News - December 2004

Lauded A&M Professor Dies Bryan-College Station Eagle (12/31/04)

• Renown Archaeologist from Filer Dies Twin Falls Times-News (1/5/05)
• Bonnichsen Built Bridges to the Past Corvallis Gazette-Times (12/31/04)
• Obituaries: Rob Bonnichsen Bryan-College Station Eagle (1/1/05)
• Service Scheduled for Anthropologist Oregonian (1/5/05)

Andaman Aborigines' Fate Unclear BBC News (12/30/04)

Early Sleep Marks the End of Adolescence Nature (12/30/04)

Israel Indicts 4 in 'Brother of Jesus' Hoax and Other Forgeries New York Times (12/30/04)

Thurston Island Journal - Hunting Somber Relics of the Cold War in Antarctic Ice New York Times (12/30/04)

Museums Advised to Check Bible-Era Relics Yahoo (12/30/04)

• Museums Warned About Bible-Era Fakes MSNBC (1/2/05)

Human Brain Result of 'Extraordinarily Fast' Evolution Guardian (12/29/04)

• Researchers Discover Humans Are Of A 'Privileged' Evolutionary Lineage SpaceDaily.com (1/4/05)

Archaeologists Find Egyptian Stone Age Stores Yahoo (12/28/04)

• Stone Age Granaries Found in Egypt MSNBC (12/29/04)

Where Are Icelanders From? The Answer Is in the Genes New York Times (12/28/04)

Believe It or Not, They're All the Same Species Telegraph (12/26/04)

Dam Is Threat to Iran's Heritage Guardian (12/23/04)

Catastrophic Flooding from Ancient Lake May Have Triggered Cold Period Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (12/15/04)

Conquerors' Hopes Dashed Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (12/10/04)

Group Seeks to Reconstruct Bay Area Indians' Language Contra Costa Times (12/26/04)

There's More to the Mimbres Than the Pottery Red Nova News (12/26/04)

Research Points To New Theory Driving Evolutionary Changes Science Daily (12/24/04)

Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago - Evidence Suggests That History Could Repeat Itself Science Daily (12/24/04)

In Illinois, Unrecorded History Being Written in Small Discoveries Kansas City Star (12/24/04)

Univ of Florida Study - Bigfoot Myth Persists Because It Depicts Humans’ Wild Side Science Daily (12/24/04)

Peace-Loving Primates' Population Plummets Science Daily (12/24/04)

Ivory Pomegranate 'Not Solomon's' BBC News (12/24/04)

• Solomon Relic a Fake, Museum Concludes MSNBC (12/24/04)
• Israel Museum - Touted Artifact a Forgery ABC (12/26/04)
• Biblical King Solomon Treasure Turns Out to Be Fake Yahoo (12/24/04)

Haida Past Speaks To Troubled Present Georgia Strait (12/23/04)

Dam Is Threat to Iran's Heritage Guardian (12/23/04)

Reindeer May Get Left Out in the Warm Newsday (12/23/04)

Archaeologists Identify Traces of ‘Miracle’ Pool MSNBC (12/23/04)

• Remains of 'Miracle' Site Identified ABC (12/23/04)

Boy Jesus Image Created from Turin Shroud Discovery (12/23/04)

Archaeologists Demonstrate Widespread Civilization Flourished on Peru's Coast 5000 Years Ago Eureka Alert (12/22/04)

• First Andes Civilisation Explored BBC News (12/22/04)
• Ancient, Complex Peruvian Communities Explored NPR (12/22/04)
• First American Civilisation Sprang Up Fast New Scientist (12/22/04)
• Andean Civilization Found to Be Older, Larger Los Angeles Times (12/23/04)
• Earliest Urban Society in Americas Found at Peruvian Sites Washington Post (12/23/04)
• Archaeologists Shed New Light on Americas’ Earliest Known Civilization Northern Illinois University (12/22/04)
• Press Kit Northern Illinois University (12/22/04)

In Pictures- Indigenous Lives BBC News (12/22/04)

Mixed Views on UN Indigenous Decade BBC News (12/22/04)

Shapes That Speak Volumes Nature (12/22/04)

Tourism Rebounds on Island of "Hobbit" Fossil Find National Geographic News (12/22/04)

Archeologist Digs Up New Truths in Central Texas University of Texas at Austin (12/21/04)

Water to Wine - Are These the Jars? CNN (12/21/04)

• Israeli Archaeologists Claim to Find Site of Jesus' First Miracle Israel Insider (12/22/04)
• Archaeologist Says She's Found Site of Jesus' First Miracle MSNBC (12/23/04)
• The Footprints of a Miracle? Unearthed Shards of Jars Arouse Interest Seattle Times (12/25/04)

The Vikings - A Memorable Visit to America Smithsonian (12/21/04)

Presents Are for Primitives Spiked (12/21/04)

Future of Ancient Culture Rides on Herd's Little Hoofbeats New York Times (12/21/04)

Iranian Archaeologists Race the Clock MSNBC (12/21/04)

7,000 Years of Religious Ritual Is Traced in Mexico New York Times (12/21/04)

• The Ancient Roots of Elitism Red Nova News (12/23/04)

Monkey Vocal Ability Investigated BBC News (12/20/04)

A Revolutionary Shift in Tone Australian (12/20/04)

Aboriginal Originals Woo French Financial Times (12/20/04)

Colombian Journalist, Activist Keeps Social Change In Sights Tampa Bay Online (12/20/04)

Anthropologists to Beat Gadget Rage New Scientist (12/19/04)

Indian Policy Comes Under Fire Seattle Times (12/19/04)

Islamic Feminist Draws Ire of Men, Women, Left, Right Houston Chronicle (12/18/04)

Team to Search for Elusive Earhart Plane CNN (12/18/04)

State Ready to Abandon Site Where Indian Graves Found Seattle Post Intelligencer (12/18/04)

Florida State University Anthropologist Says Need to Pacify Babies Led to Birth of Language Florida State University (12/17/04)

• Baby Talk Key to Evolution Guardian (12/20/04)

Santa Claus' Face Reconstructed Discovery (12/17/04)

Ice-Age Musicians Fashioned Ivory Flute Nature (12/17/04)

Woman Guilty of Selling Endangered Animal Parts Winston Salem Journal (12/17/04)

Stocky Monkey in Himalayas Becomes Newest Primate Species New York Times (12/16/04)

• Scientists Find New Indian Monkey BBC News (12/16/04)
• New Species of Monkey Discovered in India Nature (12/17/04)
• New Monkey Species Discovered in India Scientific American (12/17/04)
• New Primate Species Discovered in India Discovery (12/30/04)

Univ of California, San Diego Biologists Identify Gene In Corn Plants That May Have Paved Way For Development Of Maize Science Daily (12/16/04)

Grave Robbers Ransack Holy Land History MSNBC (12/15/04)

Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue New York Times (12/15/04)

Societal Changes May Adversely Affect Men NPR (12/15/04)

• Making Sperm, No Men Necessary NPR (12/14/04)
• As Y Chromosome Shrinks, End of Men Pondered NPR (12/13/04)

Mystery of 'Chirping' Pyramid Decoded Nature (12/14/04)

Settled Life Speeds Social and Religious Evolution New Scientist (12/13/04)

Some Female Animals Buck the Mating Stereotype NPR (12/13/04)

Tribe's Letter Deepens Dilemma Over Project Seattle Times (12/12/04)

The Cold-Weather Theory of Witchcraft New York Times (12/12/04)

New Language Circuit Discovered in Humans New Scientist (12/13/04)

The Kindness of Strangers Guardian (12/13/04)

Egypt Unveils 2,500-Year-Old Tomb, Mummies ABC News (12/13/04)

• Egypt Unveils 2,500-Year-Old Tomb MSNBC (12/13/04)
• Egypt Unveils 2,500-Year-Old Tomb, Mummies Yahoo (12/13/04)

Lost Tribe Leaves the Jungle for Brave New World of Mobiles Sydney Morning News (12/11/04)

It's a Small World After All Sydney Morning News (12/11/04)

• Hopping Mad Over Hobbits - Removal of Bones Sparks Archaeological Turf War Sydney Morning News (12/11/04)
• Homo floresiensis Economist (12/9/04)

Ice Age Mammoth Flute Found in Germany MSNBC (12/10/04)

• Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave CNN (12/13/04)

Ancient Gold Mask Going Back to Peru MSNBC (12/10/04)

Travel Column - Australia Through Aboriginal Eyes National Geographic News (12/10/04)

Monkeys Miss Out on Music Nature (12/10/04)

Impulsive Behavior May Be Relict Of Hunter-Gatherer Past Science Daily (12/9/04)

Hungry Monkeys Can Dig It Nature (12/9/04)

• Research Led by University of Georgia Professor Reports First Routine Tool Use by Wild Capuchin Monkeys Eureka Alert (12/14/04)
• Tool Use Confirmed in Monkeys BBC News (12/10/04)
• Wild Monkeys Resort to Use of Tools ABC News (12/10/04)
• Monkey Tool Use Breaks New Ground Guardian (12/10/04)
• Scientists Watch Wild Monkeys Using Tools MSNBC (12/9/04)

Reindeer Threatened by Warmer Weather Discovery (12/9/04)

Piercings Are A Girl’s Best Friend? Body Art Study Shows Gender Preferences Science Daily (12/9/04)

Congo Poachers Leave Bonobo at Risk BBC News (12/9/04)

• Pygmy Chimpanzee May Be Near Extinction ABC News (12/9/04)
• Pygmy Chimpanzee May Be Near Extinction, Experts Say MSNBC (12/8/04)
• Bonobos Face Extinction Nature (12/10/04)

Gorillas Hold 'Wake' for Group's Leader CNN (12/8/04)

• Zoo Lets Gorillas Pay Last Respects to Companion MSNBC (12/8/04)

Greek Farmer Finds 2,000-Year-Old Monument Yahoo (12/8/04)

Schools Debate Native Names: Ypsilanti High Among Those in the State Who May Drop Native American Symbols Ann Arbor News (12/8/04)

China Develops Fish-Shaped Robot for Underwater Archeological Research People's Daily (12/7/04)

Science Is Eating His Dust Los Angeles Times (12/7/04)

Tracking Orangutans from the Sky PLoS Biology (12/7/04)

• Tracking Orangutans From The Sky Science Daily (12/10/04)

Excavators Discover 20 Mummies in Egypt Yahoo (12/7/04)

Iran Lays Claim to World's Oldest Backgammon Set Yahoo (12/7/04)

Editorial- King Tut, Part 2 New York Times (12/7/04)

Left-Handers Win in Hand-to-Hand Combat New Scientist (12/4/04)

• Left-Handers Flourish in Violent Society Nature (12/7/04)
• Fighting Backs Left-Handed Survival Discovery (12/9/04)

World's Earliest Tipple Discovered in China New Scientist (12/4/04)

• 9,000-Year History of Chinese Fermented Beverages Confirmed Eureka Alert (12/6/04)
• Chemical Tests Confirm Ancient Chinese Brewing Scientific American (12/8/04)

Hobbits? We've Got a Cave Full Sydney Morning News (12/6/04)

• Kidnap Marks the Latest Chapter in Hobbit's Story Times (12/4/04)
• Indonesian Scientist Defends His Removal of Hobbit Remains Australian Broadcasting Co (12/3/04)
• 'Hobbit' Fossil Stirs Controversy NPR (12/3/04)
• Big Row Over Tiny Humans MSNBC (12/3/04)
• Fury Over 'Hobbit' Fossil Grab Australian (12/2/04)
• The Battle for the Hobbit: Professor Stuns World of Science by Locking It Up Independent (11/30/04)

Brain Asymmetries in Chimps Resemble Those of Humans Scientific American (12/6/04)

British Archaeologist Discovers 'John the Baptist' Cave Near Jerusalem Yahoo (12/6/04)

Archaeologists Differ on Whether the Prehistoric Objects Are Tools Houston Chronicle (12/5/04)

Bones Suggest Women Went to War in Ancient Iran Yahoo (12/4/04)

New Theory on Stonehenge Mystery BBC News (12/3/04)

Elgin Marbles Dispute Takes New Twist Discovery (12/3/04)

Sacrificial Burial Deepens Mystery at Teotihuacán, But Confirms the City's Militarism Eureka Alert (12/2/04)

• ‘Pyramid of Moon’ Yields Up Grisly Secrets MSNBC (12/2/04)
• Mexican Tomb Reveals Gruesome Human Sacrifice New Scientist (12/3/04)
• Tomb of Headless Bodies at Mexican Pyramid CNN (12/3/04)
• Find Adds a Clue to Teotihuacán Riddle Los Angeles Times (12/4/04)
• Grisly Find Casts Doubt on Peaceful Pyramid Theory Guardian (12/6/04)

How Face Cream Revealed the Past Christian Science Monitor (12/2/04)

Ancient Roman Rest Stop Discovered Discovery (12/2/04)

Race to Preserve Relics of Exploration's 'Heroic Age' Guardian (12/2/04)

Maize Reveals Traces of Old Breeding Project Nature (12/1/04)

A Complex Agricultural Society in Uruguay's La Plata Basin, 4,800-4,200 Years Ago Eureka Alert (12/1/04)

• Uruguay Site Shows Wider Spread of Early Farming Los Angeles Times (12/4/04)

UNESCO Send Task Group to Mexico After Wal-Mart Opens at Teotihuacan Art Newspaper (12/1/04)

For University of New Mexico Students, Mum's the Word Albuquerque Tribune (12/1/04)

Humans Can Learn to Be Nice New Scientist (12/1/04)

Ancient Skull Fragment Hints at Surgery ABC News (12/1/04)

"King Tut" Treasure to Return to U.S. in 2005 National Geographic News (12/1/04)

• King Tut Treasures Will Return to U.S., but Won't Stop at the Met New York Times (12/1/04)
• King Tut Treasures to Tour the U.S. MSNBC (12/3/04)

Titanic Endangered by Sightseers 'Loving It to Death'- Wreck's Discoverer Yahoo (12/1/04)