Archaeology, Greece: Ancient tablet bears writing, to scientists' surprise - latimes.com

Via Jay Lake Apparently writing was more prevalent in Trojan War Greece than was previously thought. Cool, they also had advanced plumbing!

Archaeologists have found a clay tablet bearing the earliest known writing in Europe, a 3,350-year-old specimen, which makes it at least 150 years older than other known tablets from the region.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-ancient-tablet-20110402,0,6337523.story

Pre-Clovis artifacts: Artifacts found in Texas upend theory on first North Americans - latimes.com

Via Jay Lake more proof that there are no absolutes in history or archaeology.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-first-americans-20110326,0,7839145.story