News - March 2004

Rock Art Depicting Comanches, Horses Clad in Leather Armor Discovered in Colorado Eureka Alert (3/31/04)

Gorilla Mafia? Groups Ruled by Related Males, Study Says National Geographic News 3/31/04)

Women Look Best Once a Month - A Woman's Face Is Most Alluring at the Height of Her Cycle Nature (3/31/04)

Birds Share 'Language' Gene with Humans Scientific American (3/31/04)

5000 Years of Egypt Christian Science Monitor (3/31/04)

Regardless Of Race, Pain Feels Pretty Much The Same; But Study Confirms Gender Differences Science Daily (3/30/04)

Proven Method of Bone Analysis May Clarify Human Origins Eureka Alert (3/30/04)

Ancient Flints Found on Cairngorms BBC News (3/30/04)

Lowland Gorilla Numbers Plummet BBC News (3/30/04)

• Eastern Lowland Gorilla Numbers Plunge to 5,000, Study Says National Geographic News (3/31/04)

The Short American New Yorker (3/29/04)

Women-Only Language Reemerges Discovery (3/29/04)

Ostrich Beads Indicate Early Symbolic Thought New Scientist (3/27/04)

• East African Artifacts Support Evolution of Symbolic Thinking in Middle Stone Age Eureka Alert (3/31/04)
• Is Bead Find Proof Modern Thought Began in Africa? National Geographic News (3/31/04)
• Artifacts Hint at Early Spurt of Imagination MSNBC (3/31/04)
• Africa Find Shows Culture Dawn Earlier Than Thought Yahoo (3/31/04)

Hundreds of Historic Shipwrecks Threatened Telegraph (3/27/04)

Nelson's Favourite Ship Found at Last Telegraph (3/27/04)

Texan Uses DNA to Reunite Dead Mexican Illegals With Families National Geographic News (3/26/04)

Prehistoric DNA to Help Solve Human-Evolution Mysteries? National Geographic News (3/25/04)

Thai "Ladyboy" Kickboxer Is Gender-Bending Knockout National Geographic News (3/25/04)

Gene Mutation Said Linked to Evolution ABC News (3/24/04)

• Jaw-Dropping Theory of Human Evolution - Did Mankind Trade Chewing Power for a Bigger Brain? Nature (3/25/04)
• Myosin Mutant Points to Human Origins Eureka Alert (3/24/04)
• Early Humans Swapped Bite for Brain New Scientist (3/24/04)
• Scientists- Humans Traded Weaker Jaws for Big Brains CNN (3/24/04)
• Missing Link Found in Gene Mutation? MSNBC (3/24/04)
• Weaker Jaws Were Traded for Big Brains -Study Yahoo (3/24/04)

Prediction Tool Puts Development in Hands of Locals National Geographic News (3/24/04)

The Truth About an Epic Tale of Love, War and Greed Telegraph (3/24/04)

Move to Restore City's 'Lost Castle' BBC News (3/24/04)

Gorilla Study Gives Social Clues BBC News (3/23/04)

New Life for Old Elgin Marbles? BBC News (3/23/04)

World Population Growth 'Falling' BBC News (3/23/04)

Monkey Mischief 'Blesses' Bangladeshis BBC News (3/22/04)

Bones Hint at First use of Fire BBC News (3/22/04)

• The Roast That's 1.5m Years Old Telegraph (3/24/04)

Aztec Temple Is Reborn With Belief in the Sun's Power Independent (3/22/04)

Ice Age Riddle Solved? Discovery (3/22/04)

Egypt Shows Restored Ramses Sarcophagus ABC News (3/22/04)

• Pharaoh’s Sarcophagus Reassembled at Last MSNBC (3/22/04)
• Egypt Shows Restored Ramses Sarcophagus Yahoo (3/22/04)
• Egypt Official Wants Treasure from British Museum Yahoo (3/21/04)

Evolution's Twist Eureka Alert (3/19/04)

• Managing to Eat Meat Took Getting Used To Los Angeles Times (3/20/04)

Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea BBC News (3/19/04)

Primate Virus Spreads to Humans BBC News (3/19/04)

• Bushmeat Seeds New Virus- Wild Primate Virus in African hunters Warns of Next Pandemic Nature (3/19/04)
• New Monkey Virus Jumps to Humans New Scientist (3/19/04)

Glacial Records Depict Ice Age Climate In Synch Worldwide ScienceDaily (3/19/04)

• Glacial Records Depict Ice Age Climate in Synch Worldwide Photos: Photos University of Wisconsin Press Release (3/18/04)

Ancient Indians Made 'Rock Music' BBC News (3/19/04)

Ice Age to Warming - and Back? Christian Science Monitor (3/18/04)

Cultural Diversity Highest in Resource-Rich Areas, Study Says National Geographic News (3/17/04)

Mysteries of Bog Butter Uncovered - Wax Found in Celtic Bogs is the Remains of Ancient Meat and Milk Nature (3/17/04)

Teeth Unravel Anglo-Saxon Legacy BBC News (3/17/04)

Sudden Ice Age Warming Linked to El Niño National Geographic News (3/17/04)

Space Dust to Unlock Mexican Pyramid Secrets Yahoo (3/16/04)

Black Americans Use DNA to Go Back to Their Roots Telegraph (3/15/04)

Early Human Marks Are 'Symbols' BBC News (3/16/04)

A Biological Dig for the Roots of Language New York Times (3/16/04)

Early Man Steered Clear of Neanderthal Romance- No Evidence of Interbreeding Between Primitive Humans Nature (3/16/04)

• No Evidence of Neandertal mtDNA Contribution to Early Modern Humans Public Library of Science - Biology

With Escorts to the Afterlife, Pharaohs Proved Their Power New York Times (3/16/04)

Sex and the Brain- Researchers Say, ’Vive la Différence!’ New York Times (3/16/04)

King Tut Liked Red Wine Eureka (3/15/04)

• King Tut Drank Red Wine, Research Reveals Scientific American (3/22/04)

In Las Vegas, Looting Ring Unravels Washington Post (3/15/04)

Florida Tribe Could Still Survive in Cuba Yahoo (3/14/04)

Great Wall Myth Excised from Textbooks CNN News (3/12/04)

Roman Treasure Found in Pond Dig BBC News (3/11/04)

Historic Tower Wrapped in Jacket BBC News (3/9/04)

Answer Man- Dive, Dive, Dive! Washington Post (3/8/04)

Research Panel Warns Mexico of Threat From Modified Corn New York Times (3/12/04)

Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Irks Science Groups CNN (3/10/04)

Bubonic Plague Traced to Ancient Egypt National Geographic News (3/10/04)

Brain Size Matters for Primates MSNBC (3/10/04)

When the Games Began- Olympic Archaeology New York Times (3/9/04)

Climate- Change Could Come Like Lightning Space Daily (3/9/04)

Could High Altitude Cure Obesity? ABC News (3/8/04)

• Genes Help High-Altitude Dwellers Discovery News (3/10/04)

Early Pre-Human Lacked Sharp Canines BBC News (3/8/04)

Baboons Excel at Assessing Rank and Family, Study Says National Geographic News (3/5/04)

Dozens of Inca Mummies Found in Peru MSNBC (3/5/04)

• Ancient Inca Mummies Discovered BBC News (3/6/04)
• Dozens of Inca Mummies Discovered Buried in Peru National Geographic News (3/11/04)

Billy the Kid’s Lawyers Want Their Client Dug Up MSNBC (3/3/04)

Expert: Iraq Could Rewrite Archaeology Books CNN News (3/5/04)

Another Branch of Human Ancestors Reported New York Times (3/5/04)

• New Branch Of Primitive Humans Reported Space.com (3/5/04)
• Background Information About Ardipithecus kakabba Cleveland Museum of Natural History (3/4/04)
• Press Photos and Video Cleveland Museum of Natural History (3/4/04)
• Ethiopia Fossil May Be From Early Primate ABC News (3/5/04)
• Teeth Reveal Earliest Human Ancestor Discovery (3/5/04)
• Archaeologists in Ethiopia Hope for Older 'Lucy' Yahoo (3/3/04)
• Early Human Ancestor Had Small Teeth Yahoo (3/4/04)
• Fossil Human Teeth Fan Diversity Debate Scientific American (3/5/04)

Fresh Bronze Age Treasure Find BBC News (3/4/04)

Mummy's Return to Egypt Spotlights Smuggling National Geographic News (3/4/04)

Ethiopians 'Rely on Food Imports' BBC News (3/3/04)

Stanford Study Questions Identity of Alleged Romanov Bones Eureka Alert (3/2/04)

America's Lost Colony Can New Dig Solve Mystery National Geographic News (3/2/04)

Talks on Future of Historic Site BBC News (3/2/04)

Dig Unearths Ancient Love Affair BBC News (3/2/04)

Lord of the Rings Inspired by an Ancient Epic National Geographic News (3/1/04)