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Tuesday, August 2, 2005

New theory on genesis of Mesoamerican culture. Analysis of 3,000-year-old pottery shards from the ancient Olmec capital of San Lorenzo contradicts the notion among some researchers that the Olmec civilization was the "mother culture" that laid the ... [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Mystery of Chaco Canyon. Length: 56 Minutes Episode: Program Genre: General Education Closed Captioned: Yes Series Website: None listed. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Harrison Ford Has Agreed To Indy Jones IV. Details on the Indiana Jones IV release date, Steven Spielberg's comments about Indiana Jones IV, and much more! [digg]
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Flickr launches new clustering based on Tags. A new feature is live on Flickr that allows you to narrow photo searches down by tags and clusters that they fit in. It's hard to explain, but very powerful. Check it out! [digg]
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Unidentified Sea Creature Found After Typhoon. Typhoon Haitang seems to have deposited an unknown creature onto the shore in Ningbo City in east China's Zhejiang Province. From the fishery bureau, "He said its overall structure means itís unlikely to be a fish, but the shape of its head is like a crocodileís." 12 meters long weighing nearly 2 tons. Picture included at china.org.cn's story. [digg]
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Oldest dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa found. A team of researchers working with colleagues from the Botswana National Museum shed new light on the questions of when cattle were brought to southern Africa and from where. A domestic cow bone, dated to about 2000 years ago was excavated from a site at Toteng, located in the Kalahari [Biology News Net]
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