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Legend of the Crystal Skulls Archaeology (5/08)

Tip-of-the-Tongue States Yield Language Insights American Scientist (5/08)

Mental Mirrors Natural History (5/08)

Regulating Evolution: How Gene Switches Make Life Scientific American (5/08)

Treasures of Biloxi: Art Conservation in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina Chemical Heritage Newsmagazine (5/08)

Egyptian Elite Tombs Accessible for All EurekAlert (5/8/08)

Gene Trawl Shows Druze Are Living "Gene Sanctuary" Reuters (5/7/08)

• Israel's Druze People Are Living 'Gene Sanctuary' MSNBC (5/7/08)

Why Beauty Is an Advert for Good Genes Telegraph (5/7/08)

In Autistic Boy's Hands, Paper and Scissors Express an Amazing Spectrum Seattle Times (5/7/08)

I'm Not Lying, I'm Telling a Future Truth. Really. New York Times (5/6/08)

Appeasing the Gods, With Insurance New York Times (5/6/08)

Neanderthals and Humans: No Kissing Cousins? New Scientist (5/5/08)

• Links Between Humans' Ancestors Redrawn Telegraph (5/6/08)

Breastfeeding Makes Children Smarter Telegraph (5/5/08)

• Breastfed Children Are Brainier, Study Suggests Guardian (5/6/08)
• Breastfeeding 'Helps to Boost IQ' BBC News (5/6/08)

Volcano in 1600 Caused Global Disruption MSNBC (5/5/08)

Stonehenge Mystery Hinges on Unusual Stones Los Angeles Times (5/4/08)

Rare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics Science Daily (5/5/08)

Vikings: From Ram-Raiders to Fishmongers Guardian (5/5/08)

Carpet of Stone: Medieval Mosaic Pavement Revealed Guardian (5/5/08)

DNA Puzzler at Poet's Tomb: No Poet! MSNBC (5/4/08)

VIDEO: Witches Celebrate Spring National Geographic News (5/2/08)

Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten Had "Androgynous" Build National Geographic News (5/2/08)

• 'Androgynous' Pharaoh Had Feminine Physique Discovery (5/2/08)
• The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten Had Feminine Physique ABC News (5/2/08)
• Why Male Pharaoh Had Feminine Physique MSNBC (5/2/08)

Treasure-Laden Shipwreck Found off African Coast National Geographic News (5/2/08)

• Tons of Riches Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck MSNBC (5/1/08)
• African Shipwreck Yields Rich Treasures Discovery (5/2/08)
• Treasure Trove Found in 500-year-old Shipwreck Off Africa ABC News (5/2/08)
• Shipwreck Treasure Found Off Namibia Los Angeles Times (5/3/08)

Neandertals Had Big Mouths, Gaped Widely National Geographic News (5/2/08)

One Sense at a Time Nature (5/1/08)

Fertile Women 'Have Sexier Voice' BBC News (5/1/08)

• 'Sexy' Voice Gives Fertile Women Away New Scientist (5/1/08)

The Bone Detective Guardian (4/30/08)

Sumatran Orangutans Study for Nature's Pass/Perish Entrance Exam Christian Science Monitor (4/30/08)

United We Stand: When Cooperation Butts Heads with Competition EurekAlert (4/30/08)

Lies Are Written All Over Your Face ABC News (4/30/08)

Taking the Fire Out of Farming in Africa Christian Science Monitor (4/30/08)

Ancient "Nutcracker Man" Challenges Ideas on Evolution of Human Diet National Science Foundation (4/30/08)

• Tough Early Human Loved Fruit LiveScience (4/29/08)
• Ancient 'Nutcracker Man' Challenges Ideas on Evolution of Human Diet EurekAlert (4/30/08)
• Nutcracker Man Strangely Preferred Fruits MSNBC (4/30/08)
• Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei PLoS ONE

How Science Gets Swiftboated MSNBC (4/29/08)

VIDEO: Terra-Cotta Army Coming to U.S. National Geographic News (4/29/08)

A Great Pox's Greatest Feat: Staying Alive New York Times (4/29/08)

Roving Defender of Evolution, and of Room for God New York Times (4/29/08)

The Ages of Man Guardian (4/29/08)

• How We Got to the Top Guardian (4/29/08)
• Continental Rift Guardian (4/29/08)
• Pieces in Our Evolutionary Puzzle Guardian (4/28/08)

Devolved Debate Battalion (4/29/08)

Heated Debate Over Who Planted First Sunflower New Scientist (4/28/08)

• Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture in the Americas EurekAlert (4/29/08)
• Sunflower Debate Ends in Mexico, Researchers Say EurekAlert (4/29/08)
• Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas Science Daily (4/29/08)
• Ancient Seeds Sow Debate Over Sunflower-Farming Origins National Geographic News (4/28/08)
• Made in Mexico: Domesticated Sunflowers Los Angeles Times (5/3/08)

Envisioning a World Without Men ABC News (4/28/08)

How the Black Death Changed the World LiveScience (4/28/08)

Religion a Figment of Human Imagination New Scientist (4/28/08)

• Religion a Figment of Human Imagination ABC News (4/28/08)

Iraq Museum Reclaims 700 Stolen Artifacts National Geographic News (4/28/08)

• VIDEO: Iraq Treasures Recovered National Geographic News (4/28/08)

Japanese Royal Tomb Opened to Scholars for First Time National Geographic News (4/28/08)

Language Skills Develop at 6, Say Researchers EurekAlert (4/28/08)

Darwin Guardian

• Evolution and Darwin Guardian (4/27/08)
• What Is Life? Guardian (4/27/08)
• The Actual and the Possible Guardian (4/27/08)
• What DNA Can Tell Us Guardian (3/27/08)
• The Library of Life Guardian (4/27/08)
• What Happens When Genes Go Wrong? Guardian (4/27/08)
• The Greatest Puzzle Guardian (4/27/08)
• Wiped Out! Guardian (4/27/08)

Ancient Maya Tomb Yields "Amazing" Fabrics National Geographic News (4/25/08)

Egypt's Pyramids Packed With Seashells Discovery News (4/25/08)

Surprising Language Abilities in Children With Autism EurekAlert (4/25/08)

Volcanic Eruption Of 1600 Caused Global Disruption Science Daily (4/25/08)

Vikings Acquitted in 100-Year-Old Murder Mystery Reuters (4/25/08)

• Vikings Acquitted in Ancient Murder Mystery MSNBC (4/25/08)

Were Mesopotamians the First Brand Addicts? New Scientist (4/25/08)

Human Line 'Nearly Split in Two' BBC News (4/24/08)

• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately for 100,000 Years National Geographic Society (4/24/08)
• After Near Extinction, Humans Split Into Isolated Bands National Geographic News (4/24/08)
• Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,000 Years Ago New York Times (4/24/08)
• Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity EurekAlert (4/24/08)
• Humans Had Brush With Extincton Discovery News (4/24/08)
• Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,00 Years Ago Wired (4/24/08)
• Phew! Humans May Have Faced Extinction MSNBC (4/24/08)
• Humans 'Almost Became Extinct in 70,000 BC' Telegraph (4/25/08)
• Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years Science Daily (4/25/08)
• Humanity's Brush With Extinction Los Angeles Times (4/26/08)
• The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity American Journal of Human Genetics

VIDEO: Ancient Site Found in Colombia National Geographic News (4/24/08)

Tempest in a Hobbit Tooth Science (4/24/08)

• Henneberg claims about the teeth of Homo floresiensis are untrue Peter Brown

Proof That Men and Women Activate Stereotypes of Competence and Sociability Respectively EurekAlert (4/24/08)

Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US ScienceDaily (4/24/08)

Buried Dogs Were Divine "Escorts" for Ancient Americans National Geographic News (4/23/08)

Brand Names 'As Old As Civilisation Itself' Telegraph (4/23/08)

Neanderthals at Mealtime: Pass the Meat Discovery News (4/23/08)

Inventor's Irrigation Pumps Help Lift African Farmers Out of Poverty EurekAlert (4/23/08)

Early Parents Didn't Stand for Weighty Kids EurekAlert (4/23/08)

Alexander the Great's "Crown," Shield Discovered? National Geographic News (4/23/08)

Germanic Invaders 'Did Not Bring Apartheid' to Anglo Saxon Britain Telegraph (4/23/08)

A Head for Social Hierarchy Science (4/23/08)

• Human Brain Appears 'Hard-Wired' for Hierarchy EurekAlert (4/23/08)

7,000 Years Older Than Stonehenge: The Site That Stunned Archaeologists Guardian (4/23/08)

Reputation and Money: New Insights Into How the Brain Processes Social, Economic Reward EurekAlert (4/23/08)

World's Rarest Gorillas Gain New Refuge National Geographic News ((4/22/08)

• Gorilla Population Up 24 Years After Genocide NPR (4/22/08)

Botswana Bushmen Refused Borehole BBC News (4/22/08)

When Language Can Hold the Answer New York Times (4/22/08)

• Want to Know More? A Reading List New York Times (4/22/08)

Oil Painting 'Invented in Asia, Not Europe' Telegraph (4/22/08)

• Ancient Buddhas Painted in Oils Nature (4/22/08)
• Ancient Buddhist Paintings From Bamiyan Were Made Of Oil, Hundreds Of Years Before Technique Was 'Invented' In Europe Science Daily (4/22/08)
• Synchrotron Light Unveils Oil in Ancient Buddhist Paintings from Bamiyan EurekAlert (4/22/08)
• Earliest Oil Paintings Discovered LiveScience (4/22/08)
• Oil Painting Appeared Centuries Earlier -- in Asia Los Angeles Times (4/26/08)

Life Expectancy Worsening or Stagnating for Large Segment of the US Population EurekAlert (4/21/08)

• Life Expectancy No Longer Improving for Large Segment of the US Population EurekAlert (4/21/08)
• Study: Women's Life Expectancy Dropping NPR (4/22/08)
• No Southern Comfort As Life Expectancy Falls New Scientist (4/22/08)
• Life Expectancy Falls in Poorer U.S. Counties: Study Reuters (4/22/08)
• Southern Women Living Shorter Lives NPR (4/24/08)
• Life Expectancy Declines for Poor Women in U.S. NPR (5/2/08)
• The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States PLoS Medicine

Slowly-Developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-witted Science Daily (4/21/08)

Indiana Jones: Saving History or Stealing It? NPR (4/21/08)

Ancient Urn Returns to Greece MSNBC (4/21/08)