News - July 2004

Explorers Search for Slave Shipwreck Off Florida National Geographic News (7/30/04)

Black Sea Trip Yields No Flood Conclusions ABC News (7/30/04)

Centuries-Old Remains Found in Kentucky ABC News (7/30/04)

Anthrax Blamed for Mystery Chimp Deaths BBC News (7/29/04)

In Shipwrecks, New Clues to a Buried Past Christian Science Monitor (7/29/04)

University of Waterloo Researcher Links Storytelling and Mathematical Ability Eureka Alert (7/29/04)

Yellow River 'Drying Up' BBC News (7/29/04)

Scarification: Ancient Body Art Leaving New Marks National Geographic News (7/28/04)

What Lies Beneath in Pompeii Washington Post (7/28/04)

Bone Return Consultation Launched BBC News (7/28/04)

Chimp Yawning Suggests 'Human' Empathy CNN News (7/27/04)

Ancient Brewery Discovered on Mountaintop in Peru Eureka Alert (7/27/04)

• Ancient Brewery Discovered On Mountaintop In Peru Science Daily (7/28/04)
• Ancient Brewery Uncovered in Peru MSNBC (7/30/04)
• Pre-Incan Brewery Found in Andes CNN News (7/29/04)
• Scientists Find Ancient Brewery in Peru ABC News (7/30/04)

Defying Ban, Bushmen Return to Kalahari Homeland National Geographic News (7/26/04)

Family Words Came First for Early Humans New Scientist (7/26/04)

• Family Words Came First for Early Humans Yahoo (7/26/04)

Why a Majestic Symbol of Africa Lies in Pieces in a Rome Warehouse Independent (7/26/04)

QED: Mirror Test Telegraph (7/25/04)

Fearing Collapse, Chinese Scientists Rush to Reinforce Peking Man's Cave Yahoo (7/23/04)

The Beauties of Backyard Archaeology NPR (7/23/04)

Opinion -- Editorial: Science Trumps Folklore Sacramento Bee (7/22/04)

"Donner Party" Hearth Yields Bones; DNA Analysis Planned National Geographic News (7/22/04)

Dig Set to Begin at Historic Site BBC News (7/22/04)

First Marathon in August, not September? Discovery (7/21/04)

Medici Project Turns Up Mystery Bodies Discovery (7/21/04)

Archaeology Dig Opens to Public BBC News (7/20/04)

Archaeologists Uncover Roman Ruin BBC News  (7/19/04)

• Academic Praise for Roman Remains BBC News (7/19/04)
• Relics Unearthed at Retail Site BBC News (7/16/04)

Ancient DNA Reveals Skin Color Discovery (7/19/04)

Old People Helped Evolution ABC News (7/15/04)

Archaeologists to Seek Kyrgyz Atlantis BigNews Network (7/23/04)

Local People 'to Preserve Nature' BBC News (7/22/04)

Baby's First Word Filled Stone Age Papa with Pride Telegraph (7/22/04)

• 'Papa' Is the Daddy of Ancient Language Independent (7/22/04)
• Papa- What Babies Said First in the Cave Sydney Morning Herald (7/22/04)

Handedness Develops in the Womb New Scientist (7/22/04)

Napoleon- Died from Too Many Enemas? Discovery News (7/22/04)

Human Sacrifice Was Rarer Than Thought Australian Broadcasting Corp (7/22/04)

New Wrangle Over Kennewick Bones BBC News (7/21/04)

• Kennewick Man Must Be Allowed to Speak Seattle Times (7/22/04)
• Battle Over Kennewick Man Appears Over MSNBC (7/18/04)
• Battle Over Kennewick Man Appears Over Yahoo (7/16/04)
• Tri-City Herald's Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center

First Wine Archaeologist Traces Drink to Stone Age National Geographic News (7/21/04)

Medici Project Turns Up Mystery Bodies Discovery News (7/21/04)

The Skinny on Nudism in the U.S. National Geographic News (7/21/04)

Yawning Is Catching in Chimps New Scientist (7/21/04)

Study to Examine World War II Shipwrecks CNN (7/21/04)

Monkey Apes Humans by Walking on Two Legs ABC News (7/21/04)

• Monkey Apes Humans by Walking on Two Legs MSNBC (7/21/04)

Anthrax Outbreak Kills Wild Chimps Nature (7/21/04)

• Anthrax Kills Wild Apes in Ivory Coast MSNBC (7/21/04)

Prehistoric Art Relic 17,000 Yrs Old Found in Central Russia ITAR-TASS (7/21/04)

Human Smarts Based on Volume, Location of Gray Matter Science Blog (7/20/04)

U.S. Seizes 4,000-Year-Old Dominican Artifacts Yahoo (7/20/04)

Brazilian Savannah 'Will Disappear by 2030' Nature (7/20/04)

Islamic Necropolis Discovered in Portugal Yahoo (7/20/04)

Ancient Palace at Risk of Being Submerged in China Water Project Yahoo (7/20/04)

Scientists Find Genetic Link to Bad Behaviour Telegraph (7/20/04)

Mothering May Prevent Aggression BBC News (7/19/04)

• Good Mothers Stop Monkeys Going Bad New Scientist (7/19/04)

Bloody Stone Tools Tell Hominids' Tales Australian Broadcasting Corp (7/19/04)

Unearthing an Olympic Site NPR (7/19/04)

Ancient Etchings - Site Loses Protection Las Vegas Review Journal (7/19/04)

Weeping Camel: A Real Mongolian Tear-Jerker National Geographic News (7/19/04)

Battle of Marathon Date Revised Nature (7/19/04)

• First Marathon in August, Not September? Discovery (7/21/04)
• Astronomers Pinpoint Date of First Marathon New Scientist (7/19/04)

Iranian Archeologists to Identify Jiroft Ancient Quarries Payvand (7/18/04)

Giving Voice to the Bones Register Guard (7/18/04)

50 Minoan Tombs Uncovered in Crete Yahoo (7/18/04)

President Putin Visited an Archaeological Excavation Site in Staraya Ladoga on Saturday ITAR-TASS (7/17/04)

David Stronach Pioneer of British Archeologists in Iran Payvand (7/17/04)

Ancient Germans Weren't So Fair Australian Broadcasting Corp (7/16/04)

• Ancient DNA Reveals Skin Color Discovery (7/19/04)

Sacred Ethiopian Obelisk Caught in Italian Limbo Guardian (7/16/04)

Chest Holds Arctic Mystery Toronto Star (7/12/04)

Jamestown Excavation Uncovers Wine Cellar Virginan Pilot News (7/16/04)

• Jamestown Diggers Have Something to Wine About [RealVideo] Pilot  News (7/16/04)
• Jamestown Wine Cellar Believed Unearthed Yahoo (7/16/04)

Archeologists Discover Temple in Sassanid Palace Payvand (7/16/04)

When Does Garbage Become Archaeology? Tidepool (7/16/04)

Archaeologist Locates Evidence in State of Lost Indian Culture Billings Gazette (7/16/04)

Few Care for Jharkand's Historical Treasures New Kerala (7/16/04)

For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural National Geographic News (7/15/04)

Dig Unearths Artifacts That May Resolve Donner Party Questions Eureka Alert (7/15/04)

• Site May Yield Proof of Donner Cannibalism Yahoo (7/15/04)
• Donner Party Artifacts Unearthed in Sierra Nevada CNN (7/15/04)
• Cooking Hearth Found at Donner Party Site MSNBC (7/15/04)
• New Light on the Donner Party Utah Crossroads
• Archaeologists Seeking to Unearth Truth About Donner Party Washington Post (7/18/04)

Botswana- Pilane Dismisses Anthropologist's Evidence AllAfrica.com (7/14/04)

Babies Get Hands-On with Language Eureka Alert (7/14/04)

• Babies Babble in Sign Language Too New Scientist (7/15/04)

DNA Disputes Russian Tsar Remains Discovery (7/14/04)

Gender Split in Science Attitudes BBC News (7/14/04)

Chest Holds Arctic Mystery Toronto Star (7/12/04)

'Happy Gene' Could Solve Mystery of Depression Telegraph (7/14/04)

Comparing Primate Genomes Offers Insight Into Human Evolution Science Daily (7/14/04)

• Lineage-Specific Gene Duplication and Loss in Human and Great Ape Evolution Public Library of Science (PLOS) Biology

Variation in Color Vision Genes May Have Helped Humans See the Fruit for the Trees Scientific American (7/14/04)

'Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age' BBC News (7/13/04)

• Ice Age 'Sistine Chapel' Found Discovery (7/13/04)

Growth Study of Wild Chimpanzees Challenges Assumptions About Early Humans Eureka Alert (7/13/04)

U.S. to Look for First Navy Sub - Sunk in Civil War National Geographic News (7/12/04)

"Gorillas in the Mist" Park Slashed by Squatters National Geographic News (7/12/04)

Archeologists Discover Ancient Graffiti on China's Great Wall Yahoo (7/11/04)

Archaeologists Rush to Survey Colorado Site Yahoo (7/11/04)

Study Finds Craftsmen Might Be Neanderthal Washington Post (7/8/04)

Haiti- Possessed by Voodoo National Geographic News (7/7/04)

Running of Bulls Helps Kick Off Pamplona Festival National Geographic News (7/7/04)

Greek Myth Seeks to Honor Olympics New York Times (7/7/04)

Talking Tombstones Bear a Message from the Grave ABC News (7/7/04)

Croatian Skeletons Reveal Changing Status of Cancer in Europe Across the Centuries Eureka Alert (7/6/04)

• Ancient Skeleton Collection Yields Cancer Clues National Geographic News (7/13/04)

Democratic Republic of Congo Pygmies 'Exterminated' BBC News (7/6/04)

Congo Gorillas Lose Habitat to Farmers MSNBC (7/6/04)

• Congo Destroys Swath of Gorilla Habitat CNN (7/7/04)

Stolen Iraq Treasures Profiled in Crackdown List National Geographic News (7/6/04)

China Improves Protection On World Heritage Sites Space.com (7/6/04)

Old Is Young, Study Finds Eureka Alert (7/5/04)

• Human Longevity Key to Species' Success CNN (7/6/04)
• Elderly Crucial to Evolutionary Success of Humans New Scientist (7/6/04)
• 'Grandma' Factor Extends Lineage, Study Finds CNN (7/6/04)
• How Old People Boosted Human Evolution MSNBC (7/6/04)
• Old Age Was Secret of Modern Humans' Success Scientific American (7/7/04)
• Grannies Gave Evolutionary Boost BBC News (7/9/04)
• Longer Lives Made Civilization Possible Discovery (7/8/04)
• Old People Helped Evolution ABC News (7/15/04)

Arctic Yields Fresh Evidence for Elizabethan Gold Swindle Eureka Alert (7/5/04)

Visitor Centre for Ancient Caves BBC News (7/5/04)

Cambodia Temple Off Danger List BBC News (7/5/04)

Egyptian Mummy Unwrapped in 3D Discovery (7/5/04)

Scientist Searches for Ancient Pirates MSNBC (7/4/04)

• Professor Chases Roman-Era Pirate Ships CNN (7/5/04)
• Florida Professor Searches for Pirate Ships Yahoo (7/4/04)
• Rough Cilicia Maritime Florida State University

Engineering More Sons Than Daughters [review of Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population] New York Times (7/3/04)

Archaeologists Unearthing Life of Early Integrated Town in Illinois Eureka Alert (7/2/04)

What Makes Heritage List and Why? BBC News (7/1/04)

Petite Skull Reopens Human Ancestry Debate New Scientist (7/1/04)

• Was Pre-Human a Failed ‘Experiment’? MSNBC (7/1/04)
• Little Hominid May Have Been Failed Experiment CNN (7/2/04)
• Ancient African Skull Fills Gap, Fuels Debate Scientific American (7/2/04)
• Skull Fossil Gives Clues on Species New York Times (7/2/04)
• Scientists Find Ancient Skull in Kenya Yahoo (7/2/04)
• Tiny Prehistoric Skull Found in Kenya Yahoo (7/2/04)
• Skull Fuels Homo erectus Debate BBC News (7/3/04)

Ancient Utah Artefacts Unveiled BBC News (7/1/04)

• Ancient Indian Villages Revealed in Utah MSNBC (7/1/04)
• In Utah, Ancient Ruins Are Revealed After Long Wait New York Times (7/1/04)
• Site Could Yield Clues to Indian Mystery Los Angeles Times (7/1/04)
• The Ancient Treasure Of Range Creek Washington Post (7/1/04)
• Secrets of Vanished Indian Nation Finally Revealed Independent (7/2/04)
• Indians Complain About Secrecy of Ancient Find CNN (7/2/04)
• Indians Upset About Ancient Find in Utah Yahoo (7/2/04)
• Excavation of Indian Ruins Is Questioned New York Times (7/3/04)

Bishop Museum Prepared to Contest Claims to Artifacts Honolulu Advertiser (7/1/04)

North Korea Makes World Heritage List BBC News (7/1/04)

Leopards Hunt Humans in Indian Park CNN (7/1/04)

• Wild Leopards on Human Killing Spree MSNBC (7/1/04)

Expertise Helps Preserve Famous Victorian Steamship Eureka Alert (7/1/04)