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Posted May 16, 2011:

• Freedom in the Swamp: Unearthing the Secret History of the Great Dismal Swamp

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Student Archaeologists on Trail of Yorkshire Gem's Hidden Past

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Battle Scars Found on an Ancient Sea Monster

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Loch Fossils Show Life Harnessed Sun and Sex Early on
• South America's Oldest Textiles Identified With Carbon Dating

Posted April 11, 2011:

• Tourism Does Not Harm All Caves, Study Suggests

Posted April 7, 2011:

• iPad Helps Archaeologists

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Protein from Bones of 600,000-Year-Old Mammoth Extracted Successfully

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Why Ancient Mayan Communities Were 'Living on the Edge' of What Is Now a Massive Wetland
• Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man

Posted March 24, 2011:

• Artifacts in Texas Predate Clovis Culture by 2,500 Years, New Study Shows

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Native Americans Modified American Landscape Years Prior to Arrival of Europeans

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Fossils Record Reveals Ancient Migrations, Trilobite Mass Matings

Posted March 12, 2011:

• Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Florida Could Be 10 to 15 Million Years Older Than Previously Believed, Pollen Study Shows

Posted February 24, 2011:

• Discovery of Oldest Northern North American Human Remains Provides New Insights Into Ice-Age Culture

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Origins of Farming in Europe Result of Human Migration and Cultural Change, Study Suggests

Posted February 20, 2011:

• Archaeologist Models Past and Future Landscapes

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us, Research Suggests

Posted February 13, 2011:

• Mummy Remains Show False Toes Helped Ancient Egyptians Walk

Posted February 11, 2011:

• Quest for Extinct Giant Rats Leads Scientists to Ancient Face Carvings

Posted February 10, 2011:

• New View of Human Evolution? 3.2 Million-Year-Old Fossil Foot Bone Supports Humanlike Bipedalism in Lucy's Species
• Foot Bone Suggests Lucy's Kin Had Arched Foot, for Walking

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops
• Secrets in Stone: Rare Archaeological Find in Norway

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Climatic Fluctuations in Last 2,500 Years Linked to Social Upheavals

Posted January 24, 2011:

• Humans Have Been Provoking Climate Change for Thousands of Years, Carbon History Shows

Posted January 13, 2011:

• New Evidence for Climate Impacts on Ancient Societies

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Chemical Analysis Confirms Discovery of Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
• Effective Use of Power in the Bronze Age Societies of Central Europe

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Hidden Literary References Discovered in the Mona Lisa
• The 'Mad' Egyptian Scholar Who Proved Aristotle Wrong

Posted January 3, 2011:

• A Toast to History: 500 Years of Wine-Drinking Cups Mark Social Shifts in Ancient Greece

Posted December 30, 2010:

• Was Israel the Birthplace of Modern Humans?
• Neandertals’ Extinction Not Caused by Deficient Diets, Tooth Analysis Shows

Posted December 28, 2010:

• Secrets of an Ancient Tel Aviv Fortress Revealed

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Fossil Finger Bone Yields Genome of a Previously Unknown Human Relative
• Learning from Leftovers: A History Drawn from Turkey Bones

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Sardine Run: Headlong Race for Survival of the Species

Posted December 8, 2010:

• Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf?

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Warring Greeks Found Peace in Ancient Egypt: Researcher Uncovers Origins of Greek Trade City in Egypt's Nile Delta Region

Posted December 5, 2010:

• Medieval England Twice as Well Off as Today’s Poorest Nations

Posted November 28, 2010:

• Crown Suggests Queen Arsinoë II Ruled Ancient Egypt as Female Pharaoh

Posted November 25, 2010:

• Oldest Salt Mine Known to Date Located in Azerbaijan

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today's Komodo Dragon in Indonesia

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Oldest Dinosaur Embryos Give Insights Into Infancy and Growth

Posted November 9, 2010:

• DNA Reveals Origins of First European Farmers

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Stone Age Humans Needed More Brain Power to Make Big Leap in Tool Design

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