News - April 2004

Can You Hear Me Now? 'Belly Talk' Popular in US Eureka Alert (4/30/04)

Work and Rites Down the Mines of Potosi, Bolivia Eureka Alert (4/30/04)

Congo's WarKilling Gorillas CNN (4/30/04)

Early Human Fire Mastery Revealed BBC News (4/29/04)

• Humans Kindled Fire at Ancient Site CNN (4/30/04)
• World's Earliest BBQ Identified Discovery (4/30/04)

University of Chicago Returns Ancient Persian Tablets Loaned by Iran Eureka Alert (4/28/04)

• Experts Back in Modern Iran to Again Study Ancient Persia New York Times (4/29/04)
• University Returning Ancient Tablets to Iran CNN (4/30/04)
• University of Chicago Returns Tablets to Iran MSNBC (4/30/04)

Study- Neanderthals Grew Up Faster Fox News (4/29/04)

• Correction- Neanderthal-Maturity Story Miami Herald (4/30/04)
• Neanderthals Were 'Adults by 15' BBC News (4/28/04)
• Neandertals Were Fully Developed by Age 15, Experts Say National Geographic News (4/28/04)
• A Neanderthal Theory to Sink Your Teeth Into USA Today (4/28/04)
• Neanderthals Grew Up Fast, Says Scientist Tallahassee Democrat (4/29/04)
• Neanderthals Matured Faster Than Early Humans New Scientist (4/28/04)
• Scientists Say Neanderthals Grew Up Faster Than We Do MSNBC (4/28/04)

Habitat for Congolese Gorillas Decimated ABC News (4/28/04)

• Habitat for Congolese Gorillas Decimated MSNBC (4/28/04)

Women Marry Men Who Look Like Dad New Scientist (4/28/04)

Language 'Center' Of Brain Shifts With Age ScienceDaily (4/28/04)

Computer Helps Map Ancient Rome BBC News (4/28/04)

University of Chicago Returns Ancient Persian Tablets Loaned by Iran Eureka Alert (4/28/04)

Egyptologists Find 50 Mummies in Shafts CNN (4/27/04)

• Egyptologists Find Maze with 50 Mummies MSNBC (4/26/04)
• Underground Maze Crammed with Mummies New Scientist (4/27/04)

The African Foundations of New York BBC News (4/26/04)

Was Hunley the Victim of a Mighty Wind? Washington Post (4/26/04)

Women Remember Appearances Better Than Men, Study Finds Ohio State University (4/26/04)

Expedition Will Seek to Find Noah's Ark ABC News (4/26/04)

• Noah's Ark Quest Heads for Turkey BBC News (4/27/04)
• Noah's Ark Found? Turkey Expedition Planned for Summer National Geographic News (4/27/04)
• Explorers Plan Quest in Search of Noah's Ark MSNBC (4/27/04)

Hunt for Atlantis Leads Researcher to Cyprus Yahoo (4/26/04)

Ancient, Buried Roman Villas Resurrected Yahoo (4/26/04)

Swelled Heads New York Times Magazine (4/25/04)

A 'Bone Woman' Chronicles the World's Massacres New York Times (4/24/04)

Empathy May Not Be Uniquely Human Quality New Scientist (4/24/04)

'Forgotten' Head-Dresses Shed Light on Mesopotamian Death Rites Independent (4/24/04)

Researchers Discover Mayan Monuments ABC News (4/23/04)

• Uncovered Mayan Ruins Depict Ancient Games CNN (4/23/04)
• Archaeologists Uncover Maya "Masterpiece" in Guatemala National Geographic News (4/23/04)
• Artifact Gives Glimpse of Maya Kings Los Angeles Times (4/24/04)
• Ancient Mayan Altar Depicts King Playing the Beautiful Game [Video] BBC News (4/25/04)

Ancient Hilltop Fort Unearthed BBC (4/23/04)

"Faith Keeper" Guards Native American Songs, Knowledge National Geographic News (4/22/04)

Brian Rose- Raider of the Lost Art(ifacts) University of Cincinnati (4/22/04)

• A Test on Troy- What’s Real vs. What’s Reel University of Cincinnati (4/22/04)

First 'Royal' Corgi Bones Found BBC (4/21/04)

• First 'Royal' Corgi Bones Found [video] BBC (4/22/04)
• Ninth Century Bones May Be of First Royal Corgi MSNBC (4/21/04)

Chimp Youngsters a Lot Like Humans CNN (4/21/04)

Part of Ancient Necklace Believed Found Yahoo (4/21/04)

Bumper Compendium of Human Genes Released New Scientist (4/20/04)

• Database Lists Human Genes- International Effort Creates Resource for Geneticists Nature (4/20/04)

Court Sticks to Its Ruling on ‘Kennewick Man’ MSNBC (4/20/04)

• Scientists Win New Battle Over Skeleton Yahoo (4/20/04)
• Federal Appeals Court Refuses New Kennewick Man Hearing Oregonian (4/20/04)
• Tri-City Herald's Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center

Rock Art Hints at Whaling Origins BBC News (4/20/04)

Ancient Egyptian Love Poems Reveal a Lust for Life National Geographic News (4/20/04)

Uzbekistan's Best Kept Secret BBC News (4/18/04)

Skull Found in Oregon May Date to 1600s Yahoo (4/17/04)

Local Taboos Could Save the Seas New Scientist (4/17/04)

Girls Have Been Faster Learners for Six Million Years, Chimpanzee Study Shows Independent (4/15/04)

• Girl Chimps Learn Faster Than Boys- Daughters Pick Up Their Mother's Skills, While Sons Play Rough and Tumble Nature (4/15/04)

Cave Yields 'Earliest Jewelry' BBC (4/15/04)

• Shell Beads from South African Cave Show Modern Human Behavior 75,000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (4/15/04)
• Oldest Jewelry? "Beads" Discovered in African Cave National Geographic News (4/15/04)
• First Jewelry Marks Civilization Discovery (4/16/04)
• Ancient Shell Jewelry Hints at Language New Scientist (4/16/04)
• Ancient Jewelry Found in African Cave- Shell Beads Point to Stone Age Sophistication Nature (4/16/04)

Physical Beauty Involves More Than Good Looks U of Wisconsin (4/15/04)

Civil War Soldiers Are Laid to Rest ABC News (4/15/04)

• 'Last Funeral' of Civil War Honors Submarine Crew CNN (4/17/04)
• "Last Funeral of the Civil War" to Put Hunley Crew to Rest National Geographic News (4/16/04)
• Hunley Findings Put Faces on Civil War Submarine Crew National Geographic News (4/12/04)
• Civil War Casualties Finally Laid to Rest CNN (4/11/04)

Explorer Ballard to Return to Titanic to Assess State of the Wreck Eureka Alert (4/15/04)

• Return to Titanic Mission to Document Wreck's Destruction National Geographic News (4/23/04)
• Titanic Task- To Save Deep-Sea Wrecks Christian Science Monitor (4/22/04)
• Can Titanic Predict Fate of Other Wrecks? ABC News (4/26/04)

Miner Deaths Prompt Brazil Probe BBC News (4/14/04)

• Indians Kill Illegal Prospectors in Amazon CNN (4/17/04)
• Bodies of Brazilian Miners Found BBC News (4/18/04)
• Prospectors' Bodies Retrieved in Amazon MSNBC (4/19/04)
• Brazilian Indians Kill 41 Miners in Amazon Dispute Bloombert (4/19/04)
• Lured by Diamonds, 41 Die in Amazon Massacre Salt Lake Tribune (4/20/04)
• Chief Says Indians Killed 29 Prospectors Houston Chronicle (4/21/04)
• Indians Massacre Miners in Brazil Globe and Mail (4/21/04)
• Brazilian Indians Continue to Hold Miners Hostage, Folha Says Bloomberg (4/24/04)

Himalaya Honey Hunters Cling to Cliffside Tradition National Geographic News (4/14/04)

Scientists Find Another Face on Reverse Side of Turin Shroud Independent (4/13/04)

• Wrapped in the Shroud BBC News (4/14/04)
• Turin Shroud 'Shows Second Face' BBC News (4/13/04)

Old Mound May Lead to New Ideas About People 5,000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (4/13/04)

Divided Lion Takes Pride of Place BBC News (4/13/04)

Italian Skeletons Reveal Disease Discovery (4/12/04)

New Method for Determining Age of Artifacts Fills Chronological Gap for Scientists University of California at Irvine (4/12/04)

Ethiopia to Exhibit 'Lucy' Fossil in United States Yahoo (4/12/04)

Celts Have Been a Breed Apart for 10,000 Years Independent (4/12/04)

New Findings Put Faces on Civil War Sub Crew National Geographic News (4/11/04)

Did Sacagawea Have a Miscarriage? MSNBC (4/10/04)

Jesus' Shroud? Recent Findings Renew Authenticity Debate National Geographic News (4/9/04)

• Turin Shroud Back Side Shows Face Discovery (4/11/04)

Monkeying Around on Company Time BBC News (4/9/04)

French Seize Niger Artefacts BBC News (4/9/04)

Dig Discovery Is Oldest 'Pet Cat' BBC News (4/8/04)

• Oldest Known Evidence of Cat Taming Found in Cyprus Eureka Alert (4/8/04)
• Oldest Known Pet Cat? 9,500-Year-Old Burial Found on Cyprus National Geographic News (4/8/04)
• Ancient Burial Points to Cat-Human Link MSNBC (4/8/04)
• Ancient Remains Could Be Oldest Pet Cat Discovery (4/8/04)
• Ancient Body's Buddy- An Early House Cat? New York Times (4/9/04)
• Oldest Known Pet Cat Found Discovery (4/9/04)
• Burial Find Doubles Age of Human Bond with Fluffy Scientific American (4/9/04)
• Scientists Find Oldest Domesticated Cat ABC News (4/9/04)
• Ancient Burial Looks Like Human and Pet Cat CNN (4/9/04)

Chimps, Humans Use Different Genes Discovery (4/8/04)

World Heritage Also Under Assault in Iraq MSNBC (4/8/04)

Amazon Deforestation Continued in 2003 CNN (4/7/04)

• Amazon Shrinkage Alarms Activists BBC News (4/8/04)
• Destruction of Amazonian Rainforest Slows Discovery (4/8/04)

Rwanda, Ten Years Later- Justice Is Elusive, Despite Peace National Geographic News (4/6/04)

African Slaves' Plant Knowledge Vanishing in Brazil National Geographic News (4/6/04)

Paleontologists Use Computer to "Morph" Deformed Fossils Back to Their Original Shapes University at Buffalo (4/6/04)

Georgia Evolution Debate Goes to Trial MSNBC (4/6/04)

Ancient Tombs and Shrines Faced Sun and Stars Space.com (4/5/04)

Astronomy Study Reveals Ancient Places of Healing New Scientist (4/4/04)

The Treasure Hunter Boston Globe (4/4/04)

Unique Full-Frontal Portrait Reveals Pharaoh's Face New Scientist (4/2/04)

• First Frontal Portrait of Pharaoh Found in Egypt CNN (4/1/04)
• First Frontal Portrait of Pharaoh Found MSNBC (4/1/04)

Indian Teens Have World's Highest Suicide Rate New Scientist (4/2/04)

Ancient Builders Followed Stars BBC News (4/2/04)

Puzzle of Corn's Origins Coming Together Eureka Alert (4/2/04)

Stop Earthquakes, Bury Mummy, Say Residents in Russia's Siberia Yahoo (4/1/04)

Towering Mysteries Smithsonian Magazine (4/1/04)

Rich, Vibrant Community Life of Rural Maya Described by Boston University Archaeologist Boston University (4/1/04)