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Posted September 12, 2007:

• Prehistoric Reptiles From Russia Possessed The First Modern Ears
• Angkor -- Medieval 'Hydraulic City' -- Unwittingly Engineered Its Environmental Collapse

Posted September 11, 2007:

• Physics Reveals The Secrets Of Saint Francis

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Ancient 'Escape Tunnel' Discovered In Israel
• Primates Expect Others To Act Rationally

Posted September 7, 2007:

• Widely Held Beliefs About Early Cherokee Settlement Patterns Likely Incorrect

Posted September 6, 2007:

• Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out

Posted September 5, 2007:

• Field Museum To Return Human Remains To New Zealand

Posted September 4, 2007:

• Ancient Pig DNA Study Sheds New Light On Colonization Of Europe By Early Farmers

Posted August 31, 2007:

• New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Political Power
• Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Migration of Early Humans From Africa Aided By Wet Weather

Posted August 28, 2007:

• World's Oldest Bacteria Found Living In Permafrost

Posted August 24, 2007:

• First Ancient Manioc Fields In Americas Discovered

Posted August 16, 2007:

• Handsome By Chance: Why Humans Look Different From Neanderthals

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Conquest Of Land Began In Shark Genome
• Facial Attraction: Choice Of Sexual Partner Shaped The Human Face

Posted August 13, 2007:

• New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo

Posted August 10, 2007:

• Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature

Posted August 3, 2007:

• Beyond Mesopotamia: A New View Of The Dawn Of Civilization

Posted August 2, 2007:

• Early Humans In China One Million Years Ago

Posted July 31, 2007:

• U.S.-Cuban Dig Seeks Insight Into People Columbus Encountered
• Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits
• Discovery Provides Key Evidence Of Life's Beginnings

Posted July 26, 2007:

• What Came Before Alexander The Great? A Multidisciplinary Approach

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Why Humans Walk On Two Legs

Posted July 19, 2007:

• New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency As Reason For Evolution Of Upright Walking
• How Plants Learned To Respond To Changing Environments

Posted July 12, 2007:

• Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Sea Anemone Genome Provides New View Of Our Multi-celled Ancestors

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Field School Explores 19th Century Digs

Posted June 29, 2007:

• Earliest-known Evidence Of Peanut, Cotton And Squash Farming Found

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Book Makes Case For Using Evolution In Everyday Life

Posted June 25, 2007:

• Human-like Altruism Shown In Chimpanzees

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Human Immunity To 'Viral Fossil' May Help Explain Our Vulnerability To HIV
• Everyday Text Shows That Old Persian Was Probably More Commonly Used Than Previously Thought

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light On Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site

Posted June 20, 2007:

• Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator

Posted June 19, 2007:

• Remains Of Earliest Giant Panda Discovered

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
• 2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites

Posted June 10, 2007:

• Ancient DNA Traces Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance

Posted June 8, 2007:

• 'Cultured' Chimpanzees Pass On Novel Traditions

Posted June 4, 2007:

• Climate Change Linked To Origins Of Agriculture In Mexico

Posted June 1, 2007:

• Anthropologist Discovers Ancient Tomb In Honduras

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