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Posted February 29, 2008:

• Chimps May Have A 'Language-Ready' Brain

Posted February 28, 2008:

• Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved

Posted February 26, 2008:

• Royals Weren't Only Builders Of Maya Temples, Archaeologist Finds

Posted February 21, 2008:

• No Easy Answers In Evolution Of Human Language
• Most Detailed Global Study Of Genetic Variation Completed

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows
• Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Humans' Unicellular Ancestors

Posted February 19, 2008:

• Cleopatra's Cosmetics And Hammurabi's Heineken: Name Brands Far Predating Modern Capitalism

Posted February 18, 2008:

• There Is 'Design' In Nature, Biologist Argues
• Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed

Posted February 15, 2008:

• Neanderthals Moved From Place To Place, Tooth Analysis Shows

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Mummy Lice Found In Peru May Give New Clues About Human Migration

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Languages Evolve In Rapid Bursts, Rather Than Following A Steady Pattern

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Globetrotting Black Rat Genes Reveal Spread Of Humans And Diseases

Posted February 5, 2008:

• Why Don't Chimpanzees Like To Barter Food?

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Black Death Selective In Its Wrath: Plague Targeted The Weak, Frail
• Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women

Posted February 3, 2008:

• Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru
• You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Blue-Eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor

Posted January 28, 2008:

• New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God

Posted January 27, 2008:

• Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica

Posted January 23, 2008:

• Genome Scan Shows Polynesians Have Little Genetic Relationship To Melanesians
• Mothers Trade Child Quantity For Quality

Posted January 19, 2008:

• Genetic Diversity Of European Americans And Disease Gene Mapping

Posted January 18, 2008:

• New Survey To Reveal 'Britain's Atlantis'

Posted January 15, 2008:

• Columbus May Have Brought Syphilis To Europe From New World

Posted January 7, 2008:

• Plate Tectonics May Grind To A Halt, Then Start Again

Posted January 5, 2008:

• New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

Posted January 3, 2008:

• Gene Neighbors May Have Taken Turns Battling Retroviruses
• Evolution Education Is A 'Must' Says Coalition Of Scientific And Teaching Organizations

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Riddle Of The Jade Jewels Reveals Vast Trade Arena

Posted December 26, 2007:

• Will Beetles Inherit The Earth? Evolutionary Study Reveals Their Long-Term Success

Posted December 25, 2007:

• Unknown Monumental Building Of Herod The Great (73-4 BC) Unearthed

Posted December 22, 2007:

• Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies

Posted December 15, 2007:

• Losses Of Long-Established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution

Posted December 14, 2007:

• Captain Kidd's Shipwreck Of 1699 Discovered

Posted December 13, 2007:

• Adapting To Pregnancy Played Key Role In Human Evolution, Study Shows

Posted December 11, 2007:

• Are Humans Evolving Faster? Findings Suggest We Are Becoming More Different, Not Alike
• Genome Study Places Modern Humans In Evolutionary Fast Lane

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution

Posted December 8, 2007:

• Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-Year-Old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Posted November 30, 2007:

• How Our Ancestors Were Like Gorillas

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