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Posted July 25, 2011:

• What Is War Good For? Sparking Civilization, Suggest Archaeology Findings from Peru

Posted July 22, 2011:

• Fool's Gold Gives Scientists Priceless Insight Into Earth's Evolution

Posted July 20, 2011:

• New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Gives Scientists Clues to Evolution of Head Ornamentation and Provinciality

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago
• Evolution of the Evolutionarily Minded

Posted July 18, 2011:

• Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal, Genetic Research Shows

Posted July 13, 2011:

• African and Non-African Populations Intermixed Well After Migration out of Africa 60,000 Years Ago, Genome Studies Show
• Separated for 20 Million Years: Blind Beetle from Bulgarian Caves Clarifies Questions

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Ancestry of Polar Bears Traced to Ireland

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Interaction Is Critical for the Evolution of the Language

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Human Ancestor Older Than Previously Thought; Finding Offers New Insights Into Evolution
• Social Networking -- 400 Years Ago

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Deep History of Coconuts Decoded: Origins of Cultivation, Ancient Trade Routes, and Colonization of the Americas
• Hidden Lives of Baltimore's Irish Immigrants Unearthed for First Time

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Earliest Art in the Americas: Ice Age Image of Mammoth or Mastodon Found in Florida
• Cutting Edge Training Developed the Human Brain 80,000 Years Ago

Posted June 20, 2011:

• Ancient Mycenaean Fortress Uncovered

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Dawn of Agriculture Took Toll on Health

Posted June 9, 2011:

• Early Agricultural Piracy Informs the Domestication of Rice
• Adjustable Valves Gave Ancient Plants the Edge

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Tut, Tut: Microbial Growth in Pharaoh's Tomb Suggests Burial Was a Rush Job
• Stop on Red: The Effects of Color May Lie Deep in Evolution
• Silver from the Americas May Have Entered the Spanish Economy Later Than Thought

Posted June 7, 2011:

• Huge Ancient Language Dictionary Finished After 90 Years

Posted June 3, 2011:

• Autism May Have Had Advantages in Humans' Hunter-Gatherer Past, Researcher Believes

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Ancient Hominid Males Stayed Home While Females Roamed, Study Finds

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Population Genetics Reveals Shared Ancestries: DNA Links Modern Europeans, Middle Easterners to Sub-Saharan Africans

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Mummies Tell History of a 'Modern' Plague
• Scientists Explore Hidden World of Ancient Maritime Maya

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Mine in the Americas

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Standing Up to Fight: Does It Explain Why We Walk Upright and Why Women Like Tall Men?

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Genomic Archeology Reveals Early Evolution of Sex Chromosomes
• Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Last Neanderthals Near the Arctic Circle?

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests
• Student Archaeologists on Trail of Yorkshire Gem's Hidden Past

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Capt. Kidd Shipwreck Site to Be Dedicated 'Living Museum of the Sea'

Posted May 2, 2011:

• No Nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early Human Relative Apparently Chewed Grass Instead

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Mutations in Single Gene May Have Shaped Human Cerebral Cortex

Posted April 20, 2011:

• Evolution of Human 'Super-Brain' Tied to Development of Bipedalism, Tool-Making

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Africa the Birthplace of Human Language, Analysis Suggests

Posted April 14, 2011:

• First 3-D Topographic Map of Early Maya City 'Head of Stone' Delineates Ancient Buildings
• Weak Evidence for Word-Order Universals: Language Not as 'Innate' as Thought?

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Loch Fossils Show Life Harnessed Sun and Sex Early on

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Birds Inherited Strong Sense of Smell from Dinosaurs

Posted April 10, 2011:

• New Genetic Study Helps Solve Darwin's Mystery About Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants

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