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This research provides an unprecedented view into how European populations adapted to environmental challenges over millennia, helping us understand how certain traits have persisted, disappeared, or been altered over time.

Partially-sighted Mrs Helme said she persisted and kept returning to the surgery, which was difficult because she could not drive herself there.

If the windy conditions had persisted longer, Lorenzen thinks this year’s blaze could have been even worse.

Remarkably, they persisted, and did not resign themselves to nihilism or pessimism.

If the windy conditions had persisted longer, Lorenzen thinks it could have been much worse.