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  Globetrotting Black Rat Genes Reveal Spread Of Humans And Diseases

  February 1, 2008 — DNA of the common black rat has shed light on the ancient spread of rats, people and diseases around the globe. Studying the mitochondrial DNA of 165 black rat specimens from 32 countries around the ... > full story
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  Cats' Family Tree Rooted In Fertile Crescent, Study Confirms

  January 29, 2008 — The Fertile Crescent of the Middle East has long been identified as a "cradle of civilization" for humans. In a new genetic study, researchers have concluded that all ancestral roads for the modern ... > full story
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  Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru

  January 29, 2008 — An archaeologist discovered an intact ancient iron ore mine in South America that shows how civilizations before the Inca Empire were mining this valuable ore. The Nasca people may have used the ... > full story
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  Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica

  January 23, 2008 — Ancient Mayan temple builders used dazzling lustrous pigments. Studying tiny shards of paint from the Mayan city of Copan, a physical and chemical sciences researcher found evidence of mica that ... > full story
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  Genome Scan Shows Polynesians Have Little Genetic Relationship To Melanesians

  January 18, 2008 — The origins and current genetic relationships of Pacific Islanders have generated interest and controversy for many decades. Now, a new comprehensive genetic study of almost 1,000 individuals has ... > full story
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  Riddle Of The Jade Jewels Reveals Vast Trade Arena

  January 1, 2008 — Analyzing the origins of jade used in ancient jewelery has revealed a trading arena that was active for more than 3,000 years and sprawled over 3,000km in Southeast Asia -- possibly the largest such ... > full story
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  New Report On First Death By Spearing In Australia

  January 1, 2008 — "Ritual punishment using barbed death spears was witnessed at European contact in the Sydney region," one of the researchers said. "The Narrabeen man provides early archaeological evidence for ritual ... > full story
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  Captain Kidd's Shipwreck Of 1699 Discovered

  December 13, 2007 — Resting in less than 10 feet of Caribbean seawater, the wreckage of Quedagh Merchant, the ship abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd as he raced to New York in an ... > full story
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  Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast

  December 4, 2007 — Tooth growth suggests rapid maturation in a Neanderthal child. Neanderthal life history, or the timing of developmental and reproductive events, has been under great debate during the past few ... > full story
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  Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait

  November 26, 2007 — A new analysis of genetic variation among more than two dozen native populations bolsters the theory that the ancestors of modern native peoples across the Americas came via a northwest land bridge ... > full story

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