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She became the first woman of Indian ancestry to serve as prime minister of a country outside the subcontinent when she won the office in 2010.

This suggests that P. robustus may not have been a single uniform species, but a mix of populations with different ancestries.

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Bailey, who has Japanese ancestry, says the additions underscore how horror fandom is universal.

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On the home front, Romer shows how Ruth barnstormed Central California in 1927, a decade and a half before the U.S. government forced citizens of Japanese ancestry into internment camps there.

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DNA analysis has also revealed the men had a mix of ancestry and that none appeared to be from the local area.

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