Archaeologists get a glimpse of life in a Sahara Eden - Los Angeles Times

Archaeologists get a glimpse of life in a Sahara Eden - Los Angeles Times:

A chance discovery by a team of American scientists has led to the
unearthing of a Stone Age cemetery that is providing the first glimpses
of what life was like during the still-mysterious period when monsoons
brought rain to the desert and created the "green Sahara."

The
more than 200 graves that have been explored so far indicate that,
beginning 10,000 years ago, two populations lived on the shores of a
massive lake, separated by a 1,000-year period during which the lake
dried up.

Rebirth of State Capitalism?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/democracy_a_flickering_star.html

Democratic capitalism, it would appear, now has a great new rival -- autocratic capitalism. In Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, nations are beginning to imitate the autocrats of China and Russia, even as some in the 1930s sought to ape fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Mapped : Discovery Channel

Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Mapped : Discovery Channel: "The remarkable feat, which has led to at least three major discoveries about the extinct stocky European individuals, represents a breakthrough for studies on the human family."