News - September 2003

Wild Orangutans Extinct by 2023 National Geographic News (9/30/03)

• Report: Logging Endangers Orangutan Discovery (9/30/03)
• Study: Orangutans May Die Out in 20 Years CNN News (9/30/03)

First Dingo 'Was Indonesian Pet' BBC News (9/30/03)

• Wild Dingoes Descended from Domestic Dogs New Scientist (9/29/03)

Roman Souvenir of Wall Found BBC News (9/30/03)

DNA Sleuths Study Border Tragedies MSNBC (9/30/03)

On the Antiquity of Pots: New Method Developed for Dating Archaeological Pottery Eureka Alert (9/28/03)

Early Andean Cultures Part of Intensive Silver Industry Eureka Alert (9/26/03)

• Bolivia Silver Mines May Predate Inca, Experts Say National Geographic News (9/25/03)
• Study: Andes Mining Began 1,000 Years Ago CNN (9/28/03)
• Lake Reveals Evidence of Pre-Incan Silver Industry Scientific American (9/26/03)

Leakey Foundation Celebrates 100 Years of Human Origins Discovery Eureka Alert (9/25/03)

In Egypt, Archaeologists Fly Kites to Detect Ancient Sites National Geographic News (9/24/03)

Why Did Ancient Britons Stop Eating Fish? National Geographic News (9/24/03)

• Stone Age Man Dumped Fish for Meat CNN (9/24/03)

Bones from French Cave Show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon Hunted Same Prey Eureka Alert (9/23/03)

• Neanderthal Hunters Rivaled Human Skills New Scientist (9/23/03)

Earliest European Modern Humans Found Eureka Alert (9/22/03)

• Big Teeth in Ancient Jaw Offer Clues About Our Ancestors New York Times (9/30/03)
• Jawbone Hints at Europe's Earliest Modern Humans Scientific American (9/23/03)
• 'Oldest' Fossil from Modern Man Unearthed in Romania CNN (9/23/03)

Amazon Was Settled Before Columbus' Time: Excavations and Maps Confirm Forest Housed Advanced Society Nature (9/19/03)

• Evidence of Ancient Towns Found in Amazon Basin National Geographic News (9/25/03)
• 'Pristine' Amazon Boasted Large Cities CNN (9/20/03)

Monkeys Strike for Justice Capuchin Umbrage Suggests Sense of Fairness Extends Beyond Humans Nature (9/18/03)

• Fair Is Fair, Even to Monkeys CNN (9/17/03)
• Unequal Pay Makes Monkeys Go Ape Discovery (9/17/03)
• Monkey Business Is Fair Play Scientific American (9/18/03)

Michelangelo's 'David' Gets A Bath Discovery (9/18/03)

The Perils of Keeping Monkeys as Pets National Geographic News (9/16/03)

We Got Rhythm; the Mystery Is How and Why New York Times (9/16/03)

Peyote's Hallucinations Spawn Real-Life Academic Feud New York Times (9/16/03)

This Mummy Has Four Feet, Few Bones and a New Home Eureka Alert (9/15/03)

Greeks 'Borrowed Egyptian Numbers' BBC News (9/15/03)

Early Villages Hold the Key to War New Scientist (9/15/03)

• Study: Wars Evolved From Villages Discovery (9/16/03)
• It Takes a Village to Make a War MSNBC (9/15/03)

Scientists Explore Columbus Mystery MSNBC (9/15/03)

Canadian Indians Challenge Fish Farms in Court New York Times (9/14/03)

Ancient Inca Road in Desperate Need of Protection Eureka Alert (9/13/03)

Supermarket Molluscs Reveal Roman Secret BBC News (9/12/03)

Egypt Fights Toxins in ‘Cursed’ Tombs MSNBC (9/12/03)

Case Reopens on Black Death Cause New Scientist (9/11/03)

Undersea Stone Age Site Found BBC News (9/11/03)

Baboon Dads Defend Offspring in Fights Nature (9/11/03)

Texas Mulls How Biology Should Be Taught Yahoo (9/11/03)

• Emotions Rage at Book Hearing San Antonio Express News (9/10/03)
• Debate Over Biology Textbooks Austin News 8 (9/10/03)
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Researchers to Develop Digital Library for Archaeology Eureka Alert (9/10/03)

Archaeological Find Provides Insight Into Northeast 9,000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (9/10/03)

Artifacts Reveal Ancient Childhood Discovery (9/10/03)

• Antiquities Exhibit Explores Childhood in Ancient Greece National Geographic News (9/12/03)

Radio-dating Authenticates Biblical Tunnel New Scientist (9/10/03)

• Science Supports Biblical Tunnel Discovery (9/11/03)
• Dating of King Hezekiah's Tunnel Verified by Scientists Eureka Alert (9/10/03)
• Jerusalem Tunnel Linked to Bible National Geographic News (9/11/03)
• Radio-dating Backs Up Biblical Text Nature (9/11/03)

Possible Viking Boat Found in Norway CNN (9/10/03)

Floods Damage Ancient Timbuktu BBC News (9/9/03)

Hopes for Sustainable Bush Meat Hunting New Scientist (9/9/03)

Archaeologists Find Indian Massacre Site Yahoo (9/8/03)

Accents Have Advantages Nature (9/8/03)

Lion Man Takes Pride of Place as Oldest Statue: 30,000-Year-Old Carving Might Be Work of Neanderthals or Modern Humans Nature (9/4/03)

Ancient Boat Found Buried in Mud BBC News (9/4/03)

Handedness Equals Hairstyle: One Gene Might Control Both - and Explain the Divided Brain Nature (9/4/03)

Who Were The First Americans? National Geographic News (9/3/03)

• Fossils Suggest Complex Colonization Discovery (9/4/03)
• Narrow Skulls Clue to First Americans New Scientist (9/4/03)
• Skull Study Complicates Origins of First Americans Scientific American (9/4/03)

Workshop Designed to Give 'Sleeping' Indian Languages a Breath of Life Eureka Alert (9/3/03)

Pygmies' Bushmeat Trade Woe BBC (9/2/03)

Fossil Fungus Reveals Human Invasion New Scientist (9/1/03)