News. November 2004

Iran Recovers 940 Stolen Antiquities, Arrests 36 Yahoo (11/30/04)

WWII Warship Cemetery Holds Italian Ship Discovery News (11/30/04)

"Time Machine" to Recreate Human Past, Then Explore Possible Futures PhysOrg (11/29/04)

New Law Protects Military Shipwrecks Atlanta Journal Constitution (11/29/04)

Brave Iraqis Determined to Uncover Saddam's Crimes Scotsman (11/29/04)

• Iraqis to Train in UK to Investigate Mass Graves Reuters (11/30/04)

UCLA Study Points To Evolutionary Roots Of Altruism, Moral Outrage Science Daily (11/30/04)

Kenyan Drought Adds to Maasai Woes BBC News (11/30/04)

Viking Map Could Reroute U.S. History Discovery (11/30/04)

University of Chicago to Create Web Site to Help Recover Iraq's Past Chicago Daily Herald (11/30/04)

Imaging Technology Solves 400-Year-Old Mystery Eureka Alert (11/29/04)

• Scurvy Hit Early N. American French Colony Yahoo (11/29/04)

Brain Imaging Could Spot Liars Nature (11/29/04)

• Truth, Lies Differ in Brain Scans CNN (11/29/04)
• Lies 'Are Recorded in Different Parts of the Brain' Telegraph (11/30/04)

Facial Reconstruction May Help Solve Mystery of Biblical Proportions MSNBC (11/29/04)

Radiologists Help Provide Worldwide Access to Ancient Art Eureka Alert (11/29/04)

Endurance Running Is in East Africans' Genes New Scientist (11/29/04)

Pharaoh's Legacy Lives On USA Today (11/29/04)

Frederica de Laguna, 98, Arctic Anthropologist, Dies New York Times (11/28/04)

• Frederica de Laguna, Arctic Explorer Mercury News (11/29/04)

Tribes Reap No-Bid Deals News & Observer (11/28/04)

Forensic Pro Digs Deep for Justice Atlanta Journal Constitution (11/27/04)

• Snow Finds 'Cool' Career in Forensics Access North Georgia (11/28/04)

Viewpoints- Food for All? BBC News (11/27/04)

Samuel Billison, 78; Navajo Code Talker Became an Educator, Speaker Los Angeles Times (11/27/04)

Gallic War Treasure Discovered in Southern France Yahoo (11/27/04)

Forget UFOs, Forget Atlantis: Holy Grail Mania Grips Britain CCNet (11/26/04)

• Code Points Away from Holy Grail BBC News (11/26/04)
• The Never-Ending Search BBC News (11/26/04)

At Mexico City's Core Beats an Aztec Heart Christian Science Monitor (11/26/04)

DNA Sheds Light on an American Die-Off MSNBC (11/25/04)

• Climate Helped Wipe Out Large Mammals New Scientist (11/25/04)
• Ancient Bison Done in By Climate, Not Hunters - Conclusion of Study Already Drawing Fire San Francisco Gate (11/26/04)
• Study - Hunters Off Hook for Bison Population Crash CNN (11/26/04)
• DNA Evidence Weighs In on Ice Age Extinction Debate Scientific American (11/29/04)
• Ice Age Bison Decline Not Due to Hunting, Study Says National Geographic News (11/30/04)

Aping Dr Dolittle Guardian (11/25/04)

The Urge to Infidelity ... It's in Her Genes Guardian (11/25/04)

• Study - Genes Factor Into Female Infidelity CNN (11/25/04)

Neandertals Beaten by Rivals' Word Skills, Study Says National Geographic News (11/24/04)

UCLA Study Points to Evolutionary Roots of Altruism, Moral Outrage Eureka Alert (11/24/04)

Archaeologists Needed in Investigation of Mass Graves USA Today (11/24/04)

Archaeologists Discover Bronze Age Site Yahoo (11/24/04)

Intensive Fishing Was an Ancient Practice New Scientist (11/24/04)

Prehistoric Julia Roberts Found Discovery (11/24/04)

When Seeing Is Better Than Believing Telegraph (11/24/04)

Italy Returns Stolen Obelisk to Ethiopia Discovery (11/23/04)

Archaeologist Receives Top Honour BBC News (11/19/04)

Scientists Introduce Our 13m-Year-Old Ancestor Telegraph (11/19/04)

Fossil May Show Ape-Man Ancestor Washington Post (11/19/04)

Experts Flock to Tinian for Earhart Excavation Pacific Daily News (11/10/04)

Anthropologists in Workplace Seek New Product Ideas USA Today (11/8/04)

More Believe in Creation Than Evolution - Poll Here and Now (11/23/04)

Cases Without Borders- In a Land Torn by Violence, Too Many Troubling Deaths New York Times (11/23/04)

Did 16th-Century Spaniards Roam Appalachia? National Geographic News (11/22/04)

Peru Mine Threat to Water Supply BBC News (11/22/04)

School District Challenges Darwin's Theory New York Times (11/21/04)

Ancient Village, Graveyard Torn Apart by Bridge Project Seattle Times (11/21/04)

Human Posture Can Communicate Fear CNN (11/19/04)

• Study Probes Roots of Human Empathy NPR (11/20/04)

Genetic Study Focuses on Asians MSNBC (11/19/04)

Raising Haul from Richest Wreck Is an International Battle at Sea Scotsman (11/19/04)

'Original' Great Ape Discovered BBC News (11/18/04)

• Fossils Found in Spain Seen as Last Link to Great Apes New York Times (11/19/04)
• Fossil May Show Ape-Man Ancestor Washington Post (11/19/04)
• Ape Discovery Fills Gap in Evolutionary Jigsaw Guardian (11/19/04)
• Ancient Ape Gives Clue to Family Origins Nature (11/18/04)
• Not All Great Apes Were Swingers New Scientist (11/18/04)
• Ancient Ape Discovered- Last Ape-Human Ancestor? National Geographic News (11/18/04)
• Ape Fossil Bridges Evolutionary Gap MSNBC (11/18/04)
• Fossil May Be Ancestor of Humans, Apes CNN (11/18/04)

Mandarin Chinese Speaks Volumes in Giving the Young an Ear for Music Guardian (11/18/04)

• Study - Language Determines Music Skills Discovery (11/18/04)

Archaeological Argument Breaks Out Over Indonesian Sunken Treasure Yahoo (11/18/04)

Slate's Explainer - The Myth of Atlantis NPR (11/18/04)

• How Often Is Atlantis Discovered? - The Lost City That's Always Being Found. By Brendan I. Koerner Slate (11/16/04)
• Atlantis Not Found - Mud, Anyone? Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (11/18/04)
• German Physicist Disputes Atlantis Discovery Claim by American Yahoo (11/16/04)
• Atlantis Buried Between Cyprus, Syria? Discovery (11/15/04)
• American Claims Discovery of Atlantis ABC News (11/15/04)
• Researcher Says Atlantis Was Near Cyprus MSNBC (11/15/04)
• US Researcher Claims to Have Found Atlantis Buried Between Cyprus, Syria Yahoo (11/14/04)
• New Claim on Location of Atlantis BBC News (11/15/04)
• Atlantis Hoax by Benny Peiser CCNet (11/15/04)
• Atlantis Hoax2 by Benny Peiser CCNet (11/17/04)
• Atlantis Hoax3 by Benny Peiser CCNet (11/18/04)
• Atlantis Hoax4 by Benny Peiser CCNet (11/23/04)

Historic Ship Remains Recovered BBC News (11/17/04)

How Running Made Us Human Eureka Alert (11/17/04)

• Running Paced Human Evolution, Anthropologists Believe Harvard Gazette (11/17/04)
• How Running Made Us Human University of Utah (11/17/04)
• Scientists Say Humans Were Made to Run NPR (11/17/04)
• Distance Running 'Shaped Human Evolution' Nature (11/17/04)
• Humans Were Born to Run, Fossil Study Suggests National Geographic News (11/17/04)
• Even Couch Potatoes May Have Been Born to Run New York Times (11/17/04)
• Evolution Made Humans Marathon Runners New Scientist (11/17/04)
• Research - Humans Are Born to Run ABC News (11/17/04)
• Running Extra Mile Sets Humans Apart in Primates' World New York Times (11/18/04)
• Running 'Key to Human Evolution' BBC News (11/18/04)
• Mastering the Race Guardian (11/18/04)
• Running Key to Shapely Human Astrobiology (11/18/04)

New Evidence Puts Man in North America 50,000 Years Ago University of South Carolina News (11/17/04)

• Photos of Topper Site and Related Material University of South Carolina (11/17/04)
• Evidence Hints at Earlier Humans in Americas New York Times (11/18/04)
• Fire Pit Fuels Debate on Human Migration MSNBC (11/18/04)
• Team Says Humans Lived In North America Earlier Washington Post (11/18/04)
• First Americans May Have Crossed Atlantic 50,000 Years Ago Christian Science Monitor (11/18/04)
• Scientists Dig Up ‘Very Big News’ The State [South Carolina] (11/18/04)
• Early Dates, Real Tools? Archaeology (11/17/04)
• Scientist Man in Americas Earlier Than Thought CNN (11/17/04)

Another Stonehenge Found in Russia? Discovery (11/17/04)

"Lost" Treasures of Afghanistan Revealed in Photos National Geographic News (11/17/04)

• Afghanistan's 'Lost' Heritage Found in Musty Boxes ABC News (11/17/04)
• Afghan Treasures Emerge from Hiding Places MSNBC (11/18/04)
• Treasure Trove of Culture Recovered Washington Post (11/18/04)

Fear Is Spread by Body Language, Study Says National Geographic News (11/16/04)

• Body Language Fuels the Spread of Fear MSNBC (11/15/04)

A Conversation With Martha McClintock - The Chemistry (Literally) of Social Interaction New York Times (11/16/04)

A Submersible Robot Dives for Steamship Gold New York Times (11/15/04)

Evolution's "High Priest" Returns With New "Tale" National Geographic News (11/15/04)

Giant Hail Killed More Than 200 in Himalayas Telegraph (11/15/04)

'God Gene' Discovered by Scientist Behind Gay DNA Theory Telegraph (11/14/04)

US Maize 'Threat' to Mexico Farms BBC News (11/13/04)

Historic Site Reveals Its Secrets BBC News (11/12/04)

Bulgaria Hopes to Exploit Golden Heritage BBC News (11/11/04)

Titanic Finder Laments Damage by Visitors ABC News (11/15/04)

• Titanic Finder Fears for Future of Great Wreck ABC News (11/15/04)
• Titanic Discoverer Fears Impact of Tourism MSNBC (11/14/04)

US Maize 'Threat' to Mexico Farms BBC News (11/13/04)

5,000-Year-Old Artifacts Near Texas Coast Yahoo (11/13/04)

Tests May End Tutankhamen Mystery BBC News (11/13/04)

• X-Ray of King Tut Mummy May Reveal Clues ABC News (11/14/04)
• X-Ray Attempt to Find Out Why Tutankhamen Died CNN (11/14/04)
• King Tut Will Go on Journey for X-Ray Test MSNBC (11/15/04)

Some Worry Evolution Dispute Hurts Image CNN (11/12/04)

Darwin’s Doubters and Defenders Have Their Say MSNBC (11/12/04)

Lawyers Make Final Pleas in Evolution Trial MSNBC (11/12/04)

School Board OKs Challenges to Evolution MSNBC (11/12/04)

Music Mirrors Tone Patterns in our Speech Nature (11/11/04)

African Bush-Meat Trade Linked to EU Overfishing National Geographic News (11/11/04)

• Fisheries Link to Bushmeat Trade BBC News (11/12/04)
• How Overfishing Hurts African Wildlife MSNBC (11/11/04)
• Overfishing Puts a Strain on Land-Based Wildlife New Scientist (11/12/04)
• Declining Fish Supply Linked to Land Animal Extinctions Scientific American (11/12/04)

Ancient Fossil Offers New Clues to Brown Bears Past University of Alaska (11/11/04)

• Ancient Bear Made Early Migration BBC News (11/12/04)
• Brown Bears Moved South Before Ice Age, Study Says National Geographic News (11/11/04)

Milestone for 'Land of the Lemur' BBC News (11/11/04)

Moas in Decline Before Humans Arrived New Scientist (11/10/04)

Official - Amazon Forests to Disappear Without Foreign Aid CNN (11/10/04)

Polar People 'Will Need to Adapt' BBC News (11/9/04)

• Climate Change Accelerating, Report Warns Los Angeles Times (11/9/04)
• Arctic Melting Fast; May Swamp U.S. Coasts by 2099 National Geographic News (11/9/04)

Brazil Spaceport Threat to Villages BBC News (11/9/04)

Speaking Tonal Languages Promotes Perfect Pitch Scientific American (11/9/04)

African Rock Art Under Threat BBC News (11/9/04)

Miniature People Add Extra Pieces to Evolutionary Puzzle New York Times (11/9/04)

• Kicking the Hobbit Habit Nature (11/8/04)
• Just Don't Call Them Hobbits Los Angeles Times (11/9/04)
• Scientist Rejects Flores Hobbit Claim Laksama Net (11/6/04)
• Indonesian Scientist Says Flores Hominid Not New Species Yahoo (11/6/04)
• Mysteries of Newly-Found 'Hobbit' Lure Tourists to Remote Indonesian Isle Yahoo (11/7/04)

Sticker in Textbook Reignites Evolution Debate MSNBC (11/8/04)

• Stickers Put in Evolution Text Are the Subject of a Federal Trial New York Times (11/9/04)

Builders Trash 500-Year-Old Chinese Palace Ruins Yahoo (11/8/04)

Wal-Mart Opens in Shadow of Mexican Pyramids Yahoo (11/6/04)

Scientists Fight to Save Iraq's Marshes CNN (11/5/04)

Controversial Archeological Excavation Site Vandalized Haaretz (11/5/04)

New Titanic Hull Piece Located Discovery (11/5/04)

A Pharoah to Remember Guardian (11/4/04)

"Reindeer People" Resort to Eating Their Herds National Geographic News (11/4/04)

Scientific Treasure Hunters Economist (11/4/04)

Concerns Over Tilting Taj Mahal Dismissed New Scientist (11/4/04)

Exhumed Skull Tested for Mozart's DNA CNN (11/4/04)

• Mozart's Family Exhumed Discovery (11/5/04)

In Some Nations, the Rise of 'Shortgevity' Christian Science Monitor (11/4/04)

Scientists Pioneer Biotech Techniques to Halt Infestation of History, Art Treasures in Tropics Eureka Alert (11/3/04)

Roman Face Cream Discovered and Reproduced Eureka Alert (11/3/04)

• Roman Cosmetic Secrets Revealed BBC News (11/3/04)
• Recreating a 2,000-year-old Cosmetic Nature (11/3/04)
• Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Found CNN (11/3/04)
• Ancient Roman Cream Used for Beauty Discovery (11/3/04)
• Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Found MSNBC (11/3/04)

Side Effects - I Drill; Therefore, I Am. Chimpanzees Seem to Agree New York Times (11/2/04)

Drought Unearths a Buried Treasure New York Times (11/2/04)

Experts Study Skeletal Remains in Utah ABC News (11/2/04)

• Experts Study Skeletal Remains in Utah MSNBC (11/2/04)

In Search of the 'God Gene' New York Times (11/2/04)

Are Americans Getting Taller? Nature (11/2/04)

Cases Without Borders- At the Old Swimming Hole, a Vicious Cycle Thrives New York Times (11/2/04)

Makeover to Depict Washington as Young, Old and In Between New York Times (11/2/04)

America's First Immigrants Smithsonian (11/1/04)

Bulgaria Strikes Gold in Hunt for Ancient Thracians Yahoo (11/1/04)