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Posted October 25, 2001:

• Blame North America Megafauna Extinction On Climate Change, Not Human Ancestors

Posted October 23, 2001:

• Scientists Examine The Seas Our Ancestors Fished To Better Understand Today's Changing Oceans

Posted October 16, 2001:

• Student Discovers Well-Preserved Embryo In Dinosaur Egg

Posted October 12, 2001:

• Rafting Rodents From Africa May Have Been Ancestors Of South American Species

Posted September 24, 2001:

• Surprising Link Between Body Size And Extinction Risk

Posted September 20, 2001:

• New Fossils Suggest Whales And Hippos Are Close Kin

Posted September 13, 2001:

• Pre-Neandertal Humans Developed Social Skills Earlier Than Thought

Posted August 28, 2001:

• Permian Extraterrestrial Impact Caused Largest Mass Extinction On Earth

Posted August 18, 2001:

• American-Mongolian Team Finds Tombs Near Birthplace Of Genghis Khan

Posted August 10, 2001:

• First Land Plants And Fungi Changed Earth's Climate, Paving The Way For Explosive Evolution Of Land Animals, New Gene Study Suggests

Posted August 3, 2001:

• Dinosaurs' Large Noses May Have Been Key To Physiological Processes

Posted August 2, 2001:

• Discovery Of Ax Heads Furthers Understanding Of Cahokian Society
• Artifact Analyses Dispute Assumptions About A Prehistoric Society
• New Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered In Madagascar

Posted July 30, 2001:

• Dinosaurs Grew Rapidly, Say Florida State University Researchers
• Researchers Work To Prevent Decay Of Egyptian Antiquities

Posted July 17, 2001:

• Astronomers Find Link Between Earliest Illustration Of Sunspots In Medieval Britain And An Observation Of Aurora In Medieval Korea

Posted July 12, 2001:

• Soil Suggests Early Humans Lived In Forests Instead Of Grasslands
• Earliest Human Ancestors Discovered In Ethiopia; Discovery Of Bones And Teeth Date Fossils Back More Than 5.2 Million Years

Posted July 6, 2001:

• Destruction In Mesopotamia: Ancient Mysteries Fall Prey To Looters In Iraq, Science Feature Reveals

Posted June 19, 2001:

• Evidence Of Ancient El Ninos And Cultural Development

Posted June 8, 2001:

• Earliest Efficient Chewing Herbivore Ever Found Spurred Animal Life On Land
• Humans Hunted Mammals To Extinction In North America

Posted June 5, 2001:

• Naval Secrets Of D-Day Landing Emerging From Coastal Depths, As Archaeologists Continue Omaha And Utah Beach Survey
• University Of Cincinnati Archaeologist To Launch Excavations At Bronze Age Harbor Town In Cyprus

Posted June 1, 2001:

• Ancient Oceans Experienced A Global Surge In Biological Productivity
• Discovery Of "Tidal Giant" -- A New Egyptian Dinosaur -- Reported In Science

Posted May 29, 2001:

• Standing Tall: Plains Indians Enjoyed Height, Health Advantage

Posted May 25, 2001:

• Researchers Discover Fossil Of Tiny Mammal From Early Jurassic; Discovery Provides Important New Evidence On The Earliest Evolution Of Mammals

Posted May 18, 2001:

• Changes In Sun’s Intensity Tied To Recurrent Droughts In Maya Region

Posted May 16, 2001:

• Paleontologists Develop Major New Fossil Database: Preliminary Analysis Questions Reality Of Recent Global Radiation

Posted May 15, 2001:

• Scientists Find Link Between Indian Caste Rank And Genetic Similarity To Europeans
• Engineering Techniques Help Answer Questions On Ancient Egyptian Artwork

Posted May 11, 2001:

• Study Supports Out-Of-Africa Origin For East Asians
• Collapse Of Simple Life Forms Linked To Mass Extinction 200 Million Years Ago
• New Technique Illuminates Events Obscured In The Geologic Record

Posted May 10, 2001:

• UNC Work On Blackbeard Wreck Offers Chance To Develop Techniques, Reveal State, Nation's Past

Posted April 27, 2001:

• Field Museum Anthropologists Establish Date And Importance Of The Americas' Oldest City
• First Dinosaur Found With Its Body Covering Intact; Displays Primitive Feathers From Head To Toe

Posted April 6, 2001:

• What Was Eating Clams And Brachiopods 250 Million Years Ago, Before Modern Predators?

Posted April 3, 2001:

• Oily Fossils Provide Clues To The Evolution Of Flowers

Posted March 29, 2001:

• Major Fossil Find Reveals Asian Origins Of Salamanders

Posted March 28, 2001:

• Ancient Tick Found In New Jersey Leaves Experts Guessing

Posted March 22, 2001:

• Skull Of New Early Human Relative Found In Kenya -- Did Humans Descend From Lucy Or From Newly Discovered Creature?

Posted March 13, 2001:

• Tale Of The Teeth: Archaeologists Find Unusual Bone Collection In Chinese Cave

Posted March 7, 2001:

• Archaeologists Head To Albania For Cultural Rescue Mission

Posted February 21, 2001:

• Anthropologist Examines The Power Of Water On Earth's Earliest Civilizations

Posted February 13, 2001:

• Genome Project Opens The Book On Human Evolution

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