Monday, May 08, 2006

Catching Up With Posts At National Geographic

Henry VIII's Lost Chapel Discovered Under Parking Lot

Tough Times Spur Miscarriages of Boys, Study Suggests

Meteorite Impact Reformulated Earth's Crust, Study Shows

Prehistoric Graves Reveal Americas' First Baby Boom

A new study of prehistoric cemeteries in North America is adding weight to the theory that the development of agriculture helped fuel baby booms around the world.

Back-Breeding Could Restore Chestnut Trees Ravaged by Blight

Did Early Humans First Arise in Asia, Not Africa?

"War on Christmas" Charge Echoes Past Debates, Expert Says

...Christmas coincides with historical pagan festivals in Rome tied to celebrating the winter solstice.

When the Roman Emperor Constantine converted his entire empire to Christianity in A.D. 337, nobody wanted to give up the solstice celebrations, Bryant says.

"So they came up with idea, Well, why don't we celebrate Christ's birthday?" he said.


World's Oldest Rocks Suggest Early Earth Was Habitable