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Posted March 29, 2007:

• Could Thomas Jefferson's DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Posted March 27, 2007:

• Man's Earliest Direct Ancestors Looked More Apelike Than Previously Believed

Posted March 25, 2007:

• New Archaeological Findings On Political Power In Peru

Posted March 24, 2007:

• New Evidence Of 'Human' Culture Among Primates

Posted March 23, 2007:

• Global Warming Could Be Reversing A Trend That Led To Bigger Human Brains

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Scientist Develops New Mathematical Model To Study Disease Genetics And Evolution

Posted March 16, 2007:

• Tooth Decay Analysis Supports 'Out Of Africa' Theory Of Human Evolution

Posted March 14, 2007:

• How Long Is A Child A Child? Human Developmental Patterns Emerged More Than 160,000 Years Ago

Posted March 13, 2007:

• Pig Study Forces Rethink Of Pacific Colonisation

Posted March 12, 2007:

• These Legs Were Made For Fighting: Human Ancestors Had Short Legs For Combat, Not Just Climbing

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Human Pubic Lice Acquired From Gorillas Gives Evolutionary Clues
• New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps

Posted March 7, 2007:

• Man's Best Friend Lends Insight Into Human Evolution

Posted March 4, 2007:

• Linguistics Expert Warns Of Language Extinction

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Peruvian Citadel Is Site Of Earliest Ancient Solar Observatory In The Americas

Posted March 1, 2007:

• Biological Kinship: Nonconscious Mechanism In Human Brain Identifies Genetic Siblings On Basis Of Ancient Cues
• New DNA Study Helps Explain Unique Diversity Among Melanesians
• Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected
• Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 25, 2007:

• DNA Analysis Reveals Rapid Population Shift Among Pleistocene Cave Bears
• Inhabitants Of Columbus' First Settlement Were Desperate To Find Metals, Study Finds

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication

Posted February 23, 2007:

• Chimpanzees Discovered Making And Using Spears To Hunt Other Primates

Posted February 20, 2007:

• The Mysterious Case Of Columbus's Silver Ore
• Practice Of Farming Reaches Back Farther Than Thought

Posted February 18, 2007:

• Europeans' Understanding Of Science, Evolution, More Advanced Than Americans

Posted February 16, 2007:

• Out Of Africa -- Bacteria, As Well: Homo Sapiens And H. Pylori Jointly Spread Across The Globe
• Americans Cultivated And Traded Chili Peppers 6,000 Years Ago

Posted February 15, 2007:

• Study Of Diabetes And Race Reveals The Imperfect Science Of Defining Ethnic Groups

Posted February 13, 2007:

• Chimp Stone Age: West African Chimpanzees Have Been Cracking Nuts With Stone Tools For Thousands Of Years
• Researchers Unearth 4,300-year-old Chimpanzee Technology; 'Stone Hammers' Fuel Evolutionary Debate

Posted February 12, 2007:

• Mummy's Amazing American Maize
• No Missing Link? Evolutionary Changes Occur Suddenly, Professor Says

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Prehistoric Origins Of Stomach Ulcers Uncovered

Posted February 1, 2007:

• NASA To Fly Historic Jamestown Artifact, Mementos On Space Shuttle

Posted January 30, 2007:

• Earliest Semitic Text Revealed In Egyptian Pyramid Inscription

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Anthropologist Confirms 'Hobbit' Indeed A Separate Species

Posted January 28, 2007:

• Shipwreck From Early Islamic Period Discovered Off Israeli Coast

Posted January 24, 2007:

• First Genetic Evidence Of Long-lived African Presence Within Britain
• 'Terror Bird' Arrived In North America Before Land Bridge, Study Finds

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 18, 2007:

• Toward More Effective Paleolgenetic Analysis

Posted January 16, 2007:

• 40,000-year-old Skull Shows Both Modern Human And Neandertal Traits

Posted January 12, 2007:

• 'Out Of Africa' Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evolved In Africa

Posted January 4, 2007:

• Researchers Track Movements Of Ancient Central Americans Using Satellites, Video-game Technology
• The Evolution Of Human Diet

Posted December 22, 2006:

• European Neanderthals Showed Significant Physical Differences From North To South

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