http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12300228

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/humans-may-have-left-africa-for-eurasia-earlier-than-believed/?hpt=C2&hpt=C2

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6016/387.short

Modern humans may have emerged from Africa up to 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, a study suggests. Researchers have uncovered stone tools in the Arabian peninsula that they say were made by modern humans about 125,000 years ago.

Seyward Darby of The New Republic argues that the media should focus more on shaming poor education policies rather than the teachers who must follow them.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/21/133107417/the-new-republic-media-dont-publish-teacher-data

Tribal history comes alive in state classrooms

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/03/1493106/tribal-history-comes-alive-in.html
Washington among states that require lessons on Indian events, culture

Scientists aim to bring mammoth back to life

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/T110108003296.htm
"A team of researchers will attempt to resurrect the species using cloning technologies after obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian mammoth research laboratory."

Oldest Winery Unearthed in Armenian Cave dates to more than 6,000 years ago

http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/winery-oldest-armenia-110111.html

Ancient Farmers Swiftly Spread Westward

http://news.discovery.com/history/agriculture-ancient-farmers-110110.html

Sophisticated farming methods traveled quickly from the Middle East into Europe around 8,000 years ago.

Five myths about why the South seceded

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010703178.html?sid=ST2011010703601

Cherokee, Apple partner to put language on iPhones

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/Cherokee-Apple-partner-to-put-language-on-iPhones-113080244.html