AS: Earliest Chocolate in North America!

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In today’s top three headlines we examine a find of early chocolate, the coming of the modern mind and the state of scientific literacy in the US and beyond:

1) Earliest evidence of chocolate in North America:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/01/earliest-evidence-of-chocolate-i.html?ref=hp

2) Ice Age Art: Arrival of the modern mind:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ice_age_art.aspx

3) Neanderthal cloning chatter highlights scientific illiteracy:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-usa-neanderthal-cloning-idUSBRE90N05720130124?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FscienceNews+%28Reuters+Science+News%29

New Study sheds light on the origin of the European Jewish population:

New study sheds light on the origin of the European Jewish population

Historic Twywell cottages to be rebuilt following a bulldozing error:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-21162836

Why archaeology needs Game Developers and other Nerds:

Why archaeology needs Game Developers and Other Nerds*

Shakespeare and Martin Luther King demonstrate potential of DNA storage:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/23/shakespeare-sonnets-encoded-dna

A French-Peruvian-Spanish team discovers a chamber in Machu Picchu:

A French-Peruvian-Spanish Team Discovers a Chamber in Machu Picchu

Greenland ice cores provide vision of the future:

Greenland ice cores provide vision of the future

 

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