In 19 forty two, an indian forest ranger was following a herd of rare antelope very high up in the himalaya mountains. He came across a lake at 16 thousand 500 feet amidst glaciers anda an peaks. And the slopes around the lake were covered with human skeletons,. Some of which still had hair on them and flesh. It was just an enormous number of human remains. These dead bodies were everywhere, and no one knew where they came from.
When scientists examined the DNA of ancient bones found near a Himalayan lake, they were forced to confront a seemingly impossible conclusion. This episode originally ran on March 24, 2021.
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