News - March, 2005

Animals Laughed Long Before Humans, Study Says National Geographic News (3/31/05)

Boston University Chemists Probe Secrets in Ancient Textile Dyes from China, Peru Eureka Alert (3/31/05)

Israel Unveils 'Beautiful' Venus BBC News (3/31/05)

Archaeologists Seek Prison Break Site Yahoo (3/31/05)

Archaelogists Find Ancient Egyptian Boats Yahoo (3/30/05)

• Ancient Egyptian Boats Discovered CNN (3/31/05)

Males With Young Stay Loyal ABC News (3/30/05)

Skis Carve a Path of Controversy in Arizona Christian Science Monitor (3/30/05)\

Oaxacan Migrants Support Family and Community Eureka Alert (3/29/05)

The Cult of Consumerism Eureka Alert (3/29/05)

• Playing the Game Eureka Alert (3/29/05)

A Point of View [Science and Religion] BBC News (3/28/05)

Remnant of Revolutionary War Washes Ashore CNN (3/28/05)

Museum Makes Way for New Centre BBC News (3/28/05)

Duwamish Take Issue with History Bill Seattle Post-Intelligencer (3/25/05)

Imax Cinemas Refuse Volcano Film BBC News (3/24/05)

• Imax 'Shuns Films on Evolution' BBC News (3/20/05)

Red Lake Tribe Poor, Isolated and Private Seattle Times (3/24/05)

Battle for Canada's Underground Resources - Some Tribes Oppose Pipeline to Tap Land Rich in Oil Reserves San Francisco Chronicle (3/24/05)

New Orleans Legend May Prove to Be Reputable Obvious News (3/24/05)

Easter Traditions Stem from Paganism Discovery (3/24/05)

Monkeys Steal When No One's Looking ABC News (3/23/05)

Old Graves Found on Almaville Site Being Cleared for Schools Tennessean (3/23/05)

Babies Recognize Faces Better Than Adults, Study Says National Geographic News (3/22/05)

Teen Charged With Acropolis Marble Theft Yahoo (3/22/05)

America's First Students Get a Second Look Christian Science Monitor (3/22/05)

Tales from the Crypt That Bury Medici History in Ever Deeper Mystery Guardian (3/21/05)

• Medici Child Tomb Goes Missing Discovery (3/21/05)

Bronze Age Perfume 'Discovered' BBC News (3/19/05)

Hundreds Expected at Burial Site BBC News (3/19/05)

Anatomy of Give and Take Los Angeles Times (3/18/05)

Frozen Mammoth Unveiled in Japan Discovery (3/18/05)

Archeologist Says Central Asia Was Cradle of Ancient Persian Religion Yahoo (3/18/05)

The Orangutan and the Enigma of Human Evolution Buffalo Museum of Science (3/17/05)

Ancient Birds, Stone Age Music Japan Times (3/17/05)

Bronze Age Droppings Reveal Health of Ancients Herald (3/17/05)

Even Chimps Could Play the Stock Market Telegraph (3/16/05)

Female Chromosome Has X Factor BBC News (3/16/05)

• Sequencing Reveals Origins of X Chromosome New Scientist (3/16/05)
• Women Get Extra Dose of X-Chromosome Genes - Data May Help to Explain Differences Between Women and Men Nature (3/16/05)
• Why Do Sexes Differ? Blame It on X Factor MSNBC (3/16/05)
• Human X Chromosome Coded Washington Post (3/17/05)

Genes Contribute to Religious Inclination New Scientist (3/16/05)

Tribes Thank Visitor for Handmade Canoe Seattle Post Intelligencer (3/16/05)

Pay Up, You're Being Watched Eureka Alert (3/16/05)

Mother Culture, or Only a Sister? New York Times (3/15/05)

Indian Artifacts Cloud Project Bowling Green Courier Journal (3/15/05)

Cultural Differences Seen in Male Perceptions of Body Image NPR (3/15/05)

Cairo Museum Shows Off 'Lost' Gold Treasures MSNBC (3/15/05)

• Ancient Egyptian Treasure Shown 16 Years After Discovery Yahoo (3/15/05)

Neanderthals Sang at High Pitch? Discovery (3/14/05)

A Family Tree in Every Gene New York Times (3/14/05)

Archaeologists Tackle Chess Puzzle Guardian (3/14/05)

So What Were You Thinking? Christian Science Monitor (3/14/05)

Slave Quarters Yield Unexpected Treasures Daily Press (3/13/05)

Congress May Put Limits on Tribal Casinos - Lawmakers Want to Prevent Spread to Urban Centers San Francisco Gate (3/13/05)

Why It Is Hard to Share the Wealth New Scientist (3/12/05)

Mining Myths of the Medicis Los Angeles Times (3/11/05)

Pigs Domesticated 'Many Times' BBC News (3/11/05)

• Widespread Taming of Pigs Sheds Light on Human Migration Los Angeles Times (3/11/05)

Mining Myths of the Medicis Los Angeles Times (3/11/05)

Jungle Highway Plan Spurs Security, Eco Fears in Panama National Geographic News (3/11/05)

Locke's Deal with Tribe Too Sweet? Seattle Post Intelligencer  (3/11/05)

Global Toll of Malaria 'Doubled' BBC News (3/10/05)

Neandertal Advance- First Fully Jointed Skeleton Built National Geographic News (3/10/05)

• Scientists Build Neanderthal ‘Frankenstein' MSNBC (3/10/05)

Ancient Perfumery Found in Cyprus Discovery (3/10/05)

Viking Sagas Read Through the Lens of Climate Change Eureka Alert (3/9/05)

For Iraq's Great Marshes, a Hesitant Comeback New York Times (3/8/05)

King Tut 'Died from Broken Leg' BBC News (3/8/05)

• Scans Resolve Mystery Over King Tut's Death MSNBC (3/8/05)
• Case Closed on the End of King Tut Guardian (3/9/05)
• Infection, Not a Rival, May Have Dealt the Fatal Blow to King Tut Los Angeles Times (3/9/05)
• Fractured Leg Bone Not the End of Tutankhamen Mystery Eureka Alert (3/10/05)
• Tutankhamun Curse Haunts Late British Discoverer Yahoo (3/10/05)
• King Tut's Broken Leg May Have Killed Him, Scan Reveals Independent (3/9/05)
• Head Blow Did Not Kill King Tut, CT Scan Suggests NPR (3/9/05)

Oldest Fossil Human Protein Ever Sequenced Eureka Alert (3/8/05)

Western Babies Got Rhythm, but They Unlearn It, Study Says National Geographic News (3/8/05)

Divers Unearth Bronze Age Hoard BBC News (3/8/05)

Ancient Artifacts Found on North Carolina Campus National Geographic News (3/7/05)

Monkeys See Competitors' Point of View New Scientist (3/7/05)

Knowledge Fades As Africa Languages Die Washington Post (3/7/05)

• Knowledge Fades As Africa Languages Die New York Times (3/7/05)

The Earth Moves Most for Humans - Agriculture and Excavations Shape the Landscape More Than Rivers and Glaciers Nature (3/7/05)

Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games New York Times (3/7/05)

How Prehistoric Farmers Saved Us from New Ice Age Guardian (3/6/05)

Archaeologists Uncover Sixth-Century Human Remains, Buildings at Honduran Mayan Site Copan Tampa Bay Online (3/6/05)

• Experts Uncover Ancient Mayan Remains ABC News (3/7/05)

Extinction Threat for Andaman Natives BBC News (3/5/05)

Fossil Find Could Be First Bipedal Human Ancestor CNN (3/5/05)

• Remains May Be of Oldest Walking Hominid Washington Post (3/7/05)
• World's Oldest Biped Skeleton Unearthed New Scientist (3/7/05)
• Bones Give Clue to How We Learnt to Stand on Our Own Two Feet Guardian (3/6/05)
• Earliest Walking Human Ancestor Found? MSNBC (3/5/05)
• Scientists Believe They Found Remains of Humans' Earliest Walking Ancestor in Ethiopia Tampa Bay Online (3/5/05)
• New Fossil Findings Might Lead to More Theories on Evolution New Ind Press (3/6/05)
• Scientists Unearth Early Skeleton BBC News (3/7/05)
• Remains May Be of Oldest Walking Hominid ABC News (3/7/05)
• Oldest Biped Skeleton Found? Discovery (3/7/05)

Studies Back Up Strange Tale of Tribe's Founding World Science (3/4/05)

Chimps Critically Injure Sanctuary Visitor CNN (3/4/05)

• Attacks by Chimps Rare, Say Experts Los Angeles Times (3/5/05)

Experiment - Turin Shroud An Easy Forgery Discovery (3/4/05)

It's Not Just the Hormones ... Guardian (3/3/05)

The High Tech of Prehistory Christian Science Monitor (3/3/05)

Florida State University Anthropologist Leads Incredible Journey Through 'Hobbit' Brain Eureka Alert (3/3/05)

• Advanced Brain Is Cited in Fossil Washington Post (3/4/05)
• Experts Debate Whether 'Hobbits' Were Human NPR (3/4/05)
• Hobbit Saga Ends With Human Connection Guardian (3/4/05)
• Brain Study Bolsters Case for Smart Bantam Human Species Scientific American (3/4/05)
• Data Bolster Claim of a 'Hobbit' Human Species Los Angeles Times (3/4/05)
• Brain Scan Suggests 'Hobbit' Capable of Complex Reasoning Independent (3/4/05)
• Extinct and With Tiny Brain, but a Clever Little Relative? New York Times (3/3/05)
• "Hobbit" Brains Were Small but Smart, Study Says National Geographic News (3/3/05)
• Virtual Reality Maps Real-Life ‘Hobbit' Brain MSNBC (3/3/05)
• 'Hobbit' Brain Supports Species Theory Yahoo (3/3/05)
• Inside the Head of the 'Hobbit' Yahoo (3/3/05)
• Critics Silenced by Scans of Hobbit Skull - Comparisons With Pygmies and Chimps Bolster New Species Claim Nature (3/3/05)
• Hobbit Was 'Not a Diseased Human' BBC News (3/3/05)
• The Hobbit's Brain Corante (3/3/05)
• 'Hobbit' Brain Supports Species Theory Boston Globe (3/3/05)
• 'Hobbit' Confirmed to Be New Species Australian Broadcasting Corp (3/4/05)
• Study- Tiny Human a New Species Discovery (3/4/05)
• Hopping Mad Over 'Hobbit' - Scientists Fight Over Fossil Skull and Bones of Humanlike Creature San Francisco Chronicle (3/4/05)
• 'Hobbit' Fossil Likely Represents New Branch on Human Family Tree Eureka Alert (3/3/05)
• The Hobbit Inspires an All-In Academic Brawl Canberra Times (3/2/05)

Giant Figures Unearthed in Peru CNN (3/3/05)

Lost Society Tore Itself Apart BBC News (3/2/05)

Archaeologists Find 2,600-Year-Old Mummy CNN (3/2/05)

Dig Uncovers Market Cross Remains BBC News (3/2/05)

French Archaeologist Solves Mystery of Ancient Mesopotamian City Yahoo (3/2/05)

Rice a Building Block in China CNN (3/1/05)

Archaeological Discoveries Shown BBC News (3/1/05)

Chinese Used Rice Pudding as Cement Telegraph (3/1/05)

Gender Gap in Monkey Cognition Closes with Training, Age Scientific American (3/1/05)