News - January 2004

Incan Counting System Decoded? Discovery (1/29/04)

Centuries-Old Murals Revealed in Mission Dolores San Francisco Gate (1/29/04)

Fossil Jaw Grows Orangutan Family Tree, Scientists Say National Geographic News (1/28/04)

Neanderthal Extinction Pieced Together Discovery (1/27/04)

Skull Details Suggest Neanderthals Were Not Humans New York Times (1/27/04)

• Findings: Neanderthal Probably Not An Ancestor of Man Today Washington Post (1/27/04)
• New Study Shows Neanderthals Were Not Our Ancestors Science Daily (1/27/04)
• Study- Neanderthals Unlikely an Ancestor ABC News (1/27/04)
• Were Neanderthals a Species Apart? MSNBC (1/27/04)
• Study- That Neanderthal Was Not Your Grandfather CNN (1/26/04)

In Yemen, Fighting Illiteracy Through Poetry National Geographic News (1/27/04)

Africa's Mountain Gorillas Rebound, Says New Census National Geographic News (1/27/04)

• Census Finds Mountain Gorillas Increasing Science Daily (1/19/04)

Scientists Explore Lakefront Property, in the Sahara New York Times (1/27/04)

Earliest Evidence of Humans Affecting Aquatic Ecology in Canada, United States Eureka Alert (1/26/04)

Pollen Traces Shipwrecks' Roots - Plants Give Boats a Biological Birth Certificate Nature (1/26/04)

Primates Swapped Smell for Sight Discovery (1/24/04)

• Primates Trade Smell For Sight Science Daily (1/20/04)

Park Rangers Take on Relic Hunters MSNBC (1/23/04)

• National Parks Take on Relic Hunters Yahoo (1/23/04)

University Of Florida Research Adds To Evidence That Unborn Children Hear 'Melody' Of Speech Science Daily (1/23/04)

If Poor Get Richer, Does World See Progress? Christian Science Monitor (1/22/04)

Europe's Ancient "Magic" Plants- New Drug Sources? National Geographic News (1/21/04)

DNA Results Could ID Columbus Discovery (1/21/04)

Human Migration Tracked In Stanford Computer Simulation Science Daily (1/21/04)

Big Chill Killed Off the Neanderthals New Scientist (1/21/04)

• Neanderthal Extinction Pieced Together Discovery (1/27/04)

Monkeys 'Grasp Basic Grammar' BBC News (1/21/04)

• Monkeys Deaf to Complex Communication, Study Says National Geographic News (1/22/04)

Complete Mammoth Skull Unearthed BBC News (1/20/04)

Team to Study Alaskan Ghost Village Yahoo (1/20/04)

Bid to Find Lost Persian Armada BBC News (1/19/04)

Historic Finds Halt £2.4m Road BBC News (1/19/04)

Bodies of Evidence [Review of Death's Acre by Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson] Washington Post (1/18/04)

Organ Shortage Fuels Illicit Trade in Human Parts National Geographic News (1/16/04)

Rescue for Medieval Salt Ship BBC News (1/16/04)

Study Explains Why Humans Feel Disgust Discovery (1/16/04)

Study Shines Light on Key Language Step Scientific American (1/16/04)

• How Humans Got the Gift of Gab MSNBC (1/15/04)

Ebola Spreads from Animals to Hunters - Future Outbreaks May Be Hard to Predict, Tests Suggest Nature (1/16/04)

Ancient Port Found Below Naples Discovery (1/15/04)

Monkey Morality - Sharing Might Not Be as Nice as It's Cracked Up to Be Nature (1/14/04)

Gene 'Helped Create Human Brain' BBC News (1/14/04)

• Gene May Be Key To Evolution Of Larger Human Brain Science Daily (1/13/04)

Skeleton Keys: Iron Age Diets Independent (1/14/04)

Ancient DNA Mutations Permitted Humans To Adapt To Colder Climates, Researchers Find Science Daily (1/12/04)

Ancient Tools Unearthed in Siberian Arctic National Geographic News (1/14/04)

Mummified Lion Unearthed in Egypt BBC News (1/14/04)

• First Lion Mummy Found in Tomb Near King Tut CNN (1/14/04)
• Discovery Shows Sacred Status of Egyptian Lion New York Times (1/20/04)
• Evidence Found of Egyptian Lion Worship Discovery (1/14/04)
• Egyptian Lion Mummy Found in Ancient Tomb National Geographic News (1/14/04)

Titanic Menu Reveals Last Lunch Discovery (1/13/04)

Unique Bolivia Park Begun by Indigenous People National Geographic News (1/13/04)

Unearthing the Past - French Peat Bog Reveals Thousands of Years of Mining Pollution Nature (1/13/04)

Ancient Roman Building Methods Revealed Discovery (1/13/04)

Archaeologists Play Key Role in Iraq BBC News (1/8/04)

When Archaeology Gets Bent BBC News (1/8/04)

'Historic Find' Is Old Garden Patio BBC News (1/8/04)

Snails Led to Pottery's Invention? Discovery (1/8/04)

Florence's Medicis To Be Exhumed Discovery (1/8/04)

Iron Age Find at Business Park BBC News (1/6/04)

Man in Siberia Earlier Than Thought CNN (1/1/04)

• Traces of Ancient Hunters Found in Siberia MSNBC (1/1/04)
• 'New World' Link to Arctic Find BBC News (1/2/04)
• Ancient Site Hints at First US Settlers New Scientist (1/2/04)
• Siberian Arctic Colonised 30,000 Years Ago Guardian (1/2/04)
• Siberian Find May Give New Insight on Trek to Americas Los Angeles Times (1/3/04)