and the Chinese between the Tang and the Song dynasties. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The damaged capsule safely landed Tuesday under a striped parachute in the steppes of Kazakhstan, touching down as scheduled at 5:45 p.m. Uncrewed Russian spacecraft that leaked coolant lands safely 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The diversity suggests the Xiongnu were deliberately mixing their population, whether through economic incentives or force, to cement control across wide stretches of the steppe, Warinner says. Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z They had much in common with other groups of steppe peoples like the Scythians who had raided civilized lands going back to the very emergence of civilization in Mesopotamia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As a teenager, he’d drive from his family’s cattle ranch, down a sagebrush steppe dotted with juniper and pinyon and into town for a night of dancing. Busting the myth of the cowboy — one performance at a time 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Concentrated in a patchwork of oasis towns and city-states among larger kingdoms, the Sogdians traded frequently with Romans to the west and with nomadic peoples of the steppes and the Chinese to the east. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The drilling sites and pipeline will also cut through game reserves and steppes teeming with animals like lions, buffaloes and the endangered Rothschild giraffe that tourists flock to see. An Oil Rush Threatens Natural Splendors Across East Africa 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The 79th is one of Ukraine’s elite units, and its forces have battled Russians on the steppes, through forests and in ruined cities. This Is What Trench Warfare on the Front Line Is Like 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Originally, the “Rus” were Vikings who ruled small cities in the vast steppes and forests of western Russia and the Ukraine. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The brigade keeps its helicopters in plain sight, on the wide, snow-swept steppe of eastern Ukraine, using temporary airfields, moving frequently for security. Whirring Into Action in Ukraine’s Skies 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Those precepts had limitations, however, especially when it came to securing the territory against the increased power of the seminomadic steppe peoples, who were now adopting the technology and lifestyle of their more settled neighbors. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z About 5300 years ago, people from the steppes of modern-day Russia and Ukraine expanded rapidly across Eurasia. Earliest evidence of horseback riding found in ‘eastern cowboys’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Thirty thousand years ago, Europe was a land of open steppes with herds of grazing mammoth and other megafauna—and a strikingly uniform human culture. Ancient DNA upends European prehistory 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The Seljuks were fierce fighters, trained by their background as steppe nomads and raiders, who had converted to Islam prior to the eleventh century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This front line stretches from the grassy steppes of the northeast, along the Dnieper River all the way to the Black Sea. Follow the 600-mile front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces For example, people from the central Asian steppes exchanged hides, wool, and livestock for Chinese manufactured goods such as lacquerware, silk, floss, paper, porcelain, and iron tools. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet the earliest mentions of riding in historical sources or pictorial evidence date from more than 2000 years later, long after the Yamnaya spread across the steppes. Earliest evidence of horseback riding found in ‘eastern cowboys’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The study also looked at the final era of hunter-gatherers in Europe, beginning 10,000 years ago as warming continued to transform the open steppe to dense forests and rich wetlands. Ancient DNA upends European prehistory 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Traditionally, along with the Mongol people further to their east, the Turks were among the most fierce steppe nomads, living by herding animals and raiding the “civilized” lands to their south and west. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Inner Mongolia is a key region for mining of coal, minerals and rare earths that critics say has ravaged the region’s landscape of mountains, grassy steppes and deserts. Workers dig by layers in search for 47 missing at China mine 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Whereas The Secret History of the Mongols recounts many heroic exploits in Temujin’s family’s struggle to survive, it paints a bleak picture of their existence on the steppe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Inner Mongolia is a key region for mining of coal and various minerals and rare earths that critics say has ravaged the region’s landscape of mountains, grassy steppes and deserts. More bodies found in China mine collapse, 48 remain missing 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Inner Mongolia is a key region for mining of coal and various minerals and rare earths, which critics say has ravaged the original landscape of mountains, grassy steppes and deserts. More bodies found in China mine collapse, 49 remain missing 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The Turks began the transition from steppe nomads to the rulers of settled kingdoms by the tenth century, culminating with the Seljuk invasion of the eleventh century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But their envisaged battlefield is very different - not the forests and steppe lands of Ukraine but island chains reaching across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Temujin’s reforms introduced a new division in steppe civilization that today might be called class warfare. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Five of these so-called Altai hunter-gatherers belonged to a population that apparently gave rise to several later peoples who spread throughout the Central Asian steppe during the Bronze Age. Native Americans—and their genes—traveled back to Siberia, new genomes reveal 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Virologists who were not involved in the research said the specter of future pandemics being unleashed from the Siberian steppe ranks low on the list of current public health threats. ‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it. Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z At its core, the fighting for Bakhmut looks little different from a battle in the Eastern European steppes of World War II: armies committing troops, tanks and massive artillery barrages to capture ground. The Infrared Hunt for Russian Troops in the Battle for Bakhmut 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z On one hand, Chinggis wanted to end the constant strife and warfare that characterized life on the steppe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And yet the war began in the winter last February, and both armies have extensive experience fighting in wintertime on the Eurasian steppe. For Ukraine, So Much Unexpected Success, and Yet So Far to Go 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Stunning monuments, red desert, old Persianate culture mixing with the culture of the steppe and then, obviously, the Soviet empire. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The country is home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe. Zelensky warns the U.N. climate gathering that Russia’s war is undercutting any possible collective action. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The terrain around the city — table-flat steppe with thin tree lines and little cover, and crisscrossed by irrigation canals that can be used as trenches — favors its Russian defenders. With Western Weapons, Ukraine Is Turning the Tables in an Artillery War 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z As word spread of Chinggis Khan’s coronation, some warriors in the settled kingdoms between the steppe and Song China left to join the Mongol Empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z That agreement is viewed as preventing the Energy Department from converting the eastern Idaho site in high-desert sagebrush steppe to a high-level nuclear waste repository. Idaho resumes radioactive waste shipments to New Mexico 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The 37-year-old head camera technician has bought the yurt, a large circular domed tent like those used by nomadic people on the steppes of Central Asia. Yurts provide cheap escape for Hungarians fleeing cost of living crisis 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “In Kherson region, on our front, they simply cannot hide as it is open surfaces and endless steppe where there are no forest.” Moscow releases final results of discredited referendums in occupied territories. 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The windswept steppe city infamous for its harsh continental climate became the capital in 1997. Kazakh capital renamed again as ex-leader's legacy fades 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z That decision was respected, demonstrating just how successful Chinggis had been in uniting the steppe peoples. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But the pageantry also demonstrated China’s growing sway in Central Asia — a vast, resource-rich region of mountains and steppe once considered Russia’s domain, where great powers have long vied for influence. In the ‘Great Game’ of Central Asia, China’s Leader Seeks the Advantage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The seizure of Ukraine’s eastern steppe is one of Moscow’s primary war aims, and in June and July its forces managed to capture the two industrial cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk. Ukrainian Offensive Seen as Reshaping the War’s Contours 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The two armies are fighting across a table-flat expanse of farm fields and tree lines in the southern Ukrainian steppe. For Ukraine, the Fight Is Often a Game of Bridges 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The war had crept across the eastern Ukrainian steppe after Russia’s invasion in February. His Bees Fly to the Front Line. Soon, It May Come to Him. 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Like many steppe peoples, they practiced a polytheistic religion, with a hierarchy of gods and spirits headed by Tengri the sky god. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Nazis pushed across the western steppes in their blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Then about 5000 years ago, a fourth group—nomads from the steppes north of the Black Sea, known as the Yamnaya—arrived, adding to the genetic picture but not fundamentally redrawing it. ‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z And perhaps no group in Crimea has watched the unfolding war with as much trepidation as the Tatars, Turkic Muslims who migrated from the Eurasian steppes in the 13th century. More than a sun-splashed resort, Crimea holds a key place in Russia’s conscience. 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Researchers also need a better grasp on how dairying and milk drinking can be widespread in places where lactose tolerance has never been common, such as the Mongolian steppe. How Humans’ Ability to Digest Milk Evolved from Famine and Disease 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The clan, a small group of several families that shared an encampment and herded or hunted together, was the basic unit of steppe society. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Today, the territory has a “magnificent” fossil record of prehistoric animals, including steppe bison, ancient cats and short-faced bears, Mr. Miller said, adding that mining had contributed to the wealth of discoveries. Searching for Gold, Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Researchers have for years traced it to the Bronze Age Yamnaya, who rode both east and west from the steppes. ‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z For example, the study presumes horse riding arose in 1000 B.C.E. on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, but Taylor says scholars are still seeking answers as to exactly where and when people began to ride horses. Does warfare make societies more complex? Controversial study says yes 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “That’s going to have consequences for things like the grazing animals that are dependent on the steppe or the grasslands,” he says. Climate Change Is Turning More of Central Asia into Desert 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Given the high mortality among the steppe peoples, the adoption of children and widows was commonplace. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Giant rangeland wildfires in recent decades have destroyed vast areas of sagebrush steppe. U.S. to spend $9 million to bolster sagebrush ecosystems in 8 states, including WA 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z He carried no traces of steppe ancestry, though dozens of both elite and humbler graves in Greece did. ‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z But military analysts said that a serious attempt to take the final 30-or-so kilometres of Black Sea steppe as part of a major counteroffensive will be difficult without a huge injection of arms and personnel. Analysis: Ukrainian dreams of retaking Kherson hinge on Western weapons 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Dr Jackon said they were trying to uncover the "evolutionary history of the mammoth", in particular the steppe mammoth which was a larger species that lived before the woolly mammoth. Ipswich mammoth teeth DNA to be sampled 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Soon those in the Mongol- speaking part of the steppe were left with the choice of joining Temujin, joining Jamukha, or risking attack by one or the other. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Novopil, a dot in a sea of farmland in the wide-open steppe of eastern Ukraine, is next to a road that Russian forces had used to control access to areas to the north. Ukrainian volunteers, once ordinary citizens, now find themselves fighting on the front line 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Their arrival has buoyed Ukraine’s hopes of achieving artillery superiority at least in some frontline areas, a key step toward military victories in a war now fought mostly on flat, open steppe at long ranges. Powerful American Artillery Enters the Fight in Ukraine 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z But the single artillery weapon they operate at a small, ragtag outpost on the southern steppe has insufficient range to strike it. Life in a Ukrainian Unit: Diving for Cover, Waiting for Western Weapons 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Invasive species such as cheatgrass are a big part of the problem on the sagebrush steppe. Fighting fire with fire: WA resuming prescribed burns on public lands 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Word went out from Baljuna to the scattering People of the Felt Walls to regroup and to find Temujin and the others in a remote part of the steppe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Older men with graying beards walk on footpaths through the tall spring grass on the steppe, past houses damaged by shelling. Ukrainian volunteers, once ordinary citizens, now find themselves fighting on the front line 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s southeastern regions, an expanse of steppe and blighted industrial and mining cities, is now the focus of fighting in the war. Russia’s grave miscalculation: Ukrainians would collaborate 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z But Ukraine, in an ecological transition zone, is also home to vibrant wetlands and forests and a large swath of virgin steppe. A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Military analysts are forecasting an all-out, bloody battle on the steppe. Putin’s Ukraine gamble pivots to a very different battlefield 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The Mongols, with allied peoples from north China and other parts of the steppe, dominated the Song on land. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He pointed out wild llama-like guanacos grazing on the steppe, a gray fox running across the road, and caracara falcons perched on the fence posts. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “I traveled over 900 kilometers by car to the steppe to retrieve the GPS collar because I wanted to know more about where she died and why,” Dejid says. Gazelle Traveled Distance of Nearly Half Earth’s Circumference in Five Years 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Researchers are discovering vestiges of lost worlds, preserved by the now-impermanent permafrost, from tools and weapons of early human societies to the corpses of mammoths and wolves that once roamed the Siberian steppe. The Discovery of Shackleton’s Wreck Is as Disquieting as It Is Amazing 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z They likely capitalized on their nomadic lifestyle, trade networks stretching across the vast steppe, and horse-riding prowess to move quickly across the grasslands of Eurasia. Mystery warriors made the fastest migration in ancient history 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z This meant less went to the steppe, and those producing wealth saw increasingly fewer returns on their labor. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The women buried in the cemetery, meanwhile, had steppe ancestry, similar to the Bronze Age people who dominated mainland Great Britain. Bones from ancient cemetery reveal surprises about Great Britain’s Bronze Age 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z But when I opened the window, it was as if we were on the steppe, somewhere with no light. ‘I Don’t Have the Right to Cry’: Ukrainian Women Share Their Stories of Escape 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z These nomadic herders arose on the steppes of Ukraine and Russia, then spread, leaving a lasting genetic mark on most people in Europe. “You can’t get back specimens”: Ukrainian scientists rush to save irreplaceable collections 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z One sixth century Chinese source describes an enigmatic steppe people called the Rouran, one of many horse-riding nomadic groups that swept out of the Mongolian steppes to attack their northern borders. Mystery warriors made the fastest migration in ancient history 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Protected by leather armor and iron helmets, soldiers skilled in the art of mounted archery trickled into Chinese states from the steppes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There is also its astounding variety: steppes, mountains, desert. Review: A novelist of great range follows mismatched twins through Mongolia 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A key to Mongol horsemanship was the stirrup, which was invented on the steppe in the second century B.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For centuries, armies and nations have waged wars on these same lands, from the steppes to the Eastern European heartland, and have faced similar obstacles — from mucky wetlands to rushing rivers and treacherous mountain ranges. Wetlands and radioactive soil: How Ukraine’s geography could influence a Russian invasion At the Ukrainian position on this section of the Eastern front, the surrounding landscape is an open, snowy steppe. For Ukrainian Soldiers, a Nervous Guessing Game on the Front 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Once completed, the Qin’s Great Wall illustrated how fortifying the north and guarding against the steppes became the focal point of statecraft in ancient China. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Made up mostly of mountains and arid steppe land, it has a population of only 19 million people. Kazakhstan unrest: Why have there been riots and deaths? 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The Xiongnu roamed the steppes to the north and west of China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He also built a new capital in the northern steppes, Astana, later renamed Nur-Sultan in his honour. Powerful ex-leader Nazarbayev is main target of Kazakhs' anger 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z But a study of 300 ancient horse genomes found that the ancestors of all modern horses made their first appearance 4200 years ago on the western Eurasian steppe. Choose your own Breakthrough of the Year with Science’s 2021 poll 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Tribal confederations of the steppes wielded control over the Silk Roads, a series of trade routes circulating luxury goods to and from China and parts of central Asia, India, and the Middle East. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet the men and boys were overwhelmingly related to the steppe people, and had virtually no genetic inheritance from the local people. You Should See Her in a Crown. Now You Can See Her Face. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z As you have read previously, the Mongols were a group of nomadic clans along the Asian steppes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The earliest mammoths to venture into North America were known as Krestovka or steppe mammoths. Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Sergey Bogdanchikov, the son of a schoolteacher and a farm mechanic who rose from the Russian steppe to lead the energy giant Rosneft at one time, filed the case last year. Bad weather, shipping problems send coffee prices to seven-year high 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z How would you characterize the relationship between the peoples of the steppes and their neighbors—was it primarily about conflict, war, and competition? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z For the past few thousand years, these hillsides have been classified as steppe, with an average annual rainfall of 13 inches. ‘The Whole Place Feels Wrong’: Voices Across America on What the Climate Crisis Stole 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Whatever their reasons for leaving, they rode their swift horses across the steppes of Asia and on into Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The flashiest archaeological finds in Yakutia, a republic in northeastern Siberia, have been the carcasses of woolly mammoths, woolly rhinos, steppe bison and cave lions — big cats that once roamed widely across the northern hemisphere. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The savannas of Africa and South America, the steppes of Eurasia and the Pampas of South America are also in crisis. Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Given what you’ve learned about the environment of the steppe and the lifestyle practiced there, why was the horse and the use of the horse in battle such an important part of their daily life? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One is that they were descendants of the Yamnaya and Afanasievo nomadic herders from the steppes of the Black Sea region of Russia, because of their unusual height, woven woolen clothing, and cattle-centric culture. Western China’s mysterious mummies were local descendants of ice age ancestors 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z A vast belt of dry grassland, called the steppe, stretches across the landmass of Eurasia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, scholars homed in on a Botai settlement in the Kazakh steppes that was brimming with horses’ bone fragments and clay pots that were lined with what appeared to be mare’s milk. The Horse You Rode In On May Have Been Made in Southern Russia 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z About 4200 years ago, a few herders on the western Eurasian steppe got a brand-new mount. Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z While much of their history is still debated, these various tribes of the steppes provided the origins for a great number of Turkic, Iranian, Mongolic, Uralic, Tibeto-Burman, and multiethnic peoples today. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The crew’s trip home took about three hours before landing at 10:35 a.m. local time in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan’s Karaganda Region. Russian Film Crew Wraps Space Station Shoot and Returns to Earth 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The significance of the steppe to neighboring civilizations was twofold. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Russian filmmakers land after shoot aboard space station: A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan after a 3½ -hour trip from the International Space Station. World Digest: Oct. 17, 2021 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z In a paper in this week’s issue of Nature, they conclude that the ancestor of all modern horses made its first appearance by 4200 years ago in the western Eurasian steppe. Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Compared with many other cultures in the ancient world, however, the societies of the steppes were more egalitarian. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Russian state TV footage showed the reentry capsule descending under its parachute above the vast Kazakh steppe, followed by ground personnel assisting the smiling crew as they emerged from the capsule. Russian actor and director making first movie in space return to Earth after 12-day mission 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The eastern steppe, covering the area of present-day Mongolia, was the first home of the Huns, the Turks, and the Mongols. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The space capsule is to land in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Russian filmmakers head for Earth from space station 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z To find out where in the vast Eurasian steppe herders first began to favor this valuable new horse, Orlando put out a call for more horse bones from archaeological sites. Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Recent archaeological discoveries of female skeletons from the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Turkic peoples of the steppes show evidence that women engaged in horseback riding and combat skills such as archery. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Originally from the steppes of Europe and Asia, it had been brought to North America as forage for cattle, but scientists had a hunch it could also feed people. Could this new version of an old grain help fight climate change and feed the world? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Very little rain falls on the steppe, but the dry, windswept plain supports short, hardy grasses. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from the Kazakh steppes where camels and gophers roam, rather than in the studios of Hollywood that real actors went into space at 11:55 Moscow time, said Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda website. Russian film team boldly shoot towards space station 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Reflecting the Soviet roots of Russia's space industry, the crew will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the steppes of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia. Russian actors blast off to attempt a world first: a movie in space 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Where the peoples of the steppes pioneered was in domesticating the horse, giving them a significant military advantage over their neighbors. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And like their neighbors, by 1600 B.C.E. the Etruscans seem to have absorbed an influx of new arrivals tracing their ancestry back to the open grasslands, or steppes, of modern-day Russia and Ukraine. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For centuries, the Mongol people had roamed the eastern steppe in loosely organized clans. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Today cheatgrass outcompetes native species across large swaths of the western U.S., displacing sagebrush steppe grasses and threatening grain and cattle farms. Invasive Cheatgrass Spreads Under City Lights 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Its dominant habitat types are the regional shrub steppe, wetland and dry forests. Try a little butterfly viewing in Okanogan County | Provided by Okanogan County Tourism Council 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Touching both Europe and Asia, the steppes formed a bridge from which developments such as the chariot and cavalry warfare slowly spread to the rest of Asia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “The Etruscans look indistinguishable from Latins, and they also carry a high proportion of steppe ancestry,” Posth says. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The Great Khan is said to have planted a plot of grass from the steppe in the gardens at Beijing to remind himself of his home. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology only tallies fires in forest reserves that threaten populated areas, excluding fires in the open steppe or farmland. Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Distressing images of carcasses strewn over the steppes made world headlines. Critically endangered antelope saiga makes comeback 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Later inhabitants of the steppes in the ancient world included the Khitan and many smaller groups. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But that left the language question: In Italy, as with almost everywhere else in Europe, the arrival of steppe ancestry coincided with the arrival of Indo-European languages. They may have founded Rome, then vanished. New work sheds light on the mysterious Etruscans 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The Mongols of the Asian steppe lived their lives on the move. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of these lands were natural steppes that were turned into fields. A billion new trees might not turn Ukraine green 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Riding horses and armed with bows, the Scythians and their female comrades in arms, the Amazons, inhabited the steppes that eventually became Ukraine from the 7th until the 4th century B.C. Ukraine’s Burial Mounds Offer Meaning in a Heap of History 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Conversely, the nomads and tribes of the steppes often looked on Chinese farmers as lowly, weak, and servile peoples, in contrast to their own identity and values. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z "In the Aysen region there are only two valleys where the rheas live and they are very important to the well-being of the Patagonian steppe." At-risk rheas released into Chile's Patagonia for repopulation 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z There are two main expanses of the Eurasian steppe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "The gray wolves showed flexibility in adapting to a changing climate and a shift in habitat from a steppe ecosystem to boreal forest," said Fraser in a statement. How the gray wolf survived the Ice Age 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z But this otherwise unremarkable rural region on the Russian steppe, about 110 miles from the Ukrainian border, is unmistakably serving as a hub for the buildup. In Russia, a military buildup that can’t be missed 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The ethnic markers and identity of the Xiongnu as distinct from Chinese and other groups on the steppes slowly melted away in these centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And in Ukraine in 2014, ancient burial mounds were found to safeguard the last remnants of Europe’s dwindling steppe grasslands. Graveyards Are Surprising Hotspots for Biodiversity 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z The western steppe runs from Central Asia to eastern Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This suggested that two of the mammals were ancient steppe mammoths more than a million years old. Million-year-old mammoth genomes set record for ancient DNA 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The other two teeth—one dated to around one million years ago and the other to 1.2 million years ago or more—resembled molars of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii. Mammoth Genomes Shatter Record for Oldest DNA Sequences 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Originally hailing from southern Manchuria, the Xianbei were once subordinate to larger nomadic groups on the steppes such as the Xiongnu. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The second mammoth, dated to about 1 million years old, was a steppe mammoth, the direct ancestor to woolly mammoths, the researchers report today in Nature. Mammoth molars yield the oldest DNA ever sequenced 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Asian nomads practically lived on horseback as they followed their huge herds over the steppe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Department of Energy site in eastern Idaho in high-desert sagebrush steppe, about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls. New lab director expects more work on next wave of reactors 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The fire and police departments are fully staffed, crime and property taxes are low - there's even a nine-hole public golf course situated under wide open skies, amid red-striped rock formations and the rolling, arid steppe. A harsh reality in coal country - with or without Trump 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Other Asians—traveling peoples of the steppes—acted as conduits of trade and exchange as they brought goods and ideas from one end of the continent to the other. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He suspects that thousands of tombs are spread across the Eurasian steppes, which extend for millions of square miles. How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Time and again in history, nomadic peoples rode out of the steppe to invade border towns and villages. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Chinese records from 2200 years ago describe how these fierce mounted archers from the wide-open steppes of today’s Mongolia clashed with armies in what is now northwestern China. Horse mastery helped mysterious Mongolian warriors build a multiethnic empire 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The family-run Pleistocene Park project has gradually reintroduced the mammoth steppe grassland ecosystem to swathes of Arctic tundra in northern Siberia over the past two decades. 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In China, millions of Mongolians also live as herders on the Asian steppes, though the group has been gradually relocating to cities. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Sagebrush steppe is also very slow to regenerate, taking 10 to 20 years and very prone to being taken over by weeds that just stoke bigger fires, such as cheatgrass. Endangered wildlife, habitat burned in Washingon’s wildfires 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z No one knows why these people left their homelands in the steppes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient DNA does show that 1000 years later, another group from the steppes, called the Sintashta, left a lasting imprint. Horse mastery helped mysterious Mongolian warriors build a multiethnic empire 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z It is found only in eight southwestern Idaho counties, and only in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Critical habitat proposed for rare southwestern Idaho plant 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The plague, which researchers generally believe originated from the Asian steppes, killed tens or hundreds of millions of people in several deadly waves throughout history. Bubonic plague triggers health alert in China after herder is infected 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Humans likely domesticated horses about 5500 years ago on the grasslands of the Eurasian steppe, and before that, they hunted the beasts for food. Ancient DNA reveals a Bronze Age bias for male horses 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z He also fought off troublesome nomads from the steppes to the south. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Starting in about 200 B.C.E., the Xiongnu marshaled nomadic tribes from across Eurasia into a formidable force, turning the steppes into a political center rivaling neighboring China. Horse mastery helped mysterious Mongolian warriors build a multiethnic empire 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z In 2004, in a separate project, a team of Japanese and Mongolian archaeologists uncovered the site of Genghis Khan’s palace on a grassy steppe 150 miles east of the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator. 'Genghis Khan’s Wall' reveals its secrets 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z On our first full evening together in Tashkent, a still older and deeper aspect of the character of this land asserted itself as the sun sank — the nomadic life of the steppe. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z It begins with the Kushans, descendants of pastoral nomads who emerged like a wind out of the Eastern steppe around the second century B.C. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z As Chapter 3 explained, a large wave of Indo-Europeans migrated from the Eurasian steppes to Europe, India, and Southwest Asia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After more than 1000 years in which three distinct, stable human populations lived side by side on the Mongolian steppe, genetic diversity rose sharply around 200 B.C.E. Horse mastery helped mysterious Mongolian warriors build a multiethnic empire 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Here, the cultures of China, Persia and India mingled with one another and with the world of the steppe. A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z There were whole alleys devoted to salads and cheeses, and sour-milk balls called qurut, which I was told quenched thirst on long journeys across the steppe. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z He is made of red Mathura sandstone but dressed in nomadic riding boots, redolent of the steppe. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Unlike his Mongol ancestors, Kublai abandoned the Mongolian steppes for China. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleven Xiongnu-period skeletons showed genetic signatures similar to those of the Sarmatians, nomad warriors who dominated the region north of the Black Sea, 2000 kilometers across the open steppe from Mongolia. Horse mastery helped mysterious Mongolian warriors build a multiethnic empire 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z A number of ingredients, such as red currants and smartweed, were not cultivated but foraged from the wild, following the folk wisdom of the steppes. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z This was a land whose culture had been created on the frontier of contact with China, India, Iran and Russia, each of which fertilized the culture of the steppe. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The area contains sagebrush steppe that is key habitat for sage grouse and other wildlife on land also used by cattle ranchers and outdoor enthusiasts. Wildfire plan approved with 435 miles of Idaho fuel breaks 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The sun-dried steppes of Kalmykia made it easier for volunteers to find personal items helping identify at least some of the dead. Russian volunteers search for fallen World War II soldiers 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z The trio’s landing capsule touched down on the Kazakh steppe in the early hours of Friday. Life, but not as they knew it: ISS crew return to Earth transformed by Covid-19 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z This was a squad in a fearsome desert battle group trundling through the Malian steppe — soldiers of the legendary French Foreign Legion, which welcomes recruits from anywhere in the world. On the Road With the French Foreign Legion 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z From Montana’s sagebrush steppe to New Mexico’s Central Flyway, the interest is so strong that state agencies and nonprofits are juggling lengthy waiting lists of applications. Expanding efforts to keep ‘cows over condos’ are protecting land across the West 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago this month, 14 wolves from Canada were released into an ocean of elk on the rugged sweep of sagebrush steppe and pine forest of Yellowstone National Park to see what would happen. Opinion | A Natural Classroom, Run by Wolves 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The vast, fragile eastern steppe is the part of Mongolia that he holds most dear, along with its seemingly endless herds of gazelles. Dodging bandits, eking out food: tracking wildlife in Mongolia 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The steppe, which was home to now-extinct species including the woolly mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros, separated into tundra, taiga — coniferous forest — and steppe. 46,000-year-old bird found frozen in Siberia sheds light on the end of the ice age 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Mormons farmed the river valleys, planting their Lombardy poplars for dashes of green, and ranchers ran their herds in the steppes. Nevada is a land of diversity and reinvention. Will it reshape the presidential race? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Army outposts line a raw landscape of mountains and open steppe. Fighting could disrupt U.S.-Taliban truce in Afghan hinterlands 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z And last July, 2.6 million hectares were turned to ash across the Siberian steppe. Falling ash, skies of blood – and now Australia’s anger smoulders 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z They include a male steppe bison, a woolly rhinoceros, a mummified pony and several mammoths. Was This 18,000-Year-Old Siberian Puppy a Dog or a Wolf? 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Afterwards, there was a huge party, right there, in the middle of the steppe. Nanna Heitmann's best photograph: a wild horse race in sweltering Siberia 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Many of them now live in camps in the steppes of the country’s north. The quiet man who harbored Islamic State leader Baghdadi 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The journey of one steppe eagle, called Min, was particularly expensive, as it flew to Iran from Kazakhstan. Migrating eagles run up huge data roaming charges 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z And so he hikes the steppe, looking to teach people how to live more peaceably alongside large predators. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z And so he hikes the steppe, looking to teach people how to live more peaceably alongside large predators. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The place was decorated with tchotchkes from the steppes and ceramic depictions of peasant life: grandmas in babushkas, farmers with sheep. The Black Cube Chronicles: The Private Investigators 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Former detainees now living in tumbledown villages dotted about the golden steppe on the Kazakh side of the border are increasingly speaking out, even those with relatives in China. Abortions, IUDs and sexual humiliation: Muslim women who fled China for Kazakhstan recount ordeals 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Power lines are a particular threat for the steppe eagles, which are endangered in Russia and Central Asia. Migrating eagles run up huge data roaming charges 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Hewitt suspects Leonardo was descended from the Khazars, a Turkic people from the Asian steppe who scattered around the Black Sea and eastern Europe and had red hair. Italians laughed at Leonardo da Vinci, the ginger genius 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z A good portion of the county is high desert or sagebrush steppe, with a big fault-block mountain. How the strange tale of the "Oregon standoff" explains what happened in America in 2016 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Those steppe herders carried European DNA from previous interbreeding events, the authors note, explaining the once-perplexing genetic link between Europeans and South Asians. Genome of nearly 5000-year-old woman links modern Indians to ancient civilization 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Scientists fear that the Amazon could reach a tipping point where its gradual transformation into something closer to a steppe will be irreversible. The Trump Ally Who Is Allowing the Amazon to Burn 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Mongolia hosts a small wild herd of about 3,000 saiga antelopes and sought the trade ban in an effort to cut the risk of poaching and to help preserve the steppe ecosystem. 'Silent extinction': Cites wildlife summit agrees to giraffe protections 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z They now protect black bears and black-footed ferrets, coral reefs and brushy steppes, rare birds and imperiled salmon. Sites of major US weapons tests now see wildlife flourishing 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The grassy steppes woolly mammoths once tended have collapsed into tundra and Arctic desert. Humans pushed cave bears to extinction, their DNA suggests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Some parts of the globe — including the mountains of Romania and the steppes of Mongolia — have registered increases twice as large. Extreme climate change in the United States: Here are America’s fastest-warming places It is to land in the steppes of Kazakhstan about 3 1/2 hours later. 3 astronauts head to Earth from International Space Station 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The Mongol ruler conquered the Central Asian steppes in the 13th century. Presidents may come and go. In Kazakhstan, there’s only one Father of the Nation 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Europe’s largest bumblebee, the endangered Bombus fragrans, is just one example of a species seriously threatened by intensive farming, which is destroying its native habitat on the steppes of Ukraine and Russia. The selfish case for saving bees: it’s how to save ourselves | Alison Benjamin 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Most of the bird’s habitat — sagebrush steppe — is on land administered by the BLM. Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling-plan lawsuit 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But they were either ignorant of, or indifferent to the idea that the high winds on the exposed Kazakh steppe might carry fallout into neighbouring communities. The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The country’s capital, Astana, which he raised from the steppe, is being renamed Nursultan. Opinion | Kazakhstan’s Soviet-era ruler will step down — but won’t be soon forgotten 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Kazakhstan’s vast landmass of steppes lies in the crossroads of Russia and China, and Nazarbayev enjoys a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while welcoming China’s investment in Central Asia. Presidents may come and go. In Kazakhstan, there’s only one Father of the Nation 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z In April, wildflowers burst forth from the surrounding native shrub steppes. Chelan Valley brims with sunshine and wineries | Provided by Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z A few centuries earlier, nomads from the steppes of what is now Russia turned up in Eastern Europe with horses and wagons. A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z This steppe ancestry was introduced to Europe by nomadic herders who migrated west from Asia and the eastern fringes of Europe. Wandering males transformed Spain's DNA 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It was meant to keep out the nomadic peoples of the Asian steppes and other “barbarians” who might threaten the empire. A modest proposal for the President 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “They are the bellwether for all the species — more than 350 of them — that depend on the sagebrush steppe for their habitat.” Federal auction sells leasing rights on thousands of acres of prime sage-grouse habitat 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Now, he was breathless at 10,500 feet, with a treeless steppe before him. Venezuelans Fleeing Crisis Face Desperate Hike to 12,000 Feet 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z DNA from the men, however, all traced back to the steppes. A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It's a sign of the genetic complexity of the Eastern steppe region where their roots lay. Wandering males transformed Spain's DNA 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z With much of the country’s subsequent investment and development directed at this new “city of the steppes”, Almaty escaped relatively unchanged. Almaty spills its secrets: lost Soviet art discovered behind wall 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z As late as the 1930s, the dominant activity on the steppe was pastoral: herding sheep, goats and other livestock. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It was conjured from the empty steppe by decree of Joseph Stalin and intended as a model communist city, populated by enthusiastic volunteers known as shock workers. Russia High-Rise Collapse an Emblem of Hardships in the Hinterlands 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Many researchers, including Berg, had concluded that northern Europeans had inherited those genes from an ancient migration—that of the Yamnaya herders who migrated from the Eurasian steppe to central Europe about 4000 years ago. Genetic data on half a million Brits reveal ongoing evolution and Neanderthal legacy 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z However, because the development also holds promise for being able to expand the crop along ocean coastlines and on inland salt steppes, it raises new concerns for the integrity of ecosystems. Surprising Changes Will Affect Biodiversity in 2019 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But his disappearance led to a discovery that now draws explorers to a Central Asian country normally known for its vast steppes and ancient Silk Road cities. Lost in Asia's deepest cave 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z One morning I visited a village of herders in the Zhongar Alatau, a northern stretch of the Tian Shan named for the last nomadic khanate to rule over the steppes of western China. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It is a part of the operation to reintroduce these animals to the steppes of central Kazakhstan, where they disappeared a century ago. Bringing 'Asia's zebras' back to the steppe 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z For each successful convergence between hunter and eagle, gasps and cheers of awe erupted across the steppe. At 14, She Hunts Wolves and Takes Selfies With Cherished Eagle in Mongolia 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z "The last untouched archaeological sites of the ancient steppe nomads are under imminent threat," he said in the statement. Tomb raiders 'spotted' from space as satellite data reveals looting of ancient sites 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z At least 297 species of birds, 87 species of mammals, 63 specials of fish and countless species of reptiles and insects call the sagebrush steppe their home. Opinion | The sage grouse’s future was starting to look bright, but then along came Trump 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Another suggestion is that technologically advanced groups migrated from the steppes of present-day Ukraine and Russia. Plague linked to the mysterious decline of Europe’s first farmers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The spotlights danced across the steppe as the cars hit holes and bumps in the dark. Bringing 'Asia's zebras' back to the steppe 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z "Stable isotope data indicate a dry steppe niche for E. sibiricum and, together with morphology, a highly specialized diet that probably contributed to its extinction," the researchers wrote in the study. 'Unicorn' from the Ice Age may have existed at the same time as humans, shocking discovery reveals 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z A little farther along the road, a herd of bison swung their great heads as they rooted for food in the sagebrush steppe, their deep rumbles clear in the quiet, cold air. Your Children’s Yellowstone Will Be Radically Different 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It is sad that fossil fuel extraction will contribute to climate change while simultaneously threatening an iconic bird that has existed on the sagebrush steppe for millennia. Opinion | The sage grouse’s future was starting to look bright, but then along came Trump 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In 2015, Rasmussen’s team discovered4 plague DNA sequences in individuals with steppe ancestry, and they and other scientists proposed that these groups seeded outbreaks of the disease in late Neolithic populations. Plague linked to the mysterious decline of Europe’s first farmers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Cows first roamed the mountains of the Middle East, India and Pakistan, while horses all come from the steppes of eastern Russia and Mongolia. The Foreigners at Your Thanksgiving Table 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Dating back to the times of nomads in the windy steppes of southern Russia, valenki didn’t become widespread until the 19th century, when they started being produced on an industrial scale. AP PHOTOS: Russians keep alive winter boots tradition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z In response to half a million deaths caused by drought and famine in 1946–47, Stalin ordered a programme of dam and irrigation construction to protect the future of agriculture on the steppes. The environment: what’s in a word? 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The boundaries of his congressional district, they joked, seemed to stretch all the way to the steppes of eastern Europe. Republican dubbed 'Russia's favorite congressman' loses seat after 30 years 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z An evolutionary analysis found that the Swedish strain diverged from all other known plague strains around 5,700 years ago — hundreds of years before the steppe populations arrived in Western and central Europe. Plague linked to the mysterious decline of Europe’s first farmers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z More than 3000 years ago, herds of horses, sheep, and cows or yaks dotted the steppes of Mongolia. How can you eat dairy if you lack the gene for digesting it? Fermented milk may be key, ancient Mongolian study suggests 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The two men landed on a steppe in Kazakhstan safely in the accident, the first of its kind for Russia’s manned program in over three decades. Russia blames rocket failure on mistake during assembly 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Barley is primarily grown in six parts of the world: the northern Great Plains, Canadian prairies, Europe, Australia and the Asian steppe. Global warming will ruin beer, scientists warn 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Both men landed safely on the grassy steppes of Kazakhstan after jettisoning away in their capsule. NASA chief: ‘No changes’ to space station launches after dramatic Soyuz rocket failure 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In 2017, his team suggested5 that plague entered Europe during the Neolithic and was then spread by individuals with steppe ancestry, on the basis of late Neolithic and early Bronze Age plague genomes. Plague linked to the mysterious decline of Europe’s first farmers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z After the successful deployment of its parachute, the rescue capsule landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan about 30 minutes after the rocket failure. Soyuz rocket failure: Booster separation was to blame for botched launch, Russia says 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Nasa said the capsule, which later deployed parachutes, took 34 minutes to reach the ground on the Kazakhstan steppe, hundreds of kilometres north-east of the Baikanour cosmodrome launch site. Nasa to keep using Russian Soyuz rockets 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Nasa said the capsule, which later deployed parachutes, took 34 minutes to reach the ground on the Kazakhstan steppe, hundreds of kilometres north-east of the Baikanour cosmodrome launch site. Russia probes dramatic aborted Soyuz flight 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The rescue capsule landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday. US, Russian astronauts make dangerous ballistic re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere after rocket fails 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z People were performing dentistry on horses on the vast grasslands of the Mongolian steppe roughly 3,000 years ago, according to a research team’s findings. In Case You Missed It 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Mishurov’s farm is on the fertile steppe of southern Russia. Struggling U.S. Farmers Have a New Worry: a Resurgent Russia 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z This was not the arid steppe or brown hills that dominate much of the Afghan landscape. War Without End 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The new Austro-Hungarian Empire boasted more than ten major language groups, terrain ranging from alps to steppes, and transport and communication that remained rudimentary well into the nineteenth century. The imperial roots of climate science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Here on the central Asian steppe, the ancient home of Genghis Khan and his Mongol horde, the nomads are brought up tough. Mongolia’s nomadic way of life threatened by climate change, neglect, modernity 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Many of the cars are right-hand drive, bought secondhand from Japan and driven across the steppe. The World Cup Extends to Siberia, Although It Isn’t an Easy Reach 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z ARVAIKHEER, Mongolia — On the vast Mongolian steppe, birthplace of Genghis Khan, a strong man has arisen. Mongolia’s president, a former martial-arts champion, wrestles with some major problems 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Volgograd itself is a dusty city in the great steppe. Mother of all rivers: how the Volga links a divided Russia 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Then later waves of Bronze Age migrants—in Europe’s case, herders from the Central Asian steppe—moved in and established the population structure scientists see today. How rice farming may have spread across the ancient world 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Today, 66 million livestock roam the Mongolian steppe, nearly three times the 23 million cap maintained in the communist era. Mongolia’s nomadic way of life threatened by climate change, neglect, modernity 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The finding comes from analysis of DNA found in 137 human skeletons unearthed on the Eurasian steppe. Hun migration 'linked to deadly plague' 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z They analyzed DNA from across the ancient Eurasian steppe and studied samples that ranged from medieval times all the way back to the Mesolithic era. Ancient DNA Study Pokes Holes in Horse Domestication Theory 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z As part of the “steppe hypothesis,” the Yamnaya also migrated east and west during the Bronze Age, mixing with locals and spreading genes found in ancient and modern European, Central Asian, and South Asian populations. These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The skeletons were discovered in dry sagebrush steppe in April 2017, by an Idaho Department of Fish and Game worker checking ground squirrel hunters’ licenses about 5 miles from the small city of Mountain Home. Two 500-year-old skeletons from Idaho will be handed to area tribes 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The unearthly chorus this makes—think of a mobile orchestra of chicken-sized didgeridoos—rises up from the vast and glorious Wyoming steppe. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The findings come from viral sequences recovered from 12 ancient people on the steppe. Hun migration 'linked to deadly plague' 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The Botai were most closely related to a group of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, not people of the western steppes like the Yamnaya. Ancient DNA Study Pokes Holes in Horse Domestication Theory 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Instead, their data suggest the Namazga, a group of herders living south of the steppe around 3300 B.C.E., before the great Yamnaya migration, were the ones who contributed West Eurasian genes to Asian populations. These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Chelan County offers a good mix of shrub steppe, mountains, rocky outcrops, mature forest and river corridors near town, he says. Leavenworth’s annual birding fest has something for everyone — from newbies to Sibley fanboys 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Mammoths probably interacted with their environment in much the same way, which is why the prairie-like habitat that used to stretch from Spain to China is called the “mammoth steppe.” Earth’s mammals have shrunk dramatically, and humans are to blame 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z They also analyzed 132 ancient genomes from Iran and southern Central Asia, and 165 from the steppes of Kazakhstan and Russia, and compared them with published ancient and modern genomes. South Asians are descended from a mix of farmers, herders, and hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z For Damgaard, the research enables a more nuanced view of the Eurasian steppes—and how horses helped humanity travel and blend. Ancient DNA Study Pokes Holes in Horse Domestication Theory 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z I work with a team of field staff around the state to protect The Conservancy’s preserves: a range of amazing places including shrub steppe, estuaries, prairies, islands and forests. Randi Shaw’s cool job protecting Washington’s environment | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Not long ago, one of the last two speakers of a Saami language dialect in the Russian steppes died right before his recording session with Wikitongues. The Race to Save the World's Disappearing Languages 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Corded Ware and Yamnaya burials are more different than they are similar, and there is evidence of cultural exchange, at least, between the Russian steppe and regions west that predate Yamnaya culture, he says. Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, herders from the Eurasian steppe moved into the northern part of the subcontinent and mixed with Indus periphery people still there, forming the Ancestral North Indian population. South Asians are descended from a mix of farmers, herders, and hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z While the Beaker culture spread from society to society on the mainland, it was brought to Britain by immigrants descended from the nomads of what are now the Russian steppes. David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “The domestication of the horse created a steppe bridge into India and Iran on the one side and Europe on the other side,” Anthony says. New Evidence Fuels Debate over the Origin of Modern Languages 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z But the vast emptiness of the steppes tells a quieter story. Nordstrom’s Biggest Bet Ever 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Scientists previously thought the Przewalski's horses were a wild species native to the Eurasian steppes. How DNA Proved Wild Horses No Longer Exist 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z COCHRANE, Chile — An eagle soared over the lone house atop an arid hill in the steppes of Patagonia Park. With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System Is Born 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Then, about 4,500 years ago, another wave of people arrived, descended from the horse-riding nomads of what are now the Russian steppes. David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Five thousand years ago nomadic horseback riders from the Ukrainian steppe charged through Europe and parts of Asia. New Evidence Fuels Debate over the Origin of Modern Languages 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Famine and starvation gripped the heartland of the Spanish Empire, the jungles of the Mutapa Kingdom in southern Africa, the steppes of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the rice fields of the Ming Dynasty. Some places flourished in the Little Ice Age. There are lessons for us now. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Furthermore, the antelopes have evolved specific mechanisms to deal with cycles of weather extremes in the Eurasian steppe, including their Seussian trunks, which facilitate heat exchange and keep out dust. A Wet and Warm Spring, Then 200,000 Dead Saigas 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Grasslands dotted with guanacos, a cousin of the camel, give way to sprawling steppes and forests, deep-blue waterways and majestic snow-capped mountains at the doorsteps of breathtaking ice fields. With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System Is Born 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z A male saiga antelope on the steppes of Russia. Mass die-off of rare antelope linked to heat 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z She remembers seeing photos of the lifeless animals spread over the steppes of Kazakhstan: “It was horrible,” Milner-Gulland says. Here’s why 60 percent of the world’s saiga antelopes were wiped out in 2015 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The terrain, organizers says, is likely to include mountain passes, valleys, wooded hills, river crossings, wetlands, sandy semi-arid dunes, rolling hills, dry riverbeds and open steppes or grassy plains. Prairieville woman takes on 1,000-km Mongolian horse race 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z When Mr. Saidakhmetov was 4, his mother fled the marriage and took him to Chernyak, her hometown farming village on the edge of the Kazakh steppe. One Brooklyn Man’s Lonely Journey to Jihad 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Konya — once a backwater of the Anatolian steppe, despite its storied history — is now a thriving commercial and industrial hub, served by high-speed rail links and an international airport. Why Turkey’s president was among thousands in Konya paying homage to Rumi 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z He grew up in the traditional Mongolian way, living in yurts with his nomadic family, herding cattle on horseback across the steppe. How Mongolia went wild for opera 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z This windswept city in the frozen steppe was briefly called Akmola but changed to Astana because the former means "white grave". How are capital cities chosen? 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z For nomads with no neighbours for miles across the vast, open steppe, families traditionally managed their own hardships. 'I screamed for help, but nobody came' 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The earliest indications of plague in Europe coincide with the arrival of this "steppe ancestry" in Europeans. Plague reached Europe by Stone Age 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe. Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z His family are still nomads on the steppe, still herd cattle on horseback, still pack up their yurts to follow new pastures. How Mongolia went wild for opera 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The park is divided into four zones representing the specific geographic zones of Russia: wetland, forest, steppe and tundra. Zaryadye Park in Moscow is an architectural triumph 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Very few trees survived the steppe conditions in the first few years. Astana's plan to stay warm in the winter? Build a ring of one million trees 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Dr Herbig said this supports "the view that Y. pestis was possibly introduced to Europe from the steppe around 4,800 years ago, where it established a local reservoir before moving back towards Central Eurasia". Plague reached Europe by Stone Age 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The steppe city has a miserable climate and little in the way of infrastructure, but western architects happily came to the city to construct outlandish structures in return for large amounts of oil dollars. Trophy city 2.0: can the Stans kick dictator chic? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Image: Tor Books The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera Centuries ago, the Hokkaran Empire conquered the world, pushing out the nomadic Qorin tribes that used to live in the steppes. 16 science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to read this October 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Battle-scarred skeletons of multiple women have been found across the Eurasian steppes from Bulgaria to Mongolia. A battle with prejudice: why we overlook the warrior women of ancient times | Natalie Haynes 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z ASTANA in Kazakhstan is one of the world’s most remote capitals, surrounded by thousands of kilometres of empty steppe. New rail routes between China and Europe will change trade patterns 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z But deep down this was a scrap about whether ranchers and miners whose great-grandfathers toiled to tame the sagebrush steppes are trustworthy stewards of the land. Our columnist bids farewell 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z And instead of being dotted across the steppe, they are arranged in tightly packed clumps. Rich Chinese try camping as the authorities settle nomads 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Born wild on the steppe, he lacks the lean grace of a thoroughbred or an Arabian. I’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Authorities are also dealing with wildfires in Mongolia's fragile steppe and desert environment. Mongolia bans grain exports as hottest temperatures in 56 years cause drought 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “They are rural people who are very good at putting up their yurts in the open steppe,” he says, “but very bad at urban planning.” Villas v yurts in Mongolia 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The other pole of this initiative is the Siberian steppe. We Could Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth. Here's How. 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z It encompasses the most important cereal steppe area in Portugal, one of the most threatened rural landscapes in the Mediterranean region. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z He drives it into the cracked earth, and a kind of green-energy miracle spreads outward, transforming the parched steppe into a utopia of wind turbines and solar panels. I’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Authorities are also dealing with wildfires in Mongolia's fragile steppe and desert environment. Mongolia bans grain exports as hottest temperatures in 56 years cause drought 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The thoroughbreds are not only quicker than ancient wild horses, they are also remarkably different from the domesticated animals that nomads rode across the Asian steppe just 2,300 years ago. Long-frozen DNA shows how humans made horses faster — and more likely to get sick 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago there were more than a million saiga – which grow to about 4ft in length –grazing over vast areas of steppe lands. Saved: the endangered species back from the brink of extinction 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a vast, rugged sagebrush steppe landscape with red rock canyons and unusual geology. With no monument, some keen for Owyhee collaborative plan 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z In the steppe grasslands, they stalked reindeer, mostly. In the Caves of Ancient Humans, Stories Told Dot by Dot 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But a few months later, he decreed that the capital would move from Almaty — the country’s largest city, in the more populous, more ethnically Kazakh south — to the northern steppe. Kazakh Capital, a Post-Soviet Creation, Is Growing Real Roots 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But something happened to horses on the way from the Kazakh steppe to Churchill Downs: Somehow, breeders swept away horse genetic diversity. Long-frozen DNA shows how humans made horses faster — and more likely to get sick 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In addition to lawsuits, environmentalists would likely start petitioning the Fish and Wildlife Service to list other species in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem that the grouse and roughly 350 other species depend on. Will Trump revamp complex plan to save endangered sage grouse? 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The finding that Yamnaya men migrated for many generations also suggests that all was not right back home in the steppe. Thousands of horsemen may have swept into Bronze Age Europe, transforming the local population 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z They found the first carcasses in late December, on the frozen steppes of Mongolia’s western Khovd province. Saiga Antelopes Are Struck Again by a Plague in Central Asia 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z The landscape kept flipping between temperate forest and cold, treeless steppe. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z But here in the Mongolian steppe, a changing climate isn’t the only challenge. Nomads no more: why Mongolian herders are moving to the city 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z It directed federal resources for the first time to fight blazes in open sagebrush steppe that supports cattle ranching, recreation and some 350 species of wildlife, including sage grouse. Western US sagebrush defense plan will endure, official says 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Like the bazaar, about a mile to the south, the patrol base was situated just outside the irrigated cropland, at the edge of the steppe. The Fighter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The film also documents Aisholpan becoming the first female to ever complete in the region's annual eagle hunting festival, before taking her eagle for its first kill onto the icy steppes in conditions of -25C. Why Star Wars's Daisy Ridley joined forces with a teenage Mongolian girl - BBC News 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, is plastered with advertisements for buses making the gruelling three-day journey across the steppe to the Russian capital. 'Democracy was hijacked. It got a bad name': the death of the post-Soviet dream 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z On a promontory high above the sweeping grasslands of the Georgian steppe, a medieval church marks the spot where humans have come and gone along Silk Road trade routes for thousands of years. Meet the frail, small-brained people who first trekked out of Africa 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z For ages, the Black Sea was a busy waterway that served the Balkans, the Eurasian steppes, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and Greece. ‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z On a section of steppe the Marines called “the eastern desert,” Siatta adjusted the rifle’s scope. The Fighter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z A drone and a homemade crane, put together by Bell’s director of photography, Simon Niblett, capture equally dazzling scenery as well as the seemingly endless scale of the Mongolian steppe. ‘The Eagle Huntress’: A real-life heroine proves her mettle 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The steppe extends all around, like a sea of undulating green. Mongolia: The Destination that Epitomizes Getting Away From It All 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The Interior Department plan also identifies gaps in knowledge as scientists try to find the best approach to restore and protect about 500,000 square miles of sagebrush steppe. Feds release plan to protect Western sagebrush country 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z They didn't look like familiar steppe bison, but were instead something distinct: the Higgs bison. The ‘Higgs bison’ mystery is solved with the help of ancient cave paintings 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Given the temporal correspondence with the fossil record, these two forms were likely to be the steppe bison and the wisent, respectively, the team says. Mysterious origin of European bison revealed using DNA and cave art 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Studies of ancient DNA show the bison arose from interbreeding between the extinct steppe bison and the auroch, about 120,000 years ago. Cave paintings reveal clues to mystery Ice Age beast - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Its expanse of steppe and desert in Iraq’s western extremity shares more borderland with Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan than with Iraq. Surviving the Fall of ISIS The Russian government does aim to tap the renewable-energy potential afforded by the country’s Arctic regions, which are sun-drenched during northern summers, and its warm, windy southern steppes. Solar on the steppe: Ukraine embraces renewables revolution 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Because its mitochondrial DNA bears so much resemblance to that of cattle, the scientists believe that the species is the product of inter-breeding between a male steppe bison and a female aurochs. The ‘Higgs bison’ mystery is solved with the help of ancient cave paintings 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “That was essential for their survival and of course it’s no surprise that they separated between the steppe bison and the wisent.” Mysterious origin of European bison revealed using DNA and cave art 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Construction of that section of the wall started in 1381, part of the sprawling web of fortifications and protections that Ming dynasty emperors built to ward off and police marauding nomads from the steppes. ‘Botched’ Repair to China’s Great Wall Provokes Outrage 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Somehow, he got up off the Mongolian steppe and dusted himself off, trying not to look injured. Chapman man fights demons through Mongol Derby 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z About 400 years above that, in the 12,600 year old layer, they started seeing traces of bison, hare and sage brush — the things that would live in an emerging tundra steppe environment. How did the first Americans get here? A story of boats, bones and ice 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z "The dated bones revealed that our new species and the steppe bison swapped dominance in Europe several times, in concert with major environmental changes caused by climate change," Soubrier said. The ‘Higgs bison’ mystery is solved with the help of ancient cave paintings 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He believes the steppe bison, the American bison, and the wisent are all the same species, and doesn't think that ancient hybridization with aurochs created a new species. Mysterious origin of European bison revealed using DNA and cave art 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Running into an ancient animal trap, archaeologist Andrey Astafyev mimics a saiga—an antelope recently all but extirpated on the steppes of Central Asia. Giant ‘Arrows’ Seen From Space Point to a Vanished World 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Then, around 12,600 years ago, steppe plants like aromatic sagebrush appeared, followed soon after by animals such as woolly mammoth, bison, and jackrabbits. Ancient DNA suggests the first Americans sidestepped the glaciers 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Then, all of a sudden, the corridor transformed into a lush steppe. First Americans May Have Arrived by Coastal, Not Inland, Route 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Some images clearly show the more familiar steppe bison, with its huge humped back, long horns and oddly-proportioned body. The ‘Higgs bison’ mystery is solved with the help of ancient cave paintings 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Usually they blend into the tans and browns of the shrub steppe habitat. Range 12 Fire damaged an important natural and cultural area 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Today the hunting trap captures nothing except the hot steppe wind. Giant ‘Arrows’ Seen From Space Point to a Vanished World 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Paley and his family saw China transform with every mile, from verdant jungle to arid steppe to dry desert. Travel 3,000 Miles Through China’s Wondrous Wild West Aspen, pine, and spruce trees then moved into the landscape, as the steppe turned into parkland—and, later, the dense forest of today. First Americans May Have Arrived by Coastal, Not Inland, Route 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Another possibility: Changes in vegetation as a result of reduced grazing by wild horses and, later, livestock kept by nomads on the steppes as that way of life declined. Saiga Population Grows After Mysterious Epidemic 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The UK astronaut is giving his first full news conference since touching down on the Kazakh steppe on Saturday. Peake: 'I would return to space in a heartbeat' - BBC News 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z By contrast, when I walked the Ustyurt Plateau, I spotted only six saiga—a once common steppe antelope—in two months. Giant ‘Arrows’ Seen From Space Point to a Vanished World 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Iranian farmers moved north into the Eurasian steppe and eastwards into present-day India and Pakistan. Farming invented twice in Middle East, genomes study reveals 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The capsule parachuted down to a remote spot on the vast scrubland of the Kazakhstan steppe. Tim Peake nursing 'world's worst hangover' after six months in space 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The spacecraft then turned over several times after its relatively hard landing because of the relatively high winds on the steppe before it toppled over on its side. Tim Peake comes back to Earth with a bump – Soyuz touchdown ends astronaut’s incredible journey 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z As it neared the ground, the capsule deployed its parachutes to slow the descent, firing engines to cushion its landing on the steppe, near the Kazakh city of Dzhezkazgan at 10:15 BST. UK astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth - BBC News 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Rising incongruously above the steppes of southeastern Kazakhstan is a structure as famed for the myths that surround as for the sound it produces -- a single, singing dune. Singing dune draws visitors to Kazakh steppe 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z As the Soyuz floats to the ground, an engine fires to cushion its landing on the Kazakh steppe, scheduled for 10:15 BST. UK astronaut Tim Peake prepares for return to Earth - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Modern American bison are descended from the northern steppe giants, Heintzman said, even though they live south of their ancestors’ range. Researchers follow the bison for clues to mystery of ancient America's settlement 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Sagebrush steppe supports cattle grazing and some 350 species of wildlife, including sage grouse. Feds announce $10 million for wildfire projects in 12 states 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z When the Soviet Union collapsed, a clutch of nations emerged in the vast areas of steppe and mountains between Russia’s southern border down to Iran and Afghanistan. Cults of personalities proliferate in Central Asia 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The word conjures up an image of a mythical monster, but it is a peculiar weather phenomenon and the fear of herders on the Mongolian steppes, as journalist Helen Wright reports. The slow and deadly dzud in Mongolia - BBC News 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z He hopes to use some of the same approaches to resurrect woolly mammoths, or at least engineer Asian elephants that can flourish in the Siberian steppe. Stem-cell plan aims to bring rhino back from brink of extinction 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Living in their temporary homes on the treeless steppe, some evacuees missed the lush woods and fish-filled streams of home. What it was like to live in Chernobyl's shadow in 1992 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The story starts on the bleak steppes of eastern Ukraine. Conspiracy Files: Who shot down MH17? - BBC News 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z But the Soda Fire scorched 436 square miles of sagebrush steppe that supports cattle grazing and some 350 species of wildlife, including sage grouse. Wildfire rehab effort going well so far in Idaho, Oregon 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z So with each dzud, the traditional lifestyle of the herders on the steppes becomes that much more unfeasible. The slow and deadly dzud in Mongolia - BBC News 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Two sister ships used for testing purposes now sit in states of gradual decay; one at the cosmodrome on the lonely steppe of Kazakhstan and another at the Zhukovsky Air Base near Moscow. The Forgotten Soviet Space Shuttle Could Fly Itself 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Magnitogorsk lies near the northern edge of the steppe: the tawny, featureless grasslands that extend west toward the Volga River and east into nearby Kazakhstan. Story of cities #20: the secret history of Magnitogorsk, Russia's steel city 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Kalmykia is a land of arid steppe on the shores of the Caspian Sea in southern Russia.; its inhabitants, the Kalmyks, are descendants of Genghis Khan’s Mongols and practise Buddhism. Russian wrestler films himelf kicking and urinating on Buddha statue 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Part of that effort is making sagebrush steppe resistant to wildfire and more resilient should a wildfire occur. Wildfire rehab effort going well so far in Idaho, Oregon 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z This year, the winning camel romped home in 35 minutes and 12 seconds on the wind-swept steppe, according to the records website. Mongolia’s steppes host camel derby and beauty parade 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “Which will in turn attract native wildlife, such as greater sage-grouse, deer, elk and hundreds of other sagebrush steppe species.” A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Food is scarce, the hamlets of the Tibetan steppe are poor and miserable. The Indian Spy Who Fell for Tibet 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Even though the steppes are flat and featureless for thousands of miles, the search team’s giant wheeled trucks are surprisingly hard to spot, and we have several false starts. See the Happy Chaos at Astronauts' Landing Site 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z A small crowd had gathered in the bleak emptiness of Kazakhstan’s southern steppe to greet the returning astronauts. ‘Touchdown!’ Scott Kelly returns to Earth with a fist-pump and a cult following. 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z This was in the 11th Century, when Turkic invaders were coming into the Middle East from the steppes of Central Asia. Museum of Lost Objects: Aleppo's minaret - BBC News 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z “This will not only combat invasive weeds, it will assist the area in recovering back to sagebrush steppe,” the plan stated. A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The final moments of its descent will be slowed by parachute, with touch-down on the Kazakhstan steppe expected at 04:27 GMT. Astronaut twin Scott Kelly to return after year in space - BBC News 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Thousands died during the journey or starved to death on the barren steppes after they arrived. Ukraine's Eurovision entry takes aim at Russian oppression 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z But some steppe and prairie regions, eastern areas of Australia and the Caatinga forest in eastern South America are also among the most susceptible ecosystems, the researchers found. Measuring the Planet’s Health in Vibrant Shades of Green 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Going through steppes or deserts, where landscapes did not change for days on end was the hardest part, he says. Cycling doctor declares world better than expected - BBC News 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z In 1944, Stalin, using the pretext of perceived collaboration with the Germans, ordered the deportation of the entire population of Chechnya—half a million people—to the distant steppes of Kazakhstan. The Putin of Chechnya 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Firefighting officials say Jewell's order led more of the nation's firefighting resources to respond to blazes in Great Basin sagebrush steppe last year, when the U.S. experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons. Many say Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's year-old wildfire strategy for a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West is turning out to be one of the most significant federal land policy changes in some 80 years 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z When Przewalski's horses, which live on the Mongolian steppe, were first described in the late nineteenth century, they were believed to be the planet's last wild, undomesticated horses. When chickens go wild 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z By 2011, the country’s economy was clocking one of the fastest growth rates in the world — 17 percent a year — as vast troves of minerals were discovered under the steppes. North Korea Is Newest Frontier for a Daredevil Investor 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The landlocked nation of deserts, mountains and steppes was a transit point for U.S. troops and supplies during the war in neighboring Afghanistan. U.S. lifted Uzbekistan's rights ranking as cotton field abuses continued 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z At Baikonur, situated in the middle of desert steppe far from the sea, there is no water on hand to dampen the flames, making takeoff a spectacular, fiery display. Tim Peake, Britain’s first ESA astronaut, set for liftoff from Kazakhstan 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z For many years he ruled the largely Buddhist republic of Kalmykia, in Russia’s southern steppe region. Leader of world chess body steps down over alleged Syria links 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Here, a nomad herds his horses across the steppe. Read Before Riding: Horses Have Consciousness 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Their job was to map out five years of projects that would restore the sagebrush steppe ecosystem and turn it into a laboratory for restoration across the West. Southwest Idaho a wildfire restoration lab for land managers 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Finally, about 4,500 years ago, a nomadic population from the steppes of Russia, known as the Yamnaya, swept into Europe. Agriculture Linked to DNA Changes in Ancient Europe 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Others are homeless, with the sharp winter winds of the steppes beginning to bite. Eastern Ukraine’s Young People Face a Future Put on Ice 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The critically endangered saiga antelope, a native of the Central Asian steppe, also sports a schnoz with some remarkable abilities. This Odd-Nosed Antelope Is Experiencing a Mass Die-Off 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z As Mr. Kerry has traveled along the steppe, he has been adjusting his language on human rights, becoming more forthright with every stop. John Kerry Confronts Human Rights as He Zips Through Central Asia 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z He found no pyramids, but he did spot dozens of odd, human-made features scattered across a remote area of the steppe that’s half the size of New Jersey. These Satellite Views of Ancient Earthworks Are Stirring Debate 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z They discovered huge numbers of corpses scattered across the steppes. More Than Half of Entire Species of Saigas Gone in Mysterious Die-Off 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Ross, who trained as an industrial engineer and is from Punta Arenas in the cold Patagonian steppe, does not perhaps have a conventional film-making background. Avocado with your hotdog? YouTube Chilean-U.S. comedy hits Netflix 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z On the vast steppes of Central Asia, an endangered antelope is teetering on the brink. This Odd-Nosed Antelope Is Experiencing a Mass Die-Off 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Drab, Soviet-era blocks rise from the rolling steppe on the town’s southern flanks. Ukrainian rebels grow restless amid cracks in alliance with Russia 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Popular Stories The cave lion—sometimes called a steppe lion, because it prowled open grasslands rather than staying restricted to rocky dens—is an extinct subspecies of Panthera leo, today's lion. Frozen Cave Lion Cubs Found in Siberia 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z |
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