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14 May 2008

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New evidence from earliest known human settlement in... - 8 May 2008
Provides support for coastal migration theories New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as...
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X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum - 7 May 2008
Computed radiography system helps uncover secrets from the past This cross-table X-ray image of the head of an ancient Egyptian...
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Sunflower debate ends in Mexico, researchers say - 29 Apr 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Ancient farmers were growing sunflowers in Mexico more than 4,000 years before the Spaniards arrived, according to a team...
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Ancient sunflower fuels debate about agriculture in... - 29 Apr 2008
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University have confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico -- 4,000...
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Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist... - 22 Apr 2008
A cross-section of the sample, where the different layers are visible. Click here for more information. The world...
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Shell-breaking crabs lived 20 million years earlier... - 22 Apr 2008
While waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl...
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Tip sheet for International Seismology Research... - 17 Apr 2008
Excavating for clues to past earthquakes, tracking extreme ocean storms, glimpsing past Soviet nuclear testing, and more discussed as...
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Unearthing clues of catastrophic earthquakes - 16 Apr 2008
'An inviting tale of destruction' SANTA FE, New Mexico -- The destruction and disappearance of ancient cultures mark the history of human...
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Ancient DNA: reconstruction of the biological... - 8 Apr 2008
A research team from the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the...
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Plan brokered by UCLA, USC archaeologists would... - 8 Apr 2008
Negotiations lead to first agreement on region's archaeological riches Israelis and Palestinians may not be able to agree right now on their...
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Keeping African artifacts in Africa - 7 Apr 2008
Archaeologists help communities by establishing museum in Mozambique It is common for professional archaeologists and paleoanthropologists...
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NYU dental professor discovers biological clock... - 5 Apr 2008
Why do rats live faster and die younger than humans? A newly discovered biological clock provides tantalizing clues A 3-D...
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Russian-American research team examines origins of... - 4 Apr 2008
Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years...
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Researchers, led by UO archaeologist, find... - 3 Apr 2008
Discoveries by Dennis Jenkins validate claims made years ago by UO anthropologist Luther Cressman Dennis L. Jenkins, a...
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The voyage to America - 3 Apr 2008
Fossilized human feces reveals the first immigrants Professor Eske Willerslev was surprised by the results of the DNA tests conducted by himself...
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Were Assyrian rulers the forefathers of today's CEOs? - 2 Apr 2008
Dr. Oded Lipschits, from Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology, directs Ramat Rachel, an archaeological dig two miles from the...
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From bones to berserkers -- Vikings under the spotlight - 31 Mar 2008
Viking experts will be gathering at The University of Nottingham to discuss the findings of latest research into the Norsemen. Taking in the...
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Corn's roots dig deeper into South America - 24 Mar 2008
Earliest signs of maize as staple food found after spreading south from Mexican homeland Corn has long been known as the primary food crop in...
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Texas A&M scientists say early Americans arrived... - 20 Mar 2008
COLLEGE STATION – A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000...
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Floating a big idea: MIT demos ancient use of rafts... - 19 Mar 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Oceangoing sailing rafts plied the waters of the equatorial Pacific long before Europeans arrived in the Americas, and...
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Good luck indeed: 53 million-year-old rabbit's foot... - 19 Mar 2008
One day last spring, fossil hunter and anatomy professor Kenneth Rose, Ph.D. was displaying the bones of a jackrabbit’s foot as part of a...
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Tell them where it hurts - 18 Mar 2008
Statue of David lends perfect form to new method for modeling strain in both inanimate and human structures A front and back...
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Clovis-age overkill didn't take out California's... - 17 Mar 2008
Scientists, including University of Oregon archaeologist Jon Erlandson, cite radiocarbon dating of bones at coastal archaeological...
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FSU classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of... - 11 Mar 2008
Daniel Pullen, chairman of the Department of Classics at Florida State University and co-director of the Saronic Harbors...
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A fossilized giant rhino bone questions the... - 10 Mar 2008
Contrary to generally accepted belief, Anatolia was not geographically isolated 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch): this has...
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Domestication of the donkey - 10 Mar 2008
An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey...
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World's top scholars come to Rice to discuss Judas - 10 Mar 2008
For the first time, community of experts examine the Judas Codex This week Rice University will host 30 world-renowned international religious...
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Evidence of commerce between ancient Israel and China - 4 Mar 2008
Pottery from Acre. Click here for more information. Throughout the 12th and 13th centuries - during the time of the...
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Innovative archaeological survey reveals unknown... - 3 Mar 2008
At 13 years, one of longest running Sino-American scientific collaborations of any kind Scientists walk through tea fields in...
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Science books delve into Egyptian history - 27 Feb 2008
Cleopatra - Last Queen of Egypt Click here for more information. Fans of the ancient Egyptians will be interested...
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