The mesentery (MESS un tayr ee) is a structure that connects the loops of the small intestine. The mesentery binds the intestine together so that it can’t get tangled or twisted. The mesentery also carries blood, nerve signals, and lymph fluids to and from the intestine. Scientists recently classified the mesentery as an organ. What must be true if the mesentery is an organ?

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

answer:   migrations were important in the neolithic period. "two major migrations passing through southeastern europe were confirmed by the means of archaeo-genetic studies."

the first migration was the early neolithic period -- 6,000 before common era (bce) -- when the first farmers, from anatolia -- asia minor -- spread through europe. the second migration occurred during the early bronze age (3,000-2,500 bce) when the so-called "steppe population," from the eurasian steppe, replaced much of northern europe's previous population.

the first farmers of northern and western europe passed through southeastern europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. however, some groups that remained mixed extensively -- without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the north and west, according to latest discoveries. southeastern europe continued to be a nexus between east and west, with intermittent genetic contact with the steppe people up to 2,000 years before the migrations that replaced much of northern europe's population.

"in some places, hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers seem to have mixed very quickly," says iain mathieson, a geneticist at the university of pennsylvania, who was first author of the paper. "but, mostly, the two groups remained isolated, at least for the first few hundred years. these hunter-gatherers had been living there for thousands of years, and it must have been quite a shock to have these new people show up -- with a completely different lifestyle and appearance."

the fraction 18/22 is equivalent to 9/11.

in decimal form if needed

this is a proper fraction once the absolute value of the top number or numerator (18) is smaller than the absolute value of the bottom number or denomintor (22).

the fraction 18/22 is equal to 18÷22 and can also be expressed in decimal form as 0.818182.