News - November, 2005

Genes May Affect Loneliness -- And More Friends Might Not Help ABC News (11/30/05)

Malaysia Hits Out at Palm Oil 'Smears' BBC News (11/30/05)

Merkel Stands Firm on Kidnapping BBC News (11/30/05)

• German Leader Refuses Iraq Kidnappers' Demand New York Times (11/30/05)
• Merkel Defiant Over German Hostage CNN (11/30/05)
• Germany Wants Contact with Iraq Kidnappers Yahoo (12/01/05)
• Germany's Merkel Appeals for Iraq Hostage's Release Yahoo (12/05/05)

Alleged 40,000-Year-Old Human Footprints in Mexico Much, Much Older Than Thought Eureka Alert (11/30/05)

• Texas A&M Anthropologist Studies Ancient Human Footprints Eureka Alert (11/30/05)
• Footprint Claims Get Stamped On Nature (11/30/05)
• Ancient American Footprints Disputed Discovery News (11/30/05)
• Report Examines Ancient Mexican Footprints ABC News (11/30/05)
• New Doubts Raised About Old 'Footprints' MSNBC (11/30/05)
• Fossil "Footprints" Stir Debate About Earliest Americans National Geographic News (12/01/05)
• Study Treads on Footprint Claim BBC News (12/01/05)
• A&M Researcher Disputes Claim of Ancient Fossilized Footprints Eagle (12/01/05)
• Study Raises Doubts About 40,000-Year-Old 'Footprints' Los Angeles Times (12/03/05)
• Tracking Ancient Footprints, Human and Otherwise NPR (12/03/05)
• Old, for Sure, but Human? New York Times (12/13/05)

Dramatic Slave Rescue Site Found Discovery News (11/30/05)

Erosion Jeopardizes Homes, Artifacts in Alaska NPR (11/30/05)

Peru Prepares to Sue Yale to Get Back Machu Picchu Relics Boston Globe (11/30/05)

• Peru Wants Machu Picchu Relics Returned BBC News (12/02/05)
• Peru May Sue Yale for Inca Relics' Return Guardian (12/05/05)

Ancient Peruvian Society Used Irrigation Canals CBC (11/29/05)

• Ancient Canals Reveal Underpinnings Of Early Andean Civilization Space Daily (11/30/05)
• Ancient Canals in Andes Reveal Early Agriculture National Geographic News (12/05/05)

Darwin Under the Microscope: The Origin of the Man and His Theory Washington Post (11/29/05)

How the Brain Builds Its Image of the Body Guardian (11/29/05)

• Mind Trick 'Whittles the Waist' Nature (11/29/05)

In the Beginning Was Al-Aqsa Haaretz (11/29/05)

Creativity Determines Sexual Success, Research Suggests Eureka Alert (11/29/05)

• Creativity Linked to Sexual Success and Schizophrenia Scientific American (11/30/05)
• Write Poems, Get Lucky Nature (11/30/05)
• New Research Into Schizophrenia Reveals That Creative Minds of Poets and Artists Act As a Sexual Magnet Telegraph (12/06/05)
• Artists Have More Sexual Partners, U.K. Survey Hints National Geographic News (12/15/05)

Only 40 Genes Separate Your Pet Dog from a Wolf Telegraph (11/29/05)

Iowa Professor Seeks Funding for 'Body Farm' New York Times (11/29/05)

• Iowa Scientist Seeks Funds for Body Farm CNN (11/28/05)
• 'Body Farm' Proposed to Study Rotting Corpses LiveScience (11/28/05)

Why Do Men Find Big Lips and Little Noses So Sexy? I'll Paint You a Picture Times (11/28/05)

Video in the News: Human Urine—Elixir for Good Health? National Geographic News (11/28/05)

Plumbing the Depths of Rumor Research NPR (11/28/05)

Ice Core Extends Climate Record Back 650,000 Years Scientific American (11/28/05)

• Old Ice Gives New Clues to Climate Change Christian Science Monitor (11/28/05)

Ohio Indian Mounds: Hallowed Ground and a Nice Par 3 New York Times (11/28/05)

Oldest Western Map Discovered Discovery News (11/28/05)

Romantic Love 'Lasts Just a Year' BBC News (11/28/05)

Ancient Roman Anchors Found in Israel New York Times (11/28/05)

• Ancient Roman Anchors Found in Dead Sea LiveScience (11/28/05)

Prehistoric Settlements Found in Greece New York Times (11/28/05)

• Newfound Greek Site is Really Ancient Live Science (11/28/05)
• Prehistoric Settlements Found in Greece Yahoo (11/28/05)

Illinois Yields Bounty of Mastodons and Mammoths LiveScience (11/27/05)

Scientists Probe Lewis & Clark Encampment LiveScience (11/27/05)

• Scientists Probe Lewis & Clark Encampment Yahoo (11/26/05)

The Anger and Shock of a City's Slave Past New York Times (11/26/05)

America Is Caught in a Conflict Between Science and God Guardian (11/26/05)

• Pro-Evolution Site Sued Over Public Funding MSNBC (11/26/05)

Teeth Reveal Rich Pickings for Men Guardian (11/25/05)

Pacific Atlantis: First Climate Change Refugees Guardian (11/25/05)

Report: Humans Impacting Sea Levels CNN (11/24/05)

• Core Evidence That Humans Affect Climate Change Los Angeles Times (11/25/05)

Chile Mummies Possibly Done in by Arsenic CNN (11/24/05)

• What Killed Chile's Mystery Mummies? MSNBC (11/25/05)
• Chile's Mystery Mummies Possibly Done in by Arsenic Yahoo (11/24/05)

Archaeologists Surprised to Discover Ancient Horse Skeletons in Jaffa Dig Haaretz (11/23/05)

The First Beach BBQ - 12,000 Years Ago Times (11/23/05)

Thanksgiving Foods Different 100 Years Ago Discovery News (11/23/05)

DNA Search for 'Father' Christmas BBC News (11/23/05)

Camps on Cyprus May Have Belonged to Earliest Open-Water Seafarers New York Times (11/22/05)

• Flints Give Cyprus Oldest Seafaring Link in Mediterranean Yahoo (11/22/05)

Orphaned Babies Show Hormone Disruption Years after Adoption Scientific American (11/22/05)

Woolly Mammoth Tusks Yield Clues to Animals' Lives National Geographic News (11/22/05)

The First Laugh: New Study Posits Evolutionary Origins of Two Distinct Types of Laughter Eureka Alert (11/22/05)

Forgotten Graves Unearthed Los Angeles Times (11/22/05)

Family Stories Show Immigrants Are Not All Melting in That Pot EurekaAlert (11/22/05)

Ancient Indian Site Caught in Development Battle CNN (11/21/05)

CT Tells Mummy's Secret: Preservation No Accident Seattle Times (11/20/05)

Canyon Among Land Trust's Interests Glenwood Springs Post Independent (11/20/05)

• Preserving Ancient History Glenwood Springs Post Independent (11/20/05)
• Prehistoric People Left Pictorial History in Area Glenwood Springs Post Independent (11/21/05)

Lobbyist Charged in Case Involving Indian Tribes Seattle Times (11/19/05)

Modern Hunters Take Up Ancient Weapon MSNBC (11/18/05)

Vatican Astronomer Joins Evolution Debate MSNBC (11/18/05)

Enough to Make an Iguana Turn Green: Darwin's Ideas New York Times (11/18/05)

• Darwin Exhibit Makes N.Y. Opening NPR (11/18/05)
• Charles Darwin: Evolution of a Scientist MSNBC (11/18/05)

The Word of God is Out - in Gullah Seattle Times (11/18/05)

Tribe Again Greets Buckskin Visitors as Lewis and Clark Trail Ends at Coast Seattle Times (11/18/05)

In Search of Civil War Ships Washington Times (11/18/05)

On the Outskirts of Rome, an Ancient City Rivals Pompeii Seattle Times (11/18/05)

Mass Graves Reveal Massacre of Maya Royalty National Geographic News (11/17/05)

• A 1,200-Year-Old Murder Mystery in Guatemala New York Times (11/17/05)
• Perpetrators of Ancient War Crime Sought Washington Post (11/17/05)
• Interviews: Uncovering a Mayan Massacre NPR (11/17/05)
• Maya 'War Crimes Scene' Uncovered Los Angeles Times (11/17/05)
• Perpetrators of Ancient War Crime Sought MSNBC (11/17/05)
• 1,200-year-old Skeletons Reveal War-like Ending to Maya Civilisation Independent (11/18/05)
• Ruins Reveal Chilling Massacre of Maya Royalty Yahoo (11/2305)

Video in the News: Eating Rotten Shark Meat National Geographic News (11/17/05)

Archaeologists Race Tides To Salvage Blackbeard's Ship NBC 17 News (11/17/05)

Tests: Skull Fragments May Be Beethoven's ABC (11/17/05)

Global Warming Threatens Inuit Life [Video] BBC News (11/17/05)

Homo Erectus Ate Crunchy Food Discover News (11/16/05)

Excavated Village Unlocks Mystery of Tribe's Economy National Geographic News (11/14/05)

Farmers Accused of Plunder at Ancient Site Guardian (11/14/05)

'Perception' Gene Tracked Humanity's Evolution, Scientists Say Eureka Alert (11/14/05)

Early Humans Settled India Before Europe, Study Suggests National Geographic News (11/14/05)

Ancient Peruvian Brewery Is Toasted, Then Torched New Scientist (11/14/05)

• Peruvian Brewmasters Pinned Down Nature (11/14/05)
• Archaeologists: Ancient Brewery Tended by Elite, Female Brewmasters Eureka Alert (11/14/05)
• Burning Down the Brewery Eureka Alert (11/14/05)
• Ancient Peruvian Brewery Is Toasted, Then Torched New Scientist (11/14/05)
• Noblewomen May Have Brewed Ancient Beer, Archaeologists Say World Science (11/14/05)
• Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Female Brewers in Ancient Peru Scientific American (11/15/05)
• Brewery Was Burned After Ancient Peru Drinking Ritual National Geographic News (11/16/05)

Deforestation Slowing, UN Says BBC News (11/14/05)

Men Write Short, Sarcastic Texts BBC News (11/14/05)

DNA Method Could Reveal Jack the Ripper Discovery (11/14/05)

Meditation Can Boost Your Gray Matter MSNBC (11/13/05)

• Meditation Builds Up the Brain New Scientist (11/15/05)

Goliath's Name Found in Archaeological Dig Yahoo (11/13/05)

Archaeologists Go Digital Yahoo (11/13/05)

Our Faith in Science New York Times (11/12/05)

'Raven & the Box of Daylight' Is Rich with Makah Tribal Lore Seattle Post Intelligencer (11/11/05)

Why Some Like It Hot: Spices Are Nature's Meds, Scientist Says National Geographic News (11/11/05)

Exhibit Brings Darwin's Theory to Life MSNBC (11/11/05)

Teaching Evolution: A State-by-State Debate NPR (11/11/05)

Endangered Lemurs Get Fawlty Name BBC News (11/11/05)

• John Cleese's Fame Preserved - Via Lemur MSNBC (11/11/05)

Pope Weighs in on Creation Controversy MSNBC (11/11/05)

• Designer God? Vatican Experts Debate Fine Points of Evolution Catholic News Service (11/11/05)

Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark on Modern Europe, Science Study Finds Eureka Alert (11/10/05)

• Europeans Descended From Hunters, Not Farmers, Study Says National Geographic News (11/10/05)
• Did Pioneer Farmers Fail to Spread Their Seed? Nature (11/10/05)
• mtDNA of Early Central European Farmers Dienekes' Anthropology Blog (11/11/05)
• Study Casts Doubt on Europeans' Ancestral Link to Fertile Crescent Los Angeles Times (11/12/05)

Jamestown DNA Sleuths Strike Out MSNBC (11/10/05)

• DNA Tests Don't Identify Jamestown Skeleton CNN (11/14/05)
• Historic Jamestowne

'Light on Life': B.K.S. Iyengar's Yoga Insights NPR (11/10/05)

Books Bound in Human Skin; Lampshade Myth? Harvard Law School Record (11/10/05)

Scientists Find 'Goliath' Inscribed on Pottery MSNBC (11/10/05)

• Goliath's Name Found in Archaeological Dig Yahoo (11/13/05)

Intelligent Design and Academic Freedom NPR (11/10/05)

Alabama Keeps Its Disclaimer on Evolution MSNBC (11/10/05)

Televangelist Warns of Evolution Doomsday MSNBC (11/10/05)

Mobile Phones Making a Monkey Out of Japanese Mainichi Daily News (11/10/05)

US States Divide Over Creationism Nature (11/09/05)

Pittsburgh Archeologist Discovers Ancient Alphabet in Israel Pittsburgh Post Gazette (11/08/05)

• A Is for Ancient, Describing an Alphabet Found Near Jerusalem New York Times (11/10/05)
• Alphabet Wars Language Log (11/14/05)

35 Who Made a Difference: Richard Leakey Smithsonian (11/05)

35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Lehner Smithsonian (11/05)

35 Who Made a Difference: Douglas Owsley Smithsonian (11/05)

35 Who Made a Difference: Edward O. Wilson Smithsonian (11/05)

'Intelligent-design' School Board Ousted in Penn ABC News (11/9/05)

• Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals New York Times (11/9/05)
• Intelligent Design Candidates Voted Out in Penn NPR (11/9/05)
• School Board Election Focuses on Evolution MSNBC (11/8/05)
• A Decisive Election in a Town Roiled Over Intelligent Design New York Times (11/10/05)

Evolution Suffers Kansas Setback BBC News (11/9/05)

• Kansas Board Approves Challenges to Evolution New York Times (11/9/05)
• Kansas Backs Intelligent Design in Science Lessons New Scientist (11/9/05)
• New Kansas School Standards Question Evolution NPR (11/9/05)
• Groups Fight New Science Standards in Kansas NPR (11/6/05)
• Kansas Education Board Downplays Evolution MSNBC (11/8/05)
• Schools in Kansas to Challenge Darwinism Guardian (11/11/05)
• Philosophers Notwithstanding, Kansas School Board Redefines Science New York Times (11/15/05)

Recent Excavations at Old Davidsonville Yield Treasure Trove of Historic Artifacts Jonesboro Sun (11/9/05)

Self-Images Often Erroneously Inflated ABC News (11/9/05)

Science and Religion Share Fascination in Things Unseen New York Times (11/8/05)

The Evolution of Darwin USA Today (11/8/05)

Looted Iraqi Relics Slow To Surface Washington Post (11/8/05)

Billy the Kid Investigation Resurrected MSNBC (11/8/05)

Mysterious Hawaiian Tiki Stir Debate Discovery News (11/8/05)

Raising the Dead BBC News (11/8/05)

Why Females Laugh Longer at Punchlines Guardian (11/8/05)

• Women Expect Less When It Comes to Humor ABC News (11/8/05)
• Women More Likely to Enjoy a Joke, Study Finds MSNBC (11/7/05)

Giant Ape Lived Along-side Humans McMaster University (11/7/05)

• Giant Ape Lived Alongside Humans Eureka Alert (11/10/05)
• Dating a Giant Ape Macleans (11/14/05)

Karen Armstrong: Myths and the Modern World NPR (11/7/05)

Koriam's Law Documentary film

WWI-era Explosive Used in Killing Whales Seattle Times (11/7/05)

An Evolutionist's Evolution New York Times (11/7/05)

Israeli Prisoners Dig Their Way to Early Christianity New York Times (11/7/05)

• Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church Site ABC News (11/7/05)
• Photo Gallery: Ancient Church Found at Israeli Prison National Geographic News (11/7/05)
• Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church in Israel MSNBC (11/6/05)
• Remains of Ancient Church Discovered Inside Israeli Prison Yahoo (11/6/05)
• Early Christian Church Unearthed Near Armageddon Yahoo (11/6/05)
• Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church Site Yahoo (11/7/05)
• Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church Site Yahoo (11/8/05)

Mysterious Case of Death on the Nile, 4,000 Years Ago Guardian (11/7/05)

Prehistoric Skull Found in Dump May Be Missing Ancestor Guardian (11/7/05)

Hormones Make Women Safer Drivers BBC News (11/7/05)

'New' Science Gleans Knowledge from Ancient Lands and Societies Eureka Alert (11/7/05)

'Monkeyluv': Primates Are People, Too New York Times (11/6/05)

Closing Arguments Made in Trial on Intelligent Design New York Times (11/5/05)

• In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit New York Times (11/4/05)
• 'Intelligent Design' Trial Concludes MSNBC (11/4/05)
• Biologist Says Intelligent Design Is Shunned MSNBC (11/4/05)
• Scientists Make the Case for Evolution MSNBC (11/3/05)

Bark-clad Monster Guards Senegal Circumcision Rite Yahoo (11/4/05)

Mound Moonrise Rain Date Still Undecided Newark Advocate (11/4/05)

• Moonrise Viewing Still Unclear Newark Advocate (10/29/05)
• Octagon Moonrise

Ice Mummy's Curse Returns ANSA (11/4/05)

• 'Curse of the Iceman' Claims 6th Victim South Africa Independent (11/4/05)
• Death as Iceman's Curse Cometh Australian (11/4/05)
• 'Ötzi Curse' Strikes Seventh Person Discovery News (11/4/05)
• Death Renews Iceman 'Curse' Claim BBC News (11/5/05)

Italian Smuggling Case Provides Evidence MFA Has Stolen Art Boston Globe (11/4/05)

Quest Funds Student Research SMU Daily (11/4/05)

Vatican: Faithful Should Listen to Science ABC News (11/3/05)

• Vatican Wants to End Battle with Science MSNBC (11/3/05)

Hawaiian Skull Taken by Calif. Is Returned ABC News (11/3/05)

Copernicus' Grave Found in Polish Church ABC News (11/3/05)

• Astronomer Copernicus Believed Excavated in Polish Cathedral Yahoo (11/3/05)
• Archaeologists Identify Copernicus' Skull MSNBC (11/3/05)
• Copernicus's Remains Found Under Floor of Polish Cathedral Guardian (11/5/05)
• Copernicus's Grave Is Reported Found New York Times (11/6/05)
• Astronomer Copernicus Recreated? Discovery News (11/7/05)
• Copernicus Unearthed? Nature (11/7/05)

The Biological Clock Also Ticks for Fathers Guardian (11/3/05)

Khajeh Mountain, Biggest Unbaked Mud Architecture of Parthian Era Payvand (11/3/05)

The 'Soul-Satisfying' Work of Repatriation Berkeleyan (11/3/05)

Preserving Garnet: Archaeologists Work to Solve Mysteries of Ghost Town Montana Standard (11/3/05)

Those Ignorant of History... Nature (11/2/05)

On the Trail of Stolen Iraqi Art USA Today (11/2/05)

Mexico's Cemeteries Host Día de los Muertos Parties National Geographic News (11/2/05)

Monkey Math Mirrors Our Own Live Science (11/2/05)

Darwin's Natural Selection Still at Work in Humans Live Science (11/2/05)

Can Chimps Talk? Forbes (10/24/05)

• Jane Goodall On Why Words Hurt Forbes (10/24/05)
• Jane Goodall On The Dangers Of E-Mail Forbes (10/24/05)
• Jane Goodall On The Challenges Of Communicating With Chimps Forbes (10/24/05)
• Desmond Morris On Symbolic Gestures Forbes (10/24/05)

'Hormonal' Women Most Attractive BBC News (11/2/05)

• Hormone Levels Predict Attractiveness of Women New Scientist (11/2/05)
• Attractive Women Are More Than Just a Pretty Face Telegraph (11/8/05)

Excitement at Neolithic Site Find BBC News (11/2/05)

• Archaeologists Unearth Neolithic Site 'Older Than Stonehenge' [video] BBC News
• 5,000-year-old Homes Shed New Light on 'Henge People' Independent (11/3/05)

Ancient Burial Ground Discovered in N.Y. CBS News (11/2/05)

'Intelligent Design' Fight Goes to the Polls MSNBC (11/1/05)

Scientists Link a Prolific Gene Tree to the Manchu Conquerors of China New York Times (11/1/05)

• 1.5m Chinese 'descendants of one man' BBC News (11/1/05)
• History's 2nd-Biggest Stud Found? Discovery (11/8/05)

Malawi Is Burning, and Deforestation Erodes Economy New York Times (11/1/05)

A New Bar Code for Ancient Carpets Spectroscopy Now (11/1/05)

Did Humans Eat Giant Lemur to Extinction? Discovery News (11/1/05)

Water Plentiful, But Contaminated in El Salvador NPR (11/1/05)

Old Menus Provide Clues About Shifting Seafood Tastes and Harvests New York Times (11/1/05)

Those Forgotten Mummies in the Cellar Must Be Cursed New York Times (11/1/05)

Mystery of "Blindsight" Lets Some Blind People "See," Study Shows National Geographic News (11/1/05)

Voices - The Voices Recordings BBC

Hippo Water Roller Imvubu Projects

Stone Age Beer Discover (11/1/05)