Out of Africa? Data fail to support language origin in Africa

[Physorg]  Last year, a report claiming to support the idea that the origin of language can be traced to West Africa appeared in Science. The article caused quite a stir. Now linguist Michael Cysouw from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich has challenged its conclusions, in a commentary just published in Science.

Stunning face hidden for thousands of years

[Daily Mail] Encased in soil, an extraordinarily delicate face emerges into the sun for the first time in thousands of years.The wooden sarcophagus was unearthed by archaeologists at the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, Egypt.

Sardinia's lost warriors rise from the dust

[The Independent]  An elite force of  prehistoric warriors – carved from solid rock in the western Mediterranean 2700 years ago – is rising from oblivion.

Major Aztec Discovery in Mexico

[Fox News] A total of 23 pre-Columbian stone plaques dating back approximately 550 years, with carvings illustrating such Aztec myths as the birth of the god of war Huitzilopochtli, were discovered by archaeologists in front of the Great Temple of Tinochtitlan in downtown Mexico City.