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Posted March 24, 2009:

• Triceratops Was A Social Animal, Group Of Dinosaur Fossils Suggests

Posted March 23, 2009:

• Earliest Evidence Of Domesticated Maize Discovered: Dates Back 8,700 Years
• DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For 'Survival Of The Fittest'
• Artificial Genetics: New Type Of DNA Has 12 Chemical Letters Instead Of Usual 4

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Genomic Fossils In Lemurs Shed Light On Origin And Evolution Of HIV And Other Primate Lentiviruses
• Optimal Running Speed Associated With Evolution Of Early Human Hunting Strategies
• Teeth Of Columbus' Crew Flesh Out Tale Of New World Discovery

Posted March 17, 2009:

• Elephant Shark Genome Sequence Leads To Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-Sea Fish

Posted March 16, 2009:

• New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
• Young Dinosaurs Roamed Together, Died Together

Posted March 15, 2009:

• Byzantine Period Church With Beautiful Mosaics Discovered

Posted March 12, 2009:

• 'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted To Cold

Posted March 5, 2009:

• Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans
• Archaeologists Find Earliest Known Domestic Horses: Harnessed and Milked

Posted March 2, 2009:

• What The Romans Learned From Greek Mathematics

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Humans Walked On Modern Feet 1.5 Million Years Ago, Fossil Footprints Show

Posted February 25, 2009:

• DNA Identification Of Czar's Children Available

Posted February 24, 2009:

• Origins Of Pompeii-Style Artifacts Examined

Posted February 20, 2009:

• New Anti-Graffiti Coating Able To Protect Cultural Heritage Ancient Materials Has Been Developed To Prevent Damage Caused By Graffiti Attack

Posted February 19, 2009:

• Single-Celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago

Posted February 17, 2009:

• Anthropologist's Studies Of Childbirth Bring New Focus On Women In Evolution

Posted February 15, 2009:

• Scanning Artifacts Up To Two Tons With Astounding Precision

Posted February 14, 2009:

• Mixed Population Provides Insights Into Human Genetic Makeup

Posted February 12, 2009:

• High-Tech Tests Allow Anthropologists To Track Ancient Hominids Across The Landscape
• Evolutionary Link To Modern-Day Obesity, Other Problems
• Genetics Research Sheds Light On Evolution Of The Human Diet
• Draft Version Of The Neanderthal Genome Completed

Posted February 11, 2009:

• On The Origin Of Subspecies
• Deducing Diet Of Prehistoric Hominid With Mathematical Models
• Y Chromosome And Surname Study Challenges Infidelity 'Myth'
• Pubic Hair Provides Evolutionary Home For Gorilla Lice

Posted February 10, 2009:

• Virtual Library Of Medieval Manuscripts Created

Posted February 9, 2009:

• Rapid Burst Of Flowering Plants Set Stage For Other Species

Posted February 8, 2009:

• Stemming Decay Of World's Art And Cultural Heritage

Posted February 5, 2009:

• Origin Of Claws Seen In Fossil 390 Million Years Old
• Despite Their Diversity, Pygmies Of Western Central Africa Share Recent Common Ancestors

Posted February 4, 2009:

• Inuit Trails Represent Complex Social Network Spanning Canadian Arctic

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Chocolate Drink Used In Rituals In New Mexico 1,000 Years Ago
• Early Humans Had 'Jaws Of Steel'

Posted February 2, 2009:

• New Evidence From Excavations In Arcadia, Greece, Supports Theory Of 'Birth Of Zeus'
• Research Will Help To Revive 'Dead' Manx Language

Posted January 30, 2009:

• Bird Song Discoveries May Lead To Refinement Of Darwinian Theory

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed

Posted January 27, 2009:

• Hoard Of Hundreds Of Antique Gold Coins Uncovered In Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

Posted January 26, 2009:

• Natural Selection Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution?

Posted January 22, 2009:

• Pacific People Spread from Taiwan, Language Evolution, Study Shows

Posted January 20, 2009:

• 'Hobbit' Skull Study Finds Hobbit Is Not Human

Posted January 19, 2009:

• Language Driven By Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows

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