Photos, News: Best/Worst Islands, Headless Skeletons, #1 Wallpaper, More

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November 2007 We've gone island-hopping and globe-trotting this month to unearth the best stories for you. In This Edition • Photos: Best/Worst Islands • #1 Wallpaper: National Parks • Headless Skeletons Found • Giant Snails Overrun Brazil Photo of the Day See Photo Download Wallpaper
Quiz: Is Yosemite the world's oldest national park? (See bottom.) Photos: Best and Worst Islands Rated See pictures of the world's most pristine—and most imperiled—island destinations, the results of a survey led by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER'S Center for Sustainable Destinations. Puerto Rico Settlement Found A new and potentially major site thought to belong to the Taino culture is stirring excitement—and controversy—among archaeologists. Most Wanted Wallpaper See Full Photo. Visit America's majestic national parks with this month's best wallpaper. Riviera Nayarit Design your perfect vacation and take it for free. Win a free vacation you design! News by National Geographic: Daily Stories and Photos Headless Skeletons Discovered Archaeologists in the island nation of Vanuatu have found a skull in a jar and 60 headless skeletons—one of them with three skulls arrayed across its rib cage. Giant Alien Snails Overrun Brazil The invasive giant African snail, originally imported to Brazil as a delicacy, has instead left a trail of disease and environmental damage. Map of the Month "Death Maps" Show Global Mortality From AIDS to cancer to suicide, see which causes of death hit hardest in which parts of the world using a unique new series of maps. Photo Quiz See Photo for Answer. Legend has it that these red-brown volcanic stones were dropped from the sky by gods tending their gardens. So where are these stones? • Utah • Hawaii • Colorado More to Explore NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE Magazine Best Travel Outfitters Rated Planning the trip of a lifetime? Check out the first authoritative rating of adventure travel tour operators in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE magazine. National Geographic Expeditions NEW: Win a National Geographic Expedition Test your land-exploration knowledge and enter to win an adventure led by National Geographic experts to Belize, Alaska, or the Galápagos.	Best Price Online Subscribe to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine online and get our best price.
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Quiz Answer: No. Yellowstone, designated in 1872, is the world's oldest national park. Correction: In last month's edition of the Places to Explore newsletter, we asked: "Who was the first human in space?" Our answer: "In 1961—four years after Sputnik 1 launched the global space race—Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to leave Earth's orbit, making a 108-minute flight aboard a Vostok 1 spacecraft." In fact the crew of Apollo 8 was the first to leave Earth's orbit.
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