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Another Way of Death, 7000 B.C. edition?

Another article on death send in by Sandy: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/9000-year-old-skull-beheading_5603f9dbe4b08820d91bbe90

Alaska's new ancient giant

This is an article (emailed to me by Mary) that first appeared on CBS and then in yesterdays' LA Times on the recently discovered dinosaur that roamed in a slightly warmer Artic.  Click on the two links below to view the related articles: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-dinosaur-species-may-have-left-tracks-in-the-snow http://fw.to/QaRqhCV

Unwrapping the Mummies

Click on the link below to view and read the article Unwrapping the Mummies that appeared in tdday's Art section of the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-mummies-natural-history-20150920-story.html

LA Times article on California Missions

I came upon this article when I began to load the Sep 20, 2015 LAT article on the new Mummies Exhibit.  Click on the California Missions article below: California Missions   or http://www.latimes.com/travel/california/missions/

New member of the early human lineage

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New member of the early human lineage sent in by Mary.  Open either link below to review NY Times article: Sent by coolmdr@ca.rr.com: Homo Naledi, New Species in Human Lineage, Is Found in South African Cave By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD A cave in South Africa yielded the discovery of a previously unidentified member of the early human lineage รข€” Homo naledi, a hominin species who seem to have buried their dead. Or, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/1MdsDUC Here are some more images of Homo Naledi:

September 8, 2015 Potluck Celebration

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Good company, great speakers and food signified the most recent get together of the Docent Roundtable as evidenced by the following pictures: \