News - June 2004

Sneakiest Primates Have Biggest Brains New Scientist (6/30/04)

Ancient Egyptian Battlements Uncovered MSNBC (6/30/04)

• Battlements Found at Egypt's Ancient East Gateway Yahoo (6/30/04)

Satellites Map Volcanic Home Of Africa's Endangered Gorillas Space.com (6/30/04)

Rats Rule at Indian Temple National Geographic News (6/29/04)

Peru's Machu Picchu Called 'Endangered' CNN (6/29/04)

• UNESCO Sounds Final Warning for Inca City Guardian (6/30/04)
• Evaluators Say Machu Picchu Is Endangered Yahoo (6/28/04)

Africa's Masai Find Kinship With Amish, Others in U.S. National Geographic News (6/28/04)

Copper Bits Shed Light on Colonial Life MSNBC (6/28/04)

Earliest Evidence of Hereditary Genetic Disorder Discovered by Hebrew University Researchers Eureka Alert (6/28/04)

Neolithic Hill to Be Protected BBC News (6/27/04)

Lincoln Park Zoo Apes Get to Take Revenge AP (6/26/04)

Ancient Indian Settlement Found CNN (6/24/04)

• Ancient Indian Settlement Found in Utah MSNBC (6/24/04)

Key to Governing Afghans - The Clans Christian Science Monitor (6/24/04)

Greece Museum Reopens After Restorations Yahoo (6/24/04)

Primates Found Hibernating in the Heat MSNBC (6/23/04)

• Hibernating Primate Found in Tropics CNN (6/24/04)
• Tropical Primate Found to Hibernate Scientific American (6/24/04)

Community Centre in Ancient Tents BBC News (6/23/04)

Cereals Sought Much Earlier Than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Say Scientific American (6/22/04)

• Farming Origins Gain 10,000 Years BBC News (6/23/04)

64,800-Year-Old Hair Yields DNA Discovery (6/23/04)

Genghis Khan - Father to Millions? Discovery (6/22/04)

Vaccines May Increase Virulence - Pursue Additional Defences, Urge Malaria Experts Nature (6/22/04)

The Early Days of Hearing New York Times (6/22/04)

• Early Hominid Ears Primed for Speech New Scientist (6/22/04)
• Early Humans May Have Started Talking Half a Million Years Ago Independent (6/22/04)

Sri Lanka's History - In Danger of Disappearing Yahoo (6/22/04)

American Indian Historic Sites Looted Yahoo (6/22/04)

• Groups Fight to Preserve American Indian Sites MSNBC (6/22/04)

Major Indian Burial Site Uncovered - 80 Sets of Remains Found at Lafayette Development San Francisco Gate (6/22/04)

Meet the Family Who Built Stonehenge Telegraph (6/21/04)

Research - Grains Added to Ancient Diets Yahoo (6/21/04)

• Farming Origins Gain 10,000 Years BBC News (6/23/04)
• Cereals Sought Much Earlier Than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Say Scientific American (6/22/04)
• Plant Remains Discovered in Early Humans MSNBC (6/21/04)

Machu Picchu Ruins at Risk of Endangered Designation by UNESCO Yahoo (6/21/04)

Anthropologist Scours Jungles for MIAs Yahoo (6/21/04)

Anthropologist's Skills Help Crack Tough Cases Indianapolis Star (6/21/04)

Dialogue - Anthropologist Robert Martin Discover (6/21/04)

Diamonds Fuel Culture Clash in Amazon CNN (6/21/04)

Bones Sleuth Speaks for Atrocity Victims Miami Herald (6/21/04)

Dialogue- Anthropologist Robert Martin Discover (6/20/04)

Columbus' Bell Returned to Spanish Auctioneers MSNBC (6/20/04)

• Bell from Columbus's Ship Goes Back to Spain Independent (6/21/04)

Tunes Create Context Like Language - Maths Shows Why Tonal Music Is Easy Listening Nature (6/19/04)

The Poop on Ancient Man Globe and News (6/19/04)

Stone Age Elephant Remains Found BBC News (6/19/04)

Evidence of Surgery Dug Up at Jamestown CNN (6/18/04)

Isolation of the Pribilofs Allowed Mammoths to Put Off Extinction Anchorage Daily News (6/18/04)

• Mammoth Fossil Find Is Huge Los Angeles Daily News (6/18/04)
• Mammoths Stranded On Bering Sea Island Delayed Extinction Space Daily (6/21/04)

Australian Archaeologists Unearth 5000-Year-Old Necropolis Sydney Morning Herald (6/16/04)

Historic Chalk Mine Dig to Begin BBC News (6/19/04)

Painted Past- Borneo's Traditional Tattoos National Geographic News (6/18/04)

U.S. Signs Treaty to Protect Titanic National Geographic News (6/18/04)

• U.S. Signs Pact to Protect Titanic Washington Post (6/19/04)
• U.S. Signs Agreement to Protect Wreck of the Titanic New York Times (6/19/04)
• U.S. Moves to Protect Titanic Wreckage MSNBC (6/18/04)

Stonehenge - Built By Welshmen? Discovery (6/18/04)

• Stonehenge Study Tells Pagans and Historians It's Good to Talk Eureka Alert (6/18/04)
• 5,000 Years of Stonehenge Christian Science Monitor (6/23/04)

Dig Reveals Roman Relics in Town BBC News (6/18/04)

Study - Donkeys Originated in Africa Discovery (6/18/04)

• Donkey Domestication Began in Africa New Scientist (6/17/04)

Rock 'Face' Mystery Baffles Experts Eureka Alert (6/17/04)

Indian Wolves Are World's Oldest BBC News (6/17/04)

Monkey Business - Studies Show Tiny Callimicos Have Unusual Characteristics Science Daily (6/17/04)

Skull Fragment Suggests Colonial Surgery ABC News (6/17/04)

Huge Etruscan Road Brought to Light Discovery (6/16/04)

Mammoths Stranded on Bering Sea Island Delayed Extinction Eureka Alert (6/16/04)

Ancient Graves Found on Cliffs BBC News (6/16/04)

Fertility - When Biology Is a 'Silent Partner' New York Times (6/15/04)

Ancient Maps and Corn Help Track the Migrations of Indigenous People Eureka Alert (6/15/04)

Fish Story Linked to Climate Cycle Eureka Alert (6/14/04)

Archaeologists Unearth Egypt Necropolis Yahoo (6/13/04)

Texas A&M Researchers Find WW II Subs Yahoo (6/13/04)

Archaeologists Find Ancient Fort BBC News (6/13/04)

Magic and Mystery of an Ice Age Couple The Australian (6/12/04)

Mongolians Seek to Make a Name for Themselves Globe and Mail (6/12/04)

Investigation Into Babylon Damage Ordered Yahoo (6/11/04)

Police Stop 2,700-Year-Old Skulls from Leaving Peru Yahoo (6/11/04)

U.K. Explorers' Treasures Finally Come Out of Hiding National Geographic News (6/10/04)

Volcanic Soils Yield New Clues About the Emergence of Powerful Chiefdoms in Hawaii Eureka Alert (6/10/04)

Spiral Ring Reveals Ancient Complex Machines New Scientist (6/10/04)

Study - Chimps May Be Extinct in 50 Years CNN 96/8/04)

200-Year-Old Heart Gets Royal Funeral CNN (6/9/04)

Priceless Byzantine-Era Artifact Stolen MSNBC (6/9/04)

Water Woes, Not Wars, Ended Angkor's Empire CNN (6/8/04)

Chimps May Be Extinct in 50 Years CNN (6/8/04)

• Chimps Nearing Extinction, Study Warns MSNBC (6/8/04)

Genital Cutting Shows Signs of Losing Favor in Africa New York Times (6/8/04)

Afghanistan's Buddhas Still Under Threat Christian Science Monitor (6/8/04)

A Conversation With Bryan Sykes- Is Genghis Khan an Ancestor? Mr. DNA Knows New York Times (6/8/04)

Rat DNA Clues to Sea Migration BBC News (6/8/04)

• Rat DNA Offers Clues to Pacific Colonization, Study Says National Geographic News (6/9/04)
• Rat Study Elucidates Long-Ago Human Migration Scientific American (6/9/04)

Lowly Weeds May Hold Promise for Curing Host of Common Health Woes Eureka Alert (6/8/04)

Obesity in Developing Countries Compares to U.S. Yo-Yo Dieting Eureka Alert (6/8/04)

Genes May Be to Blame for Infidelity BBC News (6/7/04)

Titanic Artifacts Set for Auction Block This Week National Geographic News (6/7/04)

Satellite Images 'Show Atlantis' BBC News (6/6/04)

• Lost City of Atlantis Found? Discovery (6/8/04)

Paulos- Psychology Offers Insight Into War ABC News (6/6/04)

Egypt to Catalog Artifacts in Neglected Basement ABC News (6/6/04)

Lemur Logic May Provide Clues to Primate Intellect Evolution National Geographic News (6/4/04)

Time, Tide and Man Take Toll on Titanic ABC News (6/4/04) National Geographic News (6/4/04)

• Titanic Damaged by Tourists, Salvagers, Expedition Finds National Geographic News (6/4/04)
• Scientist Returns to Survey Titanic Decay ABC News (6/4/04)
• Ocean Explorer Returns to Titanic CNN (6/4/04)
• Researchers Say Titanic Treasures Are Lost MSNBC (6/4/04)
• Robert Ballard Returns to the Titanic NPR (6/3/04)

Dig Uncovers a Roman Bath House BBC News (6/3/04)

Fight to Stop Quarry Growth Plans BBC News (6/3/04)

Ancient Egyptians Were Jokesters Discovery (6/2/04)

Love Really Is Blind... Telegraph (6/2/04) 

Developer Unearths Burial Ground and Stirs Up Anger Among Indians New York Times (6/2/04)

A Raid in Spain for Antiquities That Were Plainly on Display New York Times (6/2/04)

Nevada Trial Spurs Debate Over Artifacts Yahoo (6/1/04)

Jordan Urges End to Flow of Iraq Treasures Yahoo (6/1/04)