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Posted October 20, 2011:

• Ancient Depiction of Childbirth Discovered at Etruscan Site in Tuscany

Posted October 19, 2011:

• Blame Backbone Fractures on Evolution, Not Osteoporosis: Adaptation to Upright Walking Leaves Humans Susceptible
• Young Human-Specific Genes Correlated With Brain Evolution
• Solving the Mysteries of Short-Legged Neandertals

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Piecing Together the Priceless 'Cairo Genizah'
• Caveman Politics: Has Our Violent History Led to an Evolved Preference for Physically Strong Political Leaders?

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Archaeologists Find Blade 'Production Lines' Existed as Much as 400,000 Years Ago

Posted October 13, 2011:

• New Technologies Challenge Old Ideas About Early Hominid Diets

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Most Vertebrates -- Including Humans -- Descended from Ancestor With Sixth Sense

Posted October 10, 2011:

• Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Archaeologist Argues World's Oldest Temples Were Not Temples at All

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Ancient Road Found at Maya Village Buried by Volcanic Ash 1,400 Years Ago
• Last Universal Common Ancestor More Complex Than Previously Thought

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Lungfish Provides Insight to Life on Land: 'Humans Are Just Modified Fish'
• Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Decline and Recovery of Coral Reefs Linked to 700 Years of Human and Environmental Activities

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Humans and Sharks Share Immune System Feature

Posted September 23, 2011:

• Excavation of Islands Around Britain to Establish Origins of Neolithic Period
• Finding Clues as to How Early Man Adapted to Marine Environments

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Aboriginal Australians: The First Explorers
• Fluid Equilibrium in Prehistoric Organisms Sheds Light on a Turning Point in Evolution
• Asia Was Settled in Multiple Waves of Migration, DNA Study Suggests

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History
• Climatic Fluctuations Drove Key Events in Human Evolution, Researchers Find

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Not Just Skin Deep: CT Study of Early Humans Reveals Evolutionary Relationships
• Continents Influenced Ancient Human Migration, Spread of Technology

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Human-Chimp Evolutionary Divergence: Methylation and Gene Sequence Co-Evolved, Study Suggests

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Methodology Applied to Historical Walls May Explain Why Moss Gathers and How Paint Blackens

Posted September 8, 2011:

• Australopithecus Sediba Paved the Way for Homo Species, New Studies Suggest

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Jumping Gene's Preferred Targets May Influence Genome Evolution

Posted September 5, 2011:

• Ancient Humans Were Mixing It Up: Anatomically Modern Humans Interbred With More Archaic Hominin Forms While in Africa

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Humans Shaped Stone Axes 1.8 Million Years Ago: Advanced Tool-Making Methods Pushed Back in Time

Posted August 29, 2011:

• Black Death Bacterium Identified: Genetic Analysis of Medieval Plague Skeletons Shows Presence of Yersinia Pestis Bacteria
• From Mild-Mannered to Killer: Study Explains Plague's Rapid Evolution and Sheds Light on Fighting Deadly Diseases

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Interbreeding Between Modern Humans and Evolutionary Cousins Gave Healthy Immune System Boost to Human Genome, Study Finds
• Biological Communities Studied at Historical WWII Shipwrecks Along North Carolina

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Ancient 'Daddy Long Legs' Revealed in 3-D Models
• Ancient Wild Horses Help Unlock Past

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Fossilized Pregnant Plesiosaur: 78-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Adult and Its Embryo Provide First Evidence of Live Birth

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Lion Adorning Citadel Gate Complex in Turkey

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Chimpanzees Are Spontaneously Generous After All, Study Shows

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Earliest Image of Egyptian Ruler Wearing 'White Crown' of Royalty Brought to Light

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Six Million Years of Savanna: Grasslands, Wooded Grasslands Accompanied Human Evolution

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Sea Squirt Pacemaker Gives New Insight Into Evolution of the Human Heart

Posted July 28, 2011:

• Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of Modern Humans Infiltrating Europe Cited as Critical Factor

Posted July 27, 2011:

• How Early Reptiles Moved

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