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Archaeologists Explore Site for Answers About First European Farmers

April, 24 2011

Popular Archaeology

Neolithic cutlery and foodstuffs of Europe. Items include: millstones, charred bread, grains and small apples, a clay cooking pot, and containers made of antlers and wood. Courtesy Sandstein and the Historical Museum of Bern, Switzerland. A team of archaeologists and students will begin renewed excavations at a site in Bulgaria that holds promise for shedding more light on some of the first farmers of Europe.

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Four Individuals Caught in Death Trap May Shed Light on Human Ancestors

April, 24 2011

Science Magazine

Surprising mix. The skull and bones of Au. sediba have an unusual mix of modern and primitive traits. Finding one partial skeleton of an ancient member of the human family is the rarest of rare discoveries in human evolution. So, paleoanthropologists murmured in surprise at a meeting here Saturday when South African researchers announced that they had found at least four individuals of a new species of early human, Australopithecus sediba.

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17th century Swedish warship won new lease after salvage

April, 24 2011

M and C

Vasa's port bow A more than 300 year old Swedish warship that sank on her maiden voyage could well have faded into the mists of history but for a successful salvage conducted 50 years ago.

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Fremont bowl found in southern Utah believed to be nearly 1,000 years old

April, 24 2011

The Republic

An ancient clay bowl in excellent condition has been recovered in southern Utah by federal land managers.

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Paleontologists Find Ancient, Hammer Toothed Marsupials

April, 24 2011

Fox News

The ball-peen hammer-like tooth in Malleodectes (left) and the pink-tongued skink (right) are examples of convergent evolution, this time between a lizard and a mammal suggesting both were highly specialized snail-eaters. Strange hammerlike teeth seen in two newfound species of ancient marsupials teeth unknown in any other mammal were the weapons they once used to smash open snail shells.

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Trove of 4,000 year old remains being unearthed in Uttar Pradesh

April, 24 2011

Daily News and Analysis

A team of archaeologists is trying to unravel the pages of history in a small village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh as remains from the New Stone Age are being regularly excavated.

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Jerusalems time tunnels

April, 24 2011

Haaretz

Zedekiah's Cave, which extends under much of the Muslim Quarter. Horizontal excavations throughout the Old City of Jerusalem and Silwan are producing important archaeological discoveries, but opponents charge that they are undermining Palestinian foundations, in more ways than one

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Unknown Ancient Kingdom Found in China

April, 24 2011

Daijiworld

An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said.

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Missing parts of sphinx found in German cave

April, 24 2011

M and C

Archaeologists have discovered fragments of one of the world's oldest sculptures, a lion faced figurine estimated at 32,000 years old, from the dirt floor of a cave in southern Germany.

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Has the mystery of Easter Island finally been solved?

April, 24 2011

The Independent

The moai, giant stone statues that line the Easter Island coast A scientific battle over the fate of Easter Island's natives is ready to erupt this summer with the publication of a book challenging the notion that their Neolithic society committed ecological suicide.