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Archaeology Magazine. Archaeology News. 50 min ago | National Parks Traveler Researchers Say Mesa Verde National Park's Far View Reservoir Wasn't For Water Was "Mummy Lake," now known as Far View Reservoir, really an ancient Anasazi reservoir? Not according to new research, which claims the 12-foot deep circular brick structure at Mesa Verde National Park instead was created for ceremonial purposes. Trending on the Topix Network 4 hrs ago | The Daily Advertiser Acadian history should be unearthed before it is too late to find it Blackpot has become one of my favorite music and culture events in Acadiana, and coming back this year to cover the festival and its variety of sights and sounds was great. 9 hrs ago | WGBH Did Neanderthals Make Music?

Music has been called the universal language and noted as one of the things that make humans distinct. 10 hrs ago | ETaiwanNews.com Bulgarian police give antiquities to museum 14 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com Archaeological digs just a piece of Montclair's historical puzzle 18 hrs ago | Examiner.com. Discovery News: Earth, Space, Tech, Animals, Dinosaurs, History. Eureka! Science News | Latest science news articles. NASA Earth Observatory: Home. Paleontology & Archaeology | Eureka! Science News. Unique chromosomes preserved in Swedish fossil Researchers from Lund University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History have made a unique discovery in a well-preserved fern that lived 180 million years ago.

Both undestroyed cell nuclei... Counting calories in the fossil record Starting about 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, brachiopod groups disappeared in large numbers, along with 90 percent of the planet's species. Today, only a... Ancient clam gardens nurture food security A three-year study of ancient clam gardens in the Pacific Northwest has led researchers, including three from Simon Fraser University, to make a discovery that could benefit coastal communities' food... News Office. Science news and science jobs from New Scientist.

Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment &. The Lancet : Volume 374, Number 9707, 19 December 2009. Biodiversity is not just about saving exotic species from extinc. Starting Monday, celebrations and events across the world will highlight the beginning of the UN's Year of International Biodiversity and the loss of our richly varied flaura and fauna, which is estimated to be as high as 1,000 times the natural rate as a result of human activities.

Ahmed Djoghlaf, the general secretary of the treaty signed by 192 countries since 1992 to protect biodiversity, is blunt about efforts to preserve the health of biodiversity since the Rio Earth summit 18 years ago. Governments worldwide have failed to meet the treaty's target of reversing the trend for declining biodiversity, he says, and urgently need momentum to hit its targets for 2020. Biodiversity is integral to our daily lives. It is not about the loss of exotic species which have been the focus of conservation activities by the foundations and trusts of wealthy nations. The equivalent to the Stern report for biodiversity is called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB). Wired News.

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