October 2004

Jerusalem Strife Echoes Ancient History National Geographic News (10/29/04)

Little Lady of Flores Forces Rethink of Human Evolution Nature (10/27/04)

• The Flores Find  Nature (10/27/04)
• Flores, God and Cryptozoology Nature (10/27/04)
• A Stranger from Flores  Nature (10/27/04)
• 'Hobbit' Joins Human Family Tree BBC News (10/27/04)
• Q&A - Indonesian Hominid Find BBC News (10/27/04)
• Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed New Light on Evolution NPR (10/27/04)
• Tiny New Species of Human Unearthed New Scientist (10/27/04)
• Ancient Hobbit-Sized Human Species Discovered MSNBC (10/27/04)
• Scientists Find Ancient Hobbit-Sized People ABC News (10/27/04)
• "Hobbit" Discovered- Tiny Human Ancestor Found in Asia National Geographic News (10/27/04)
• From 18,000 Years Ago, the One Metre-tall Human That Challenges History of Evolution Guardian (10/28/04)
• Our Not So Distant Relative Guardian (10/28/04)
• New Species Revealed - Tiny Cousins of Humans New York Times (10/28/04)
• Cave Dig Unearths World of the 'Hobbit' Telegraph (10/28/04)
• Villagers Speak of the Small, Hairy Ebu Gogo Telegraph (10/28/04)
• 'New Piece in Human Puzzle' Telegraph (10/28/04)
• Dwarf Human Ancestors Lived on Pacific Island Washington Post (10/28/04)
• Who Got To Name the Tiny Humans? - Species Identification 101. By Brendan I. Koerner Slate (10/28/04)
• Eton or the Zoo? BBC News (10/29/04)
• Editorial - Homo TomThumbus New York Times (10/29/04)
• Humans - A Short History Guardian (10/31/04)
• The Flores Remains Could Have Been Lost to Science Guardian (10/31/04)
• Big Little Man Guardian (10/31/04)
• Strange World of Island Species Guardian (10/31/04)
• Branches appearing on human family tree Christian Science Monitor (11/1/04)
• Human Races Guardian (11/1/04)
• 'What Does It Mean to Be Human?' BBC News (11/1/04)

Almost Good Enough to Eat Eureka Alert (10/26/04)

Field Museum 'Reuniting' Scattered Collections from Ancient Iraq Site Eureka Alert (10/25/04)

Finder of 'Iceman' Found Dead in Austrian Alps Yahoo (10/23/04)

Mexico Struggles to Preserve Ancient Ruins Yahoo (10/22/04)

Bulgaria Dig Suggests Rich Past BBC News (10/22/04)

Humans Have Fewer Genes Than Thought Discovery (10/21/04)

Kiln's 'Ancestor' Found in Greece BBC News (10/20/04)

Hebrew University Archaeologists Reveal Additional Sections of Ancient Synagogue in Albania Eureka Alert (10/19/04)

Fasting During Ramadan Has Spiritual and Health Benefits Daily Star (10/19/04)

Evolution and Religion Can Coexist, Scientists Say National Geographic News (10/18/04)

Professor Recalls Study of Sustainable Fishing in Remote Society Athens County News (10/18/04)

Rio Grande Artifacts May Yield New Clues Seattle Post Intelligencer (10/18/04)

Japan 2005 Expo to Display Frozen Mammoth ABC News (10/18/04)

• Mammoth Will Star in Japan's World Fair MSNBC (10/18/04)

Signs of the Cross Island Packet (10/17/04)

Scientists Say Comet Smashed Into Southern Germany In 200 BC Space Daily (10/15/04)

Stolen Relics Go Home to Egypt BBC News (10/15/04)

Folklore and Skepticism Hover Over Cemetery Discovery Brownsville Herald (10/15/04)

What is an American? Discuss Harvard Gazette (10/14/04)

Mathematical "Truth Serum" Promotes Honesty New Scientist (10/14/04)

• Surveys to Judge Truth of Answers Nature (10/15/04)

Lying and Deceit – The Wizards Project Eureka Alert (10/14/04)

• Human Lie Detectors Rarely Wrong CNN (10/14/04)
• ‘Wizards’ Can Spot the Signs of a Liar MSNBC (10/14/04)
• Select Few 'Can Identify Liars' BBC News (10/15/04)

Neolithic Ruins Found in Romania While Building Highway Yahoo (10/14/04)

Memoirs Open Window into Inupiaq History Kenai Peninsula Online (10/14/04)

New Tack Wins Prisoner's Dilemma Wired (10/13/04)

Brazil Teen Arrested in Anthropologist's Killing CNN (10/13/04)

Campbell's Assault on Science: Research Threatened by Proposed Addition to Law Rocky Mountain News (10/13/04)

• Bones of Contention Arizona Republic (10/15/04)
• Reburying Ancestral Bones Deprives Us of Knowledge Anchorage Daily News (10/12/04)

Longtime Student of Alaska's Native History Dies at Age 98 Anchorage Daily News (10/12/04)

A Lesson in Linguistics From the Mouths of Babes New York Times (10/12/04)

Investigators Unearth Grim Clues to Convict Saddam Reuters (10/12/04)

• Babies Found in Iraqi Mass Grave BBC News (10/13/04)

Mother's Genetics Could Influence Sexual Orientation Nature (10/12/04)

• Survival of Genetic Homosexual Traits Explained New Scientist (10/13/04)
• Study Links Genes, Male Homosexuality CNN (10/13/04)

Scientists Seek Petrarch’s Skull MSNBC (10/12/04)

Europe's Oldest Wooden Staircase Found in Austria Yahoo (10/12/04)

Reindeer Decline Threatens Mongolian Nomads National Geographic News (10/12/04)

Jacques Derrida Telegraph (10/11/04)

Interviews- Chip Stanish, Anthropologist NPR (10/11/04)

Dunkin' Approach Recasts Ads as Serious Biz Boston Herald (10/11/04)

Black Sea Slowly Gives Up Ancient Secrets MSNBC (10/11/04)

• 7-Foot Robot Used in Black Sea Expedition Yahoo (10/11/04)

Rare Finds at Archaeological Site BBC News (10/11/04)

Suspects in Demise of Giant Mammals Washington Post (10/11/04)

Historic Find on Building Site BBC News (10/10/04)

Scientists Search Chinese Site for Evidence of Early Man Australian Broadcasting Corp (10/10/04)

Divination and Politics in Ancient Rome NPR (10/9/04)

Restoring Baghdad's Museum to Its Former Glory Daily Star (10/8/04)

Cannon Found from Likely Blackbeard Wreck CNN (10/8/04)

• Cannon Found in 'Blackbeard' Wreckage MSNBC (10/8/04)
• Possible Blackbeard Ship Cannon Found Yahoo (10/8/04)

Hidden History Is Man's Passion Detroit Free Press (10/7/04)

Firm Salvaging Titanic Finds New Debris Hampton Roads Pilot (10/7/04)

DNA Suggests Columbus Remains in Spain Discovery (10/6/04)

• Experts Fail to Discover Columbus, or at Least Where He Remains New York Times (10/11/04)
• Testing on Alleged Columbus Remains Nixed Yahoo (10/11/04)

Chimps Shown Using Not Just a Tool but a "Tool Kit" National Geographic News (10/6/04)

• Researchers See How Chimps Use Tools ABC News (10/6/04)

Giant Ape May be New Species Discovery (10/6/04)

• 'New' Giant Ape Found in Democratic Republic of Congo BBC News (10/10/04)

Discovery of the Oldest Remains of a Woman Who Died in Childbirth Eureka Alert (10/6/04)

Extinct Giant Deer Survived Ice Age, Study Says National Geographic News (10/6/04)

Remains of Genghis Khan Palace Unearthed MSNBC (10/6/04)

• Genghis Khan's Mausoleum Found CNN (10/6/04)
• Palace of Genghis Khan Unearthed BBC News (10/7/04)
• Remains of Genghis Khan Palace Unearthed Yahoo (10/6/04)

Experts Place Ancient Toolmakers on a Fast Track to Northern China New York Times (10/5/04)

Overheard Monologues Spark Phone Rage Nature (10/5/04)

Medieval Surgeons Were Advanced BBC News (10/5/04)

Bulgaria Discovery Sheds Light on Ancient Thracians ABC News (10/5/04)

• Thracian Mausoleum Packed with Precious Objects Unearthed in Bulgaria Yahoo (10/5/04)

China Employs High-Tech to Find Out How Much Is Left of the Great Wall Yahoo (10/3/04)

Of Lice and Men Eureka Alert (10/4/04)

• What a Story Lice Can Tell New York Times (10/5/04)
• Genetic Study of Lice Hints At Clash of Archaic Humans Washington Post (10/5/04)
• Lice DNA Suggests Early Human Contact Discovery (10/5/04)
• Early Man Left Trail of Lice Nature (10/5/04)
• Lice May Reveal Early Human Interaction New Scientist (10/4/04)
• Head Lice Provide Clue to Prehistoric Lives, Loves ABC News (10/5/04)
• Did We or Didn't We? Louse Genetic Analysis Says Yes PLOS Biology (10/5/04)
• Genetic Analysis of Lice Supports Direct Contact between Modern and Archaic Humans PLOS Biology 2(11)

Reliving Lewis and Clark- Conflicts With the Sioux National Geographic News (10/4/04)

Religion and Politics A Tale of Two Churches NPR (10/4/04)

In Evolution, a Taste for Beauty Has a Purpose NPR (10/4/04)

Artifacts Are a Field of Dreams for Village Yahoo (10/3/04)

Discovery Keeps Human Origin Debate Alive Yahoo (10/2/04)

Scientists Protest Bill to Protect Ancient Skeleton MSNBC (10/1/04)

Remains of Christopher Columbus Could Be in Seville -- or Not Yahoo (10/1/04)

• Data- Columbus Might Be Buried in Spain Yahoo (10/1/04)

2,500-Year-Old Pomegranates Found MSNBC (10/1/04)