Well, at least there is no hockey stick here. SC, here is a possible item for your GGG ping list, comparing life span of modern humans and neanderthals:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/science/11obneanderthal.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fscience%2Findex.jsonp
