Alien menace or victim of xenophobia? The battle over Britain’s parakeets
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Established in UK cities for decades and much loved for their green
plumage, the Himalayan birds have been recast as an ecological threat. But
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Oxford professor Thomas Higham, whose lab subjected the bone fragments to radiocarbon dating and DNA sequencing, said he was skeptical at first.
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"We're very confident about the genetics," he said.
According to Christian tradition, John the Baptist foresaw the coming of Jesus and baptized him in the River Jordan. The ascetic desert-wandering prophet was later imprisoned and beheaded after criticizing the ruler of Galilee, Herod Anitpas.