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Does Altitude Affect the Way Language Is Spoken? 7 days ago − University of Miami CORAL GABLES, FL (June 12, 2013) -- Language is formed by giving meaning to sounds and stringing together these meaningful expressions to communicate feelings and ideas. Until recently most linguists believed that the relationship between the structure of language and the natural world was mainly the influence of the environment on vocabulary. Now, a new study published in the June 12 edition of PLOS ONE shows that there is…

•	New Archaeogenetic Research Refutes Earlier Findings − 8 days ago
•	A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave − 4 months ago
•	Genetic Admixture in Southern Africa − 5 months ago
•	War Was Central to Europe's First Civilization, Contrary to Popular Belief − 5 months ago
•	4,000-year-old Shaman's Stones Discovered Near Boquete, Panama − 5 months ago
•	Gene Flow from India to Australia About 4,000 Years Ago − 5 months ago
•	The Teotihuacans Exhumed Their Dead And Dignified Them with Make-up − 5 months ago
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Son 12-18-12	Ramesses III Was Murdered

Write 05-20-11	Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Mine in the Americas

War 01-15-13	War Was Central to Europe's First Civilization, Contrary to Popular Belief

Khoisan 01-17-13	Genetic Admixture in Southern Africa

Container 01-12-12	Scientists Confirm Tobacco Use by Ancient Mayans

Stanish 07-25-11	What Is War Good For? Sparking Civilization, Suggest UCLA Archaeology Findings from Peru

Tombs 01-04-12	In Ancient Pompeii, Trash And Tombs Went Hand in Hand

Gold 01-15-13	4,000-year-old Shaman's Stones Discovered Near Boquete, Panama

Fossil 11-28-11	The Star-crossed Stone: Mysterious Archaeological Finds of Fossil Sea Urchins Examined at ‘Lit & Phil’ Meeting

Cave 06-29-12	U-series Dating Suggests Welsh Reindeer Is Britain's Oldest Rock Art

Petra 01-02-13	Research Unearths Terrace Farming at Ancient Desert City of Petra

Mounds 03-30-12	Rare Animal-shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru by MU Anthropologist

Roman 07-19-11	Roman Toilets Were Quite Stinky, Large International Study Reveals

Everett 06-12-13	Does Altitude Affect the Way Language Is Spoken?

Route 03-12-12	Statue, Chapels And Animal Mummies Found in Egypt by U of T Team

Years 02-07-12	Entire Genome of Extinct Human Decoded from Fossil

Fels 11-08-11	Ice Age Paintings from the Swabian Jura Document the Earliest Painting Tradition in Central Europe

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Egypt

Unique Gold Earring Found in Intriguing Collection of Ancient Jewelry in Israel 1 year 1 months ago − American Friends of Tel Aviv University

•	URI, IAA Archaeologists Discover Shipwrecks, Ancient Harbor on Coast of Israel − 6 months ago
•	La Bastida Unearths 4,200-year-old Fortification, Unique in Continental Europe − 8 months ago
•	Dictionary Completed on Language Used Everyday in Ancient Egypt − 9 months ago
•	Ramesses III Was Murdered − 6 months ago
•	Rare Animal-shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru by MU Anthropologist − 1 year 2 months ago
•	Statue, Chapels And Animal Mummies Found in Egypt by U of T Team − 1 year 3 months ago



Greek, Roman

War Was Central to Europe's First Civilization, Contrary to Popular Belief 5 months ago − University of Sheffield

•	Mongolia And the Altai Mountains: Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans And Asians − 7 months ago
•	The Romans Used Greek Myths in Their Mosaics as Symbols of Civilization − 8 months ago
•	Dictionary Completed on Language Used Everyday in Ancient Egypt − 9 months ago
•	Tomb Exploration Reveals First Archaeological Evidence of Christianity from the Time of Jesus − 1 year 3 months ago
•	A Stamp with the Temple Menorah Was Uncovered in Excavations Near Akko − 1 year 5 months ago
•	An Excavation Is No Camping Trip: Archeologists Discover a Huge Ancient Greek Commercial Area on Sicily − 1 year 7 months ago



Islael, Middle East

Tomb Exploration Reveals First Archaeological Evidence of Christianity from the Time of Jesus 1 year 3 months ago − University of North Carolina at Charlotte

•	Hebrew Inscription Appears to Confirm 'Sign of Jonah' And Christian Reference on Ancient Artifact − 1 year 2 months ago
•	Ancient 'Graffiti' Unlock the Life of the Common Man − 1 year 3 months ago
•	Temple And Sacred Vessels from Biblical Times Discovered at Tel Motza − 5 months ago
•	Fossilized Pollen Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Royal Garden − 1 year 4 months ago
•	A Stamp with the Temple Menorah Was Uncovered in Excavations Near Akko − 1 year 5 months ago
•	Building the Western Wall: Herod Began It but Didn’t Finish It − 1 year 6 months ago



Europe

A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave 4 months ago − Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

•	New Archaeogenetic Research Refutes Earlier Findings − 8 days ago
•	War Was Central to Europe's First Civilization, Contrary to Popular Belief − 5 months ago
•	The Teotihuacans Exhumed Their Dead And Dignified Them with Make-up − 5 months ago
•	Archaeologists Date World’s Oldest Timber Constructions − 6 months ago
•	Tracing Humanity's African Ancestry May Mean Rewriting 'Out of Africa' Dates − 6 months ago
•	Africa's Homo Sapiens Were the First Techies − 6 months ago



Americas

The Teotihuacans Exhumed Their Dead And Dignified Them with Make-up 5 months ago − FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

•	Archaeology Expands Beyond Traditional Scope into Other Sciences − 1 year 1 months ago
•	Classic Maya Civilization Collapse Related to Modest Rainfall Reductions − 1 year 4 months ago
•	Scientists Confirm Tobacco Use by Ancient Mayans − 1 year 5 months ago
•	Scientists Discover the First Physical Evidence of Tobacco in a Mayan Container − 1 year 5 months ago
•	Mayan Pool in the Rainforest − 2 year 10 months ago



Modern Human

New Archaeogenetic Research Refutes Earlier Findings 8 days ago − University of Huddersfield

•	A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave − 4 months ago
•	Genetic Admixture in Southern Africa − 5 months ago
•	Gene Flow from India to Australia About 4,000 Years Ago − 5 months ago
•	Tracing Humanity's African Ancestry May Mean Rewriting 'Out of Africa' Dates − 6 months ago
•	Africa's Homo Sapiens Were the First Techies − 6 months ago



Human Origins

Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Use And Meat-eating among Human Ancestors 2 year 10 months ago − California Academy of Sciences

•	Fossil Finger Records Key to Ancestors' Behavior − 2 year 8 months ago
•	On Their Own 2 Feet − 2 year 4 months ago
•	Animal Bone Markings Show Evidence That 'Lucy' Species Used Stone Tools, Ate Meat − 2 year 10 months ago
•	Scientists Announce Discovery of 3.6 Million-year-old Relative of 'Lucy' − 3 year ago
•	International Team Discovers New Species of Hominid − 3 year 2 months ago



Neanderthal

Many Roads Lead to Asia: Modern Humans May Have Populated in Asia over 44,000 Years Ago 1 year 9 months ago − Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

•	Uranium-series Dating Reveals Iberian Paintings Are Europe's Oldest Cave Art − 1 year ago
•	Homo Sapiens Arrived Earlier in Europe Than Previously Known − 1 year 7 months ago
•	Shared Genes with Neanderthal Relatives Not Unusual − 1 year 7 months ago
•	A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave − 4 months ago
•	Last Neanderthals Near the Arctic Circle? − 2 year 1 months ago



Clovis Culture

Texas A&M-led Study Shows Earliest American Residents Came at Least 15,500 Years Ago (w/Video) 2 year 3 months ago − Texas A&M University

•	Tracing the First North American Hunters − 1 year 8 months ago
•	Baylor, Texas A&M Researchers Find Earliest People to Inhabit the Americas − 2 year 3 months ago
•	Paleo-Indians Settled North America Earlier Than Thought, Study Suggests − 2 year 3 months ago
•	Oregon's Paisley Caves as Old as Clovis Sites - but Not Clovis − 11 months ago
•	Artifacts in Texas Predate Clovis Culture by 2,500 Years, New Study Shows − 2 year 3 months ago