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Posted September 23, 2010:

• City Living Helped Humans Evolve Immunity to Tuberculosis and Leprosy, New Research Suggests

Posted September 21, 2010:

• Neanderthals More Advanced Than Previously Thought: They Innovated, Adapted Like Modern Humans, Research Shows

Posted September 16, 2010:

• 'Goddess of Fortune' Found Near Shores of Sea of Galilee

Posted September 14, 2010:

• Adapting to Darkness: How Behavioral and Genetic Changes Helped Cavefish Survive Extreme Environment
• Nanodiamonds Discovered in Greenland Ice Sheet, Contribute to Evidence for Cosmic Impact

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Experts Question Claim That Alexander the Great's Half-Brother Is Buried at Vergina

Posted September 5, 2010:

• Acting Selfish? Blame Your Mother!
• Role of Key Genetic Catalyst for Human Diversity Discovered

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Brainy Worms: Scientists Uncover Counterpart of Cerebral Cortex in Marine Worms
• Ancient Brew Masters Tapped Antibiotic Secrets

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Evolution Rewritten, Again and Again
• Human Activity May Have Boosted Shellfish Size, Archaeological Study Shows

Posted August 30, 2010:

• First Clear Evidence of Organized Feasting by Early Humans

Posted August 24, 2010:

• Did Ancient Coffee Houses Lay the Groundwork for Modern Consumerism?
• Darwin's Family Tree Re-Discovered
• True Causes for Extinction of Cave Bear Revealed: More Human Expansion Than Climate Change

Posted August 19, 2010:

• New Ways to Chart Our Maritime Past

Posted August 18, 2010:

• Can Anthropology Solve an Economic Crisis?

Posted August 17, 2010:

• Dwindling Green Pastures, Not Hunting, May Have Killed Off the Mammoth
• Secrets of a Vanished English Landscape: Geologists Examine 5,000-Year-Old 'Fossilized' Landscape
• 'Mitochondrial Eve': Mother of All Humans Lived 200,000 Years Ago

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Dangerous Bacterium Hosts Genetic Remnant of Life's Distant Past

Posted August 11, 2010:

• Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use and Meat-Eating Among Human Ancestors Discovered: Lucy's Species Butchered Meat

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Stone Age Remains Are Britain's Earliest House

Posted August 9, 2010:

• London Guildhall: Cradle of English Literature

Posted August 4, 2010:

• Sponge Shines Light on Life's Origin: Genome Connects the Dots Between Amphimedon, Animal Descendants
• Genome of Ancient Sponge Reveals Origins of First Animals, Cancer
• Genomic Sequencing of Marine Sponge Published; Revealed Early Genetic Complexity and Roots of Cancer

Posted July 28, 2010:

• Ancient DNA Identifies Donkey Ancestors, People Who Domesticated Them

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Evolutionary Surprise: Freedom of Neck Played Major Role in Human Brain Evolution, Research Suggests

Posted July 26, 2010:

• Segmentation Is the Secret Behind the Extraordinary Diversification of Animals

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Primitive Frogs Do a Belly Flop: Study Shows That Frogs Evolved Jumping Before They Refined Landing

Posted July 20, 2010:

• Animal Connection: New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature

Posted July 16, 2010:

• Mayan King's Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

Posted July 14, 2010:

• Fossil Find Puts a Face on Early Primates

Posted July 13, 2010:

• Ancient Birds from North America Colonized the South, Thanks to Panama Land Bridge

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Baby Brain Growth Mirrors Changes from Apes to Humans
• Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Pet Tortoises Discovered

Posted July 7, 2010:

• Dig Discovers Ancient Britons Were Earliest North Europeans
• Archeologists Explore Rural Galilee and Find Ancient Synagogue

Posted July 1, 2010:

• 3,200-Year-Old Bronze Tablet Identified as Battle Chariot Linchpin

Posted June 28, 2010:

• North America's First Peoples More Genetically Diverse Than Thought, Mitochondrial Genome Analysis Reveals
• Science Historian Cracks the 'Plato Code'

Posted June 23, 2010:

• Separation Between Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens Might Have Occurred 500,000 Years Earlier, DNA from Teeth Suggests

Posted June 22, 2010:

• Humans Have a Mighty Bite, New Research Shows

Posted June 21, 2010:

• 3.6 Million-Year-Old Relative of 'Lucy' Discovered: Early Hominid Skeleton Confirms Human-Like Walking Is Ancient
• The 'Bumpy Ride' of Linguistic Change
• More Than Skin Deep, Tanning Product of Sun's Rays

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