News September 2004

Climate Change Plus Human Pressure Caused Large Mammal Extinctions in Late Pleistocene Eureka Alert (9/30/04)

British Whaling Shipwrecks Believed Found Yahoo (9/30/04)

The Crusade Against Evolution Wired (9/30/04)

Data Trends Suggest Women Will Outrun Men in 2156 Scientific American (9/30/04)

Sweden to Return Remains of Aborigines Washington Post (9/30/04)

QED- Dogma and Reason Can Co-exist Telegraph (9/29/04)

Women on Fast-Track to Outrun Men New Scientist (9/29/04)

Human Populations Are Tightly Interwoven Nature (9/29/04)

Office Anthropology- '60 People to Avoid' NPR (9/26/04)

Solving a Riddle Written in Silver New York Times (9/28/04)

Teotihuacán Journal- No, the Conquistadors Are Not Back. It's Just Wal-Mart New York Times (9/28/04)

Editorial- Restoring History Sacramento Bee (9/24/04)

Training a New Generation to be Shinto Priests NPR (9/20/04)

Out of Africa- Scientists Find Earliest Evidence Yet of Human Presence in Northeast Asia Eureka Alert (9/29/04)

'Most Recent Common Ancestor' of All Living Humans Surprisingly Recent Eureka Alert (9/29/04)

• Researchers Track Humans to Common Ancestor NPR (9/29/04)

Researchers Find Signs of Grain Milling, Baking 23,000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (9/28/04)

Ancient Tribe Fights for Its Homeland, Way of Life Los Angeles Times (9/27/04)

A New School for Apes MSNBC (9/27/04)

Weather Helped Lewis & Clark's Trip Discovery (9/27/04)

• Weather Made Lewis and Clark's Trek Successful ABC News (9/29/04)

Program Combines Archaeology, Oceanography Yahoo (9/25/04)

Wealth Does Not Create Individual Happiness and It Doesn't Build a Strong Country, Either Eureka Alert (9/24/04)

Study Addresses Maya Women of Chiapas, Mexico Eureka Alert (9/24/04)

Mummy Lake's Mystery Is Unraveled Denver Post (9/24/04)

Signs of an Earlier American Christian Science Monitor (9/23/04)

Earliest Village-Dwellers Faced a Garbage Crisis World Science (9/23/04)

Puffs on Peace Pipes Hail Court Win Deseret News (9/23/04)

Delay Over Quarry Henge Project BBC News (9/22/04)

Tribal Jails 'a National Disgrace,' Report Says Seattle Post Intelligencer (9/22/04)

Why We Want to Believe Psychics BBC News (9/22/04)

20,000 American Indians March at National Museum Opening National Geographic News (9/21/04)

• Fast Facts- National Museum of the American Indian National Geographic News (9/21/04)
• At New American Indian Museum, Artifacts Are "Alive" National Geographic News (9/21/04)
• 16 Indian Innovations- From Popcorn to Parkas National Geographic News (9/21/04)
• New National Indian Museum Is Native by Design National Geographic News (9/24/04)

Noah's Ark Quest Dead in Water -- Was It a Stunt? National Geographic News (9/20/04)

Caveful of Clues About Early Humans Washington Post (9/20/04)

Canyon Holds Ancient Civilization Secrets Yahoo (9/20/04)

Tribal Panelists Decry Lewis and Clark Legacy Aberdeen News (9/18/04)

Some Parts of Language Innate Discovery (9/17/04)

• Deaf Kids Give Birth to New Language CNN (9/20/04)
• In Nicaragua, a Language Is Born Scientific American (9/17/04)
• New Sign Language NPR (9/17/04)

Tibetans Show 'Evolution in Action' Nature (9/16/04)

Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans National Geographic News (9/15/04)

• Egyptians Spared No Expense on Animal Mummies Yahoo (9/15/04)
• Mummy Dearest- Egypt's Cats Got the Pharaoh Treatment Yahoo (9/15/04)
• Pet Mummies Given VIP Treatment BBC News (9/15/04)
• Egypt's Cats Got Pharaoh Treatment Discovery (9/15/04)

Camisea Pipeline Unearths Ancient Peru Relics Yahoo (9/15/04)

Scavengers Make Dogs Social Discovery (9/14/04)

Story of Cromwell Sailor in Ancient Bones CNN (9/14/04)

More Left-Handers than Thought Discovery (9/13/04)

Writing for Madagascar's President BBC News (9/13/04)

Ancient Graves Uncovered at Pit BBC News (9/13/04)

Plans for Iron Age Tourist Camp BBC News (9/13/04)

Sifting for Clues at Western Maryland Dig Washington Post (9/11/04)

Wal-Mart at Mexico Ruins Sparks Protest Yahoo (9/11/04)

• Wal-Mart Upsets Cosmic Balance of Ruins Guardian (9/4/04)

Hunting Illusive Signs of Natural Selection Eureka Alert (9/8/04)

Chimps Recognize Aping Discovery (9/8/04)

'Amazing' Viking Cemetery Found BBC News (9/7/04)

• Unearthing a Viking Graveyard NPR (9/11/04)

Tribe Challenges American Origins BBC News (9/7/04)

• Did the First Americans Come From, Er, Australia? Yahoo (9/6/04)
• A New Tribe? Eureka Alert (9/10/04)

Ancient Ships Discovered Under Naples Yahoo (9/7/04)

Court Bars Rubble Removal from Jerusalem Shrine Yahoo (9/7/04)

Unique Shipwreck Found in Good Shape Aftenpost (9/6/04)

Childhood Learning May Determine Linguistic Rules New Scientist (9/3/04)

Neanderthal Life No Tougher Than That of 'Modern' Inuits Eureka Alert (9/2/04)

UN Decade of Indigenous People Ending to Mixed Reviews National Geographic News (9/10/04)

Females 'Work Harder for Degrees' BBC News (9/10/04)

Ancient Bones Reveal Secrets of Cromwell Sailor MSNBC (9/10/04)

Divers Find Ancient Skeleton in Mexico ABC News (9/9/04)

• Ancient Skeleton Found in Submerged Cave CNN (9/10/04)
• Divers Find Traces of Ancient Americans MSNBC (9/9/04)

Kon-Tiki to Sail Again With Modern Twist CNN (9/9/04)

Famous ‘Celtic’ Nations May Be Misnamed MSNBC (9/9/04)

Pollen Helps War Crime Forensics BBC News (9/9/04)

Serbia Reverses Darwin Suspension BBC News (9/9/04)

• Darwin Is OK After All, Serbia Says MSNBC (9/9/04)

Sudan's Past Uncovered BBC News (9/9/04)

Hunting Illusive Signs of Natural Selection Eureka Alert (9/8/04)

Tracking Down the 'Jungle Yeti' BBC News (9/8/04)

A Conversation With Kathleen Tierney- A Sociologist With an Advanced Degree in Calamity New York Times (9/7/04)

I Beg to Differ- Did the Cat Really Say 'I Vant to Be Alone'? Sorry, It Said Meow New York Times (9/7/04)

Viking Burial Site Found in England CNN (9/6/04)

Humans and Parrots May Share Sharp Tongues New Scientist (9/4/04)

Dictators "Defacing" Famed Burma Temples, Editor Says National Geographic News (9/3/04)

Chimp-Sized Hominid Walked Upright on Two Legs Six Million Years Ago Eureka Alert (9/2/04)

• Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says National Geographic News (9/2/04)
• Hominids Walked Upright Early in Evolution CNN (9/3/04)
• Case for Ancient Upright-Walking Ancestor Gets Legs Scientific American (9/7/04)

Neanderthal Life No Tougher Than That Of "Modern" Inuits Ohio State (9/2/04)

X-Rays Unmask Mummy's Face, Virtually CNN (9/1/04)

• MDCT 'Unwraps' Egyptian Mummy, Clearly Revealing Face of 3,000 Year Old Man Eureka Alert (9/1/04)

Men From Early Middle Ages Were Nearly As Tall As Modern People Ohio State (9/1/04)