News - May 2004

Archaeologists Dig Up World War II Plane  Yahoo (5/31/04)

Archaeologists Raise Eyebrows Over Sea Treasures Angola Press (5/29/04)

'If You Like, This Is Where Greek History Starts' Guardian (5/29/04)

Two Linked by History Likely United in Death Times Union (5/29/04)

Out of Africa? Americans Search for Ancestry CNN (5/28/04)

First, Do No Farm [Review of Against the Grain by Richard Manning] Grist (5/27/04)

Microbes Found in Mayan Ruins May Deteriorate Stone from Inside Out Eureka Alert (5/27/04)

Jewish Artifacts Remain in Limbo in Iraq Yahoo (5/27/04)

Limestone Art Treasures Radio Netherlands (5/26/04)

Small Changes Separate Man from Ape CNN (5/26/04)

• Scientists Decode Chimp Chromosome Discovery (5/27/04)
• Chimp Chromosome Creates Puzzles - First Sequence Is Unexpectedly Different from Human Equivalent Nature (5/27/04)
• Chromosomes Reveal Surprise Human-Chimp Differences New Scientist (5/26/04)
• Human, Chimp DNA Changes Mapped MSNBC (5/26/04)

Despite Traditions and Bloodlines, Government Says Some Tribes Don't Exist Environmental News Network (5/25/04)

Bone Woman Details Scientist's Work Canada.com (5/25/04)

Keeping Up with the Empire Radio Netherlands (5/24/04)

Wi-Fi Lifeline for Nepal's Farmers BBC (5/25/04)

"Possessed" Himalayan Oracles Said to Suck Disease From Patients National Geographic News (5/21/04)

Culture Clash in the South Seas BBC News (5/20/04)

Kano - Nigeria's Ancient City-State BBC News (5/20/04)

Dog DNA Study Yields Clues to Origins of Breeds National Geographic News (5/20/04)

• Purebred Dogs Could Be Doctor's Best Friend New Scientist (5/20/04)
• Genetics Help Hound Health - DNA Test Maps Evolution of Dog Breeds Nature (5/21/04)

Darwinian Shift - Survival of the Smallest Christian Science Monitor (5/20/04)

Looters Must Return Ancient Artifacts Yahoo (5/20/04)

Hundreds of Mummies Found in Egyptian Caves National Geographic News (5/19/04)

Ancient Pre-Inca Graveyard Found Near Lima Yahoo (5/19/04)

Correction - 'Great Wall of China' Image ESA (5/19/04)

Migration - 'A Force of History' BBC News (5/18/04)

Digging It - Freedmen's Town of Unquestioned Historical Value Houston Chronicle (5/16/04)

Science Speaks Out on Bone Return BBC News (5/19/04)

History Mystery-Are Bones Mill Valley Pioneer's? San Francisco Gate (5/19/04)

Disaster May Have Killed Ancients BBC News (5/19/04)

From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime New York Times (5/18/04)

Early Man Had Mining in Mind: Flint Analysis Sheds Light on Our Ancestors' Digging Skills Nature (5/18/04)

Pre-Historic Rock Art of Kenya's Turkina Still Baffles Yahoo (5/18/04)

Thai Sea Village Fishes for Tourists, Traditionally National Geographic News (5/17/04)

The Fight to Save the Eastern Lowland Gorilla CNN (5/17/04)

Peer's Fears Over 'Pyramid' Hill BBC News (5/17/04)

Guidelines for Reburial of Old Christian Bones New Scientist (5/16/04)

Ancient Mayan Ruler's Tomb Found at Guatemalan Ruin Los Angeles Times (5/15/04)

Jamaicans Angry Over U.S. Treasure Hunt Yahoo (5/15/04)

Is Troy True? The Evidence Behind Movie Myth National Geographic News (5/14/04)

• Trojan Wars - On the Big and Little Screen Archaeology (5/14/04)
• Was There a Trojan War? Archaeology

Eating Bugs, Braving Crocs With Asia's Swamp People National Geographic News (5/14/04)

Uncovering City's Historic Past BBC News (5/14/04)

Physicists Probe Ancient Pyramid BBC News (5/13/04)

Explorers Still Seek El Dorado in the Mountains of Peru New York Times

Experiments Reveal Startling Insights Into Lemur Intelligence Eureka Alert (5/12/04)

• Lemurs May Not Be So Dumb After All MSNBC (5/12/04)

Handsome Men Evolved Thanks to Picky Females New Scientist (5/12/04)

Iron Age Tool Marks Move to Steel BBC News (5/12/04)

Human Settlements Already Existed in the Amazon Basin (Ecuador) 4000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (5/12/04)

Ancient Maya City, Artifacts Are Research Treasure-Trove USA Today (5/11/04)

Great Wall of China Seen from Space European Space Agency (5/11/04)

Bamboo Under Extinction Threat - Pandas, Lemurs and Gorillas Could Go Hungry Nature (5/11/04)

Guatemalan Jungles Yield a Wealth of Maya Treasure New York Times (5/11/04)

Amid Jungle Cacophony, Hornbills Heed Monkeys' Alarms New York Times (5/11/04)

World's "Oldest" Wooden Musical Instruments Pipe a Tune in Ireland Yahoo (5/10/04)

Poet Petrarch Loses His Head Discovery (5/10/04)

Boomerangs a 'British Invention' BBC News (5/10/04)

New Evidence of Controlled Fire Is Unearthed Washington Post (5/10/04)

Experts Debate Asia Frontier Environment Washington Post (5/9/04)

Archeologists Find Fabled Center of Learning in Egypt Lost Angeles Times (5/9/04)

• Library of Alexandria Discovered BBC News (5/12/04)
• Ancient Halls of Alexandria Found MSNBC (5/26/04)
• Halls of Ancient Alexandria's Ivy Found New York Times (5/27/04)
• Group Unearths Part of Ancient University Yahoo (5/26/04)

Winding Thread of History Along the Silk Road Guardian (5/7/04)

"Sagas" Portray Iceland's Viking History National Geographic News (5/7/04)

Malaria Battle Needs New Tactics - Experts Urge Joined-Up Solution for Africa's Health Woes Nature (5/7/04)

'Junk' DNA Reveals Vital Role - Inscrutable Genetic Sequences Seem Indispensable Nature (5/7/04)

Archaeologists Announce Discoveries at the Ancient Maya Site of Waka' in Northern Guatemala Eureka Alert (5/6/04)

• The Warrior Queen: Tomb Discovery Sheds New Light On Gender Roles In Ancient Culture Southern Methodist University
• Waka and the Maya: Modern-Day Indiana Jones David Freidel Fights To Save Forest And Culture Southern Methodist University
• Skeleton May Be That of Maya Queen Los Angeles Times (5/8/04)
• Arsonists Threaten Maya City, National Park in Guatemala National Geographic News (5/6/04)
• Mayan Queen's Tomb Found in Rain Forest Yahoo (5/6/04)
• Maya Queen's Tomb Found in Guatemala MSNBC (5/6/04)

Destroying a Link to the Hohokam: Keys to Secrets of 1,500-Year-Old Villages Gone Tucson Citizen (5/6/04)

New Finds Put Maya Culture Back a Few Centuries Los Angeles Times (5/5/04)

• Maya Culture 'Ahead of Its Time' BBC News (5/8/04)
• Masks, Other Finds Suggest Early Maya Flourished National Geographic News (5/5/04)
• Discovery Pushes Back Date of 'Classic' Maya New York Times (5/5/04)
• Maya Artifacts Found in Guatemala Washington Post (5/5/04)
• Mayan Discovery Points to Sophisticated Society CNN (5/5/04)
• Giant Masks Reveal Early Maya Sophistication New Scientist (5/5/04)
• Key Mayan City Discovered Discovery (5/6/05)

DNA Study Sheds Light on Irish Potato Famine National Geographic News (5/5/04)

Dutch Garden May Hold Musketeers' Skeletons CNN (5/5/04)

Oldest Evidence of Bedding Found Discovery (5/5/04)

Barbie-Shaped Women More Fertile New Scientist (5/4/04)

Low-Fat, High-Protein Cicadas- New Health Snack? National Geographic News (5/3/0