Every week David Meadows, aka The Rogue Classicist, 
assembles links to every archaeology-related story that he comes across for his Explorator mailing list, sorting them into:
- Early Humans
- Africa
- Ancient Near East and Egypt [This is where the Jews are… and the Romans, sometimes]
- Ancient Greece and Rome (and Classics) [This is where the Romans are… and the Jews, sometimes]
- Europe and the UK (+ Ireland) [Note: don’t ask me why he calls it that…]
- Asia and the South Pacific
- North America
- Central and South America
- Other Items of Interest
- Touristy Things
- Blogs
- Audio/Video News
- Crime Beat
- Numismatica
- Exhibitions, Auctions and Museum-Related
- Performances and Theatre-Related [yes, David’s Canadian, if you’re wondering about the spelling]
- Obituaries
- Podcasts
In a good week, a single section may look like this:
EARLY HUMANS
Using ‘foodprints’ to determine the diet of early humans:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-hominin-diet-20111022,0,7613706.story
Pondering the short legs of Neanderthals:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-mysteries-short-legged-neandertals.html
http://www.livescience.com/16623-neanderthal-short-legs.html
We can apparently blame backbone fractures on evolution:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/cwru-bbf101911.php
On the evolutionary roots of ‘culture’ in humans and apes:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-culture-humans-apes-evolutionary-roots.html
A Neanderthal find from the Netherlands … so far the coverage is only in Dutch:
http://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/2643248/werktuigen-neanderthalers-gevonden-in-limburg.html
http://www.blikopnieuws.nl/bericht/135825/Honderdduizend_jaar_oude_werktuigen_Neanderthaler_gevonden.html
http://www.limburger.nl/article/20111017/REGIONIEUWS06/111019666/1021
http://www.wetenschap24.nl/nieuws/artikelen/2011/oktober/Gereedschappen-Neanderthalers-ontdekt-in-Limburg.html
http://www.hartvannederland.nl/nederland/limburg/2011/bijzondere-archeologische-vondst/
Feature on figuring out where the various ‘ape men’ fit on the family tree:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2011/10/how-africa-became-the-cradle-of-humankind/
… and the mutation which may have led to the genus homo:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/science/article_cf0b51dc-531b-5a9a-9ef1-b2cb9fbeb21a.html
More on the blades (and their implications) found in that Qesem Cave ‘production line’:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-archaeologists-blade-production-earlier-thought.html
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