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Was the new world settled twice?

The two-migration scenario proposed in the study. Blue dots represent recent modern human populations. Red dots represent the Paleoamerican samples used. Image Copyright Mark Hubbe



Did Neanderthals think like us?
ScientificAmerican article, if you have money to subscribe.

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• But over the past few decades archaeologists have discovered a handful of enigmatic artifacts hinting that our cousins the Neandertals -- long dismissed as intellectually inferior -- might have engaged in symbolic activities, too. Experts dismissed the finds, however, attributing them to modern humans instead.
• The recent discovery of Neandertal jewelry and body paint from two sites in Spain provides unequivocal evidence of Neandertal symbolism and suggests that modern human behavior has ancient roots.

Freepers joke and share more archeolinks:

• Romanian experts have discovered the most ancient cave paintings found to date in Central Europe, aged up to 35,000 years old PhysOrg
• A 12,000-year-old find in Keene, New Hampshire Union Leader
• Native site on Patuxent could date to 1000 BC-Was village visited by Ohio mound-builders? Baltimore Sun
• Fossils Reveal that Maya People Knew about Prehistory Art Daily
• The Thunderstone Mystery: What's a Stone Age Axe Doing in an Iron Age Tomb? Science Daily
• Mexican delegation in charge of conservation at the Theban Tomb 39, in Egypt, to begin 6th field season Art Daily
• The million mummy question: Why are there a million mummies buried near Snefu's Seila pyramid? Heritage Key

• Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire New American
• American archaeologists find ruins of four ancient castles in western Turkey Today's Zaman
• Behind the mummy: the real King Tutankhamun New Scientist
• Chinese Ancient Earthenware Found in Dieng-The discovery may reveal the economic situation in the Old Mataram kingdom VIVAnews
• Prehistoric pet? Dog burial found in Orange County California Orange County Register

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Love is a Many Splendored Thing is one of Lolo's favorite songs (and movies).

The story is wonderful, the scenery and music is beautiful, and unlike a lot of movies, they get Asia right.

Tea at Trianon has an essay about the author.

So turn up speakers and try not to cry!