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Posted October 12, 2000:

• New Evidence Indicates Four Corners Puebloans Migrated Far South After 1300

Posted October 3, 2000:

• Archaeologists Discover Ancient Untouched Tomb In Syria
• High-Resolution Acoustic System Detects Objects Buried In Soil

Posted September 14, 2000:

• Study Provides Direct Evidence Of Cannibalism In The Southwest

Posted September 11, 2000:

• Vanderbilt Archaeological Team Unearths Buried Maya Royal Palace

Posted June 26, 2000:

• Ancient Feathered Animal Challenges Dinosaur-Bird Link

Posted June 13, 2000:

• Meaty Discovery: Neandertal Bone Chemistry Provides Food For Thought

Posted June 1, 2000:

• Stone Tools Reveal Ancient Seafood Diet

Posted May 17, 2000:

• Images Of Evolution: DNA Leaves Fossils In The Dust

Posted May 15, 2000:

• Major New Work On The Pacific Islands By UC Berkeley Archaeologist Buries The Enduring Myth Of Humans In Paradise

Posted May 12, 2000:

• Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa

Posted April 18, 2000:

• Ancient Dirty Pottery May Hold Key To Iroquoian Origin

Posted April 4, 2000:

• Rare Tests On Neanderthal Infant Sheds Light On Early Human Development

Posted March 17, 2000:

• Newly Discovered Fossils From China Shed Light On Common Ancestry Of Monkeys, Apes And Humans

Posted March 16, 2000:

• Researchers Discover Fossils Of Tiny, Thumb-Length Primates

Posted February 22, 2000:

• Complex Old World Origins Of First Americans Revealed In Analysis Of Prehistoric And Modern Skulls

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Genes Pertaining To "Maleness" Evolve More Rapidly Than Their Non-Sexual Counterparts

Posted January 21, 2000:

• Dutch Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Egyptian Temple

Posted January 11, 2000:

• Big Bang Theory Of Human Evolution?

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Document Most Recent Date For Neandertals

Posted October 22, 1999:

• Discovery Of Oldest Dinosaur Bones Reported In Science
• University Of Arkansas Archeologist's Scientific Vision Pierces Through Time…and Soil

Posted October 15, 1999:

• Primitive Primate Makes The Case For Asian Anthropoid Origins

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Some Neanderthals Practiced Cannibalism Shows Find From French Cave
• Brookhaven Lab Expert Helps Date Flute Thought To Be Oldest Playable Musical Instrument

Posted September 21, 1999:

• Discoveries At Teotihuacan's Pyramid Of The Moon Help Unlock Mysteries Of Western Hemisphere's First Major Metropolis

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Jurassic Period Mammal Teeth Found -- Prevailing Theories Challenged

Posted August 31, 1999:

• Primate Genus Sheds Light On Great Ape And Human Origins

Posted August 30, 1999:

• Seafood Was Brain Food, Says Researcher

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution

Posted May 13, 1999:

• Florida Anthropologists Study Techniques To Solve Mysteries Of Dead Bodies

Posted April 28, 1999:

• Archeologists Find Milder Arctic Climate May Have Aided Aleutian Settlement

Posted April 26, 1999:

• Grant Awards Announced For International Archeological Program

Posted April 23, 1999:

• New Species Of Human Ancestor

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Findings On Primitive Shark Contradicts Current View Of Jaw Evolution

Posted March 22, 1999:

• University At Albany Anthropologist Examines Evolutionary Implications Of Different Brain Sizes In Men And Women

Posted January 21, 1999:

• Large Gene Study Questions Cambrian Explosion

Posted November 13, 1998:

• Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Possible Human Ancestors Lived In Spain 780,000 Years Ago
• ASU Archaeologist Discovers Possible Key To Mysteries Of The Western Hemisphere's First Metropolis

Posted October 9, 1998:

• Cradle Of Chocolate? Cacao Craving May Explain 3000-Year Occupation Of Honduran Village, Archaeologists Say

Posted October 8, 1998:

• Conservation Plans Under Development To Preserve Prehistoric Salvadoran Village

Posted September 12, 1998:

• 14,000 Years Of Atmospheric Lead Emissions Recorded In Swiss Peat Bog

Posted August 19, 1998:

• Researchers Discover Church Submerged In Ancient Port City

Posted August 7, 1998:

• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back: Researchers Propose Controversial New Model For Evolution Of Humans And Apes

Posted July 15, 1998:

• Researcher Discovers Oldest Shoe East Of Rockies; Discovery Will Lead To Better Understanding Of Early Culture

Posted July 14, 1998:

• Priestly Gene Shared By Widely Dispersed Jews

Posted July 10, 1998:

• UNC-CH Archaeologists Move 1,000 Tons Of Earth To Establish Hillsborough History

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