Hardly week goes by without a major archaeological discovery or the publication of a radical new theory about the human past. Reducing a year's worth of these stories to the 10 most important was a tall order, especially since our intent was to go beyond the headlines and select those we thought made a significant impact on the field--ones that will be talked about for decades.
With that in mind, here are our picks for the 2007's most important finds...
Of course, we couldn't agree on our own top ten, and many of us lobbied for stories that didn't make the final cut. So, we have added here nine of 2007's other most important finds...
What did we leave out? What would you have picked as the year's most important find, whether it's something we picked or something we missed, rounding out the year's 20 most important discoveries?
Post your suggestions on our bulletin board and see what other readers think.
