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		GODDESS UPDATES 09 11 2007 A Voice from the Blacklist 05 13 2007 Kris Hirst reviews Protecting Catalhoyuk 02 16 2007 Recent reviews of The Goddess and the Bull 01 25 2007 Catalhoyuk Web site 01 08 2007 Happy birthday David Bowie 01 02 2007 Happy New Year! NEOLITHIC NEWS 12 06 2007 Remixing Catalhoyuk 11 25 2007 Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Catalhoyuk 11 20 2007 Remixing Çatalhöyük Day 11 09 2007 Remediated places at Catalhoyuk 10 11 2007 Catalhoyuk 2007 photos on line 10 07 2007 Ian Hodder on Catalhoyuk and the Neolithic 10 05 2007 A Global Cold Snap That Wasn't 10 02 2007 Welcome to Catalhoyuk 10 02 2007 Neolithic Age artifacts on display 09 20 2007 Remediated places 09 05 2007 The domestication of pigs 07 28 2007 A new crop of photos from Catalhoyuk 06 21 2007 Peter Ucko obituary in The Independent 06 18 2007 The death of Peter Ucko 06 01 2007 Catalhoyuk image database now online 03 03 2007 Remediation at Catalhoyuk 02 27 2007 Ancient DNA says lactase persistence evolved recently 02 17 2007 Some like it hot 02 14 2007 Was barley domesticated twice 02 08 2007 Neolithic Romeo and Juliet 01 09 2007 Moving those megalithic stones HOMINID HIGHLIGHTS 12 20 2007 Menopause in Chimps 12 20 2007 Ape See, Ape Do 12 18 2007 Why Seniors Say When Too Soon 12 11 2007 Human Evolution Is Speeding Up 12 09 2007 Methylating the Mind 12 09 2007 Human Ancestor Preserved in Stone 12 06 2007 How children learn 12 06 2007 Faulty Wiring in the Aging Brain 12 05 2007 Speech Gene Helps Birds Sing 12 04 2007 You Don't Have to Be Smart to Share 11 28 2007 New York Times profile of Ralph Holloway 11 13 2007 New Ape Fossils Found in Africa 11 02 2007 Obscure Glider Proves to Be Primate's Closest Cousin 10 30 2007 Tibetans Get Their Blood Flowing 10 24 2007 Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human 10 19 2007 Could Neandertals talk 10 18 2007 Mind That Alarm Clock 10 11 2007 Megadrought Put the Squeeze on Our Ancestors 10 06 2007 Something in the Way She Moves 10 03 2007 An Incan Feast Before Death 09 27 2007 New insights into invasive breast cancer 09 20 2007 Speech Gene Gone Batty 09 18 2007 videos of human culture 09 13 2007 The Crop Raiders of Bossou 09 13 2007 Let's Hear It for the First Ears 09 11 2007 Born to Run Long Distance 09 05 2007 Fertile Times for May-December Couples 08 31 2007 Neandertal genome contamination 08 02 2007 Orangutan play gesture charades 07 19 2007 Out of Africa, the sequel 06 25 2007 Louise Leakey on The Archaeology Channel 04 10 2007 Randall White of NYU and the French fish 04 02 2007 Earliest modern human in China 03 28 2007 A Toxic Hand-me-Down 03 27 2007 Marmosets swap genes around 03 22 2007 How the heart can rule the head 03 22 2007 Dinosaur dens 03 18 2007 F. Clark Howell 1925-2007 03 15 2007 Epigenetic memory effects 03 13 2007 Our long human childhood 03 09 2007 Bonobos do better 03 08 2007 Did gorillas give us crabs 03 06 2007 Why do we age 03 03 2007 It pays to be a buddy 02 28 2007 Did humans and chimps split more recently 02 18 2007 Peruvian glaciers melting 02 15 2007 Intelligent design out of Kansas classrooms 02 13 2007 The Chimpanzee Stone Age 02 10 2007 Fighting infectious diseases 02 08 2007 Hominids followed their guts 02 02 2007 How the brain tells time 01 31 2007 Science classes are the best place to debate creationism 01 19 2007 Inside the wandering mind 01 17 2007 Stuck in the present 01 12 2007 When did humans leave Africa 01 10 2007 Searching for other life 01 05 2007 When your brain goes shopping CIVILIZATION'S DISCONTENTS 12 29 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 18 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 09 2007 Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002 12 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 07 2007 Bush loses ground with military families 12 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 06 2007 For Chávez, Reflection and Anger After Defeat 12 05 2007 Evidence Of Innocence Rejected at Guantanamo 12 04 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 12 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 15 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 11 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 06 2007 Democratic Majority Meaningless Once Again 11 05 2007 The persistent confusion between fairness and moral indifference 11 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 11 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 25 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 23 2007 Planet's CO2 Production Surges 10 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 15 2007 Reporter For Post Is Fatally Shot In Baghdad 10 15 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 12 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 08 2007 A Muse Unplugged 10 06 2007 Questions About the India Deal 10 05 2007 Che Day from Marc Cooper 10 04 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 10 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 30 2007 The White House vs. mother's milk 09 28 2007 The Bollinger Ahmadinejad farce 09 28 2007 Gap in Illness Rates Between Rich and Poor New Yorkers Is Widening 09 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 27 2007 Dick Cheney in 1994 on not invading Iraq 09 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 25 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 21 2007 names of the dead New Y ork Times 09 20 2007 names of the dead New Y ork Times 09 19 2007 names of the dead New Y ork Times 09 18 2007 New York Times names of the dead 09 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 12 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 11 2007 Petrae-ified 09 11 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 10 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 09 2007 The myth of al-Qaeda in Iraq 09 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 07 2007 Time to Take a Stand 09 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 06 2007 It's capitalism or a habitable planet 09 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 04 2007 The destruction of Iraqi antiquities 09 03 2007 Snow Job in the Desert 09 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 09 02 2007 Briton Blames Rumsfeld for Situation in Iraq 09 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 31 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 30 2007 Diabetes -- Darwinism in our time 08 29 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 18 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 17 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 12 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 10 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 10 2007 Birds, Ferrets, and Forests Score Conservation Wins 08 09 2007 winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan 08 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 02 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 08 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 31 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 26 2007 Ban those cars 07 25 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 07 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 23 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 23 2007 MLK monument "outsourced" 07 22 2007 Ban cars from Wilshire Blvd. 07 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 19 2007 Iraq hasn't even begun 07 18 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 17 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 11 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 10 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 09 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 07 03 2007 Greed for all things green 06 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 29 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 28 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 28 2007 Is it time to impeach Cheney 06 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 25 2007 Database of journalists' deaths 06 23 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 23 2007 Giuliani and the Iraq Study Group 06 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 20 2007 Bill Boyarsky on immigration 06 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 19 2007 Does more troops mean more trouble 06 18 2007 When the troops come home who supports them 06 18 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 15 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 14 2007 AIDS resources 06 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 12 2007 War takes toll on Iraqi mental health 06 11 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 09 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 04 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 02 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 06 01 2007 Mark Danner on rhetoric, reality, and the Bush administration 05 31 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 30 2007 Wolfowitz for president of Al Qaida 05 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 29 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 28 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 25 2007 Saad Eskander's diary 05 25 2007 Interview with head of Iraq National Library 05 25 2007 George Bush, Al Qaida and Iraq 05 23 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 18 2007 The death of Jerry Falwell 05 17 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 17 2007 How our generals got so mediocre 05 17 2007 Hillary Clinton and Mark Penn the union buster 05 16 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 15 2007 On the death of Andrew Bacevich's son in Iraq 05 15 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 12 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 06 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 05 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 02 2007 Support BBC's Alan Johnston 05 02 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 05 02 2007 Civilian deaths in Afghanistan 04 28 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 27 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 20 2007 Are we all victims of Virginia Tech 04 17 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 14 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 09 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 07 2007 Worse to Come From Global Warming 04 07 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 07 2007 Acne and Western civilization 04 06 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 04 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 04 03 2007 Video sacking of Iraq museum 04 03 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 03 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 28 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 28 2007 Endangered Species Rewrite Underway 03 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 25 2007 From Elizabeth Kucinich 03 25 2007 Democrats do Iraq 03 24 2007 Time out for a joke 03 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 23 2007 Tanya Reinhart 03 23 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 23 2007 Cellphones on airplanes 03 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 20 2007 More wisdom on Afghanistan from Rory Stewart 03 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 17 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 15 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 14 2007 The purse isn't Congress's only weapon 03 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 14 2007 Israel stealing Palestinian land 03 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 09 2007 The death of a witness 03 09 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 09 2007 Four unspeakable truths about Iraq 03 08 2007 Why are some Holocaust archives still closed 03 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 05 2007 How to stop genocide in Iraq 03 03 2007 Realism and Afghanistan 03 02 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 03 01 2007 The Senate's forgotten Iraq choice 03 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 28 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 28 2007 Chris Hedges on Ralph Nader 02 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 21 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 20 2007 Diary of the director of Iraq's national library 02 19 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 17 2007 Food for thought about journalists and their sources 02 14 2007 The lies of Douglas Feith 02 14 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 13 2007 Why Hillary won't apologize for her Iraq vote 02 13 2007 The Explanation Hillary Clinton Owes 02 13 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 13 2007 Iran's meddling in Iraq 02 10 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 02 09 2007 Names of the dead--New York Times 02 08 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 07 2007 To help the Iraqis let them sort it out 02 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 06 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 06 2007 How much is the military budget really 02 04 2007 Iraqi graduate student can't get back into USA 02 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 03 2007 Global warming a human made problem 02 02 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 02 01 2007 Why NATO is failing in Afghanistan 02 01 2007 The death of Molly Ivins 02 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 31 2007 White House disinformation on climate change 01 31 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 30 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 29 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 27 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 27 2007 Baghdad the real story 01 26 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 25 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 24 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 23 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 23 2007 Hillary Clinton the opportunist 01 22 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 20 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 20 2007 Is measles on the run 01 19 2007 Let's kill all the lawyers 01 18 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 17 2007 Why Bush won't close Guantanamo 01 17 2007 Iraq escalation could be catastrophic 01 15 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 14 2007 Words of wisdom on Iraq from the Post's Robert Kaiser 01 13 2007 Round up the lawyers 01 12 2007 The problems with Bush's escalation plan 01 12 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 11 2007 Will the Democrats stand up to Bush's escalation 01 11 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 11 2007 Bush's Iraq escalation 01 10 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 09 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 07 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 05 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 05 2007 Garrison Keillor on George Bush 01 04 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 03 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 03 2007 Execution of Saddam Hussein 01 01 2007 New Year's resolutions 01 01 2007 Names of the Dead - New York Times 01 01 2007 Faces of the dead