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		<title>Death of the mastadon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's one of the biggest puzzles of paleontology: Why did North America's large mammals go extinct shortly after the glaciers melted about 15k years ago? New study suggests that hunters get the credit -- or blame.]]></description>
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		<title>Scraps of ancient textiles found</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flax, the basis for linen, was spun and dyed, and lost in the mud. More than 30,000 years later, microscopic flax fibers provide the first cord in archeological history.]]></description>
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		<title>Dig the latest top tech tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you can't see can still interest you. Archeologists use radar, magnetic, electrical gizmos to see through the ground, find places to dig.]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific migrations: New evidence on ancient human voyages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stone tool discovered in Polynesia came from Hawaii -- 2500 miles away. Modern analytical techniques show that Polynesians did sail thousands of miles across the ocean -- without a compass.]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient cities: A new plan for sprawl?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archeologists thought Middle-Eastern cities grew through remote "daughter" villages. But a new study of  a big city in ancient Syria, shows that new settlements formed closer to town.
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		<title>Ancient, gliding reptile discovered</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[220-million-year-old rock reveals four-legged reptile with wings. Fossils could not be removed, so the images came from CT scanner.]]></description>
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		<title>Dating the Caveman: &#8220;Last&#8221; Neanderthal Found?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neanderthals survived thousands of years longer in Europe, a new study finds. What does this tell us about the demise of the caveman and the triumph of modern humans?]]></description>
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		<title>Revealed: Humans not Such Deadly Hunters!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just after humans reached the Western Hemisphere, many large mammals went extinct. Some scientists have blamed hyper-effective human hunting. But a new study fingers changes in climate and environment.]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Archeology: How Did Common People Live?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[King Tut was a cool king. But what can archeology tell us about the other 99%? Skeletons, fires, even shoes tell a tale. Come dig the common people.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancient bacteria used photosynthesis but did not make oxygen. It might have been primitive, but it worked!]]></description>
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