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Can a person be born without fingerprints?

A rare mutation in the SMARCAD1 gene can lead to adermatoglyphia, a genetic disorder characterized by the absence of fingerprints. Recently, a woman from Switzerland with this feature was unable to clear customs and enter the United States. Currently, only 4 families have been documented worldwide with adermatoglyphia.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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How did the Inca empire die?

In 1531, Francisco Pizarro was the first to land on the coast of what is now Ecuador. There he discovered an empire that stretched almost three thousand miles along the west coast of South America. It was the great Inca empire. The population of this empire was 16 people, it was larger than any European state that existed at that time. The empire was well run. Every citizen worked, and the state bins were full of grain, so that no one was hungry, even if there was a crop failure in some province. Good roads led to all parts of the country, so news and decrees reached every village.

Life in the Inca empire was completely controlled, and everyone was so obedient that, perhaps, this is why the decline of the empire occurred. When Pizarro invaded the empire with his 180 soldiers, a conflict broke out between the Inca leaders Huascar and his half-brother Atahualpa, who should be the ruler. Atahualpa won. Pizarro captured him by treason. At the same time Huascar was captured and killed. Pizarro then killed Atahualpa as well. The Inca Empire was left without a leader and could not resist the Spanish invasion.

American Indians used to obey, but now the Spanish conquerors gave orders. The Spaniards were interested in the Incas mining, so they forced them to work in the mines. They neglected agriculture. Many Indians died from hard work and lack of food. The Inca Empire fell into decline. Many Indians survived this period, and their descendants became the main population of the Andes in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

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