News - May, 2006

Old Tools Shed Light on Hobbit Origins Nature (5/31/06)

• "Hobbit" Island Tools Predate Modern Humans, Study Says National Geographic News (5/31/06)
• New Twist in 'Hobbit' Human Story BBC News (5/31/06)
• "Hobbit" Humans Able to Make Tools Reuters (5/31/06)
• Scientists Link Tools to Ancient 'Hobbits' MSNBC (5/31/06)
• 'Hobbit' Hominids Trigger Giant Row Yahoo (5/31/06)
• Discovery of Ancient Artifacts Rekindles Debate on 'Hobbits' Washington Post (6/1/06)

First Egypt Tomb Since King Tut Revealed Discovery News (5/31/06)

• In Egypt, a Rare and Surprising Find USA Today (5/31/06)
• A Royal Find in Valley of the Kings? ABC News (6/2/06)

3,000-year-old Skeleton Found in Rome CNN (5/31/06)

• Ancient Skeleton Unearthed in Rome Discovery News (5/31/06)
• Ancient Skeleton Unearthed in Rome MSNBC (5/31/06)

Hominids' Cave Rave-ups May Link Music and Speech Reuters (5/30/06)

Ancient Pottery Operation Found in Indiana Yahoo (5/30/06)

Quake Badly Damages Hindu Temple Discovery News (5/29/06)

World’s Indigenous Groups May Risk a 'Slow Death' New Scientist (5/26/06)

• Include Indigenous Communities in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) or Watch Them Die a Slow Death, Experts Warn EurekAlert (5/26/06)

Mysteries Still Surround Egyptian Chamber MSNBC (5/26/06)

HIV Origin 'Found in Wild Chimps' BBC News (5/25/06)

• AIDS Origin Traced to Chimp Group in Cameroon National Geographic News (5/25/06)
• HIV-like Virus Found in Wild Chimps Nature (5/25/06)
• Chimp Poop Reveals AIDS' Origins, Researchers Say Reuters (5/26/06)
• Scientists Trace AIDS Origin to Wild Chimps MSNBC (5/25/06)

Ancient Etruscans Unlikely Ancestors of Modern Tuscans, Statistical Testing Reveals EurekAlert (5/25/06)

Mammoth Skeleton Found in Siberia BBC News (5/23/06)

Archeologists to Search for Lost Mission Yahoo (5/23/06)

Egypt to Excavate Roman City Submerged in Sea Yahoo (5/22/06)

Cape Baboons: Hairy, Hungry and in the House Reuters (5/20/06)

DNA Verifies Columbus’ Remains in Spain MSNBC (5/19/06)

• Spain Lays Claim to Columbus' Remains Live Science (5/19/06)

"Hobbit" Humans Were Diseased, Not New Species, Study Says National Geographic News (5/18/06)

• New Species of 'Hobbit' Human Was Hype, Says Primatologist Guardian (5/19/06)
• Debate on Little Human Fossil Enters Major Scientific Forum New York Times (5/19/06)
• 'Hobbit' Stirs Scientific Clash BBC News (5/19/06)
• Scientists Debate the Normalcy of Ancient 'Hobbits' Washington Post (5/19/06)
• New Research Suggests 'Hobbit' Was Not a New Species New Scientist (5/18/06)
• Debate Over Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Escalates MSNBC (5/18/06)
• Researchers Throw Cold Water on 'Hobbit' Species CNN (5/18/06)

Captain Cook's Endeavour 'Found' BBC News (5/18/06)

Stone Age Britons Often Died From Brutal Blows, Skull Survey Says National Geographic News (5/18/06)

• Skulls Show Early Brits Led Violent Lives Discovery News (5/19/06)

New Monkey Species Said Found in Brazil MSNBC (5/18/06)

Apes Can Plan for Future, Experiments Suggest National Geographic News (5/18/06)

• Planning of the Apes Science (5/18/06)
• Apes Demonstrate Ability to Plan Ahead MSNBC (5/18/06)
• In the Tool Shed, Apes Plan Ahead Live Science (5/18/06)
• Study Shows Apes Can Plan Ahead BBC News (5/19/06)
• Apes Able to Think Ahead Scientific American (5/19/06)

Chimpanzee and Human Ancestors May Have Interbred Nature (5/17/06)

• Study Raises Questions About Pivotal Event in Human Evolution New York Times (5/17/06)
• DNA Study Maps Human-Chimp Split ABC News (5/17/06)
• DNA Study: Human-Chimp Split Was Messy CNN (5/17/06)
• Human and Chimp Ancestors Might Have Interbred Live Science (5/17/06)
• Did Chimp and Human Ancestors Interbreed? MSNBC (5/17/06)
• Did Humans and Chimps Once Interbreed? New Scientist (5/17/06)
• Human and Chimp Genomes Reveal New Twist on Origin of Species EurekAlert (5/17/06)
• Two Splits Between Human and Chimp Lines Suggested New York Times (5/18/06)
• Chimps and Humans: Closer Than We Thought? NPR (5/18/06)
• Evolution's Human and Chimp Twist BBC News (5/18/06)
• Study: Chimps and Early Humans Interbred Discovery News (5/17/06)
• A Fine Romance: How Humans and Chimps Just Couldn't Let Go Guardian (5/18/06)
• Human, Chimp Ancestors May Have Mated, DNA Suggests National Geographic News (5/17/06)
• Did Humans and Chimps Once Interbreed? New Scientist (5/17/06)

How Children Learn About God and Science Live Science (5/17/06)

Shouting Monkeys Show Surprising Eloquence Nature (5/17/06)

• Monkeys Use 'Code Words' to Warn of Predators Live Science (5/17/06)
• Scientists Decipher a Monkey's Commands MSNBC (5/17/06)
• Monkeys Use "Sentences," Study Suggests National Geographic News (5/17/06)
• Monkeys Use Sound Sequence to Convey Command Reuters (5/17/06)
• Hidden Codes in Monkey Chit-Chat New Scientist (5/18/06)

Human Genome Completed (Again) Nature (5/17/06)

• Last Chromosome in Human Genome Sequenced ABC News (5/17/06)
• Last Chromosome in Human Genome Sequenced Reuters (5/17/06)

Washington State Says Building on Ancient Indian Village Was Nightmare Seattle Post Intelligencer (5/17/06)

Removing Relics vs. Preserving History Christian Science Monitor (5/17/06)

Ancient Tomb Sheds New Light on Egyptian Colonialism EurekAlert (5/17/06)

Chimpanzee Study Reveals Genome Variation Hotspots EurekAlert (5/16/06)

• Chimpanzee Study Reveals Genome Variation Hotspots Space Daily (5/17/06)

Neanderthal Yields Nuclear DNA BBC News (5/16/06)

Newfound Ships from Revolutionary War Sunk on Purpose Live Science (5/16/06)

• US Researchers Find 18th-Century British Warships Yahoo (5/16/06)

Mummy of Tattooed Woman Discovered in Peru Pyramid National Geographic News (5/16/06)

• A Peruvian Woman of A.D. 450 Seems to Have Had Two Careers New York Times (5/17/06)
• Mummy May Have Been Female Warrior CNN (5/16/06)
• Tattooed Mummy Discovered in Peru BBC News (5/16/06)
• Tattooed Mummy Puzzles Scientists in Peru MSNBC (5/16/06)
• Tattooed Mummy With Jewelry Found in Peru Live Science (5/16/06)
• Well-preserved 5th century mummy discovered in Peru Yahoo (5/16/06)
• Peruvian Mummy Member of Elite Discovery (5/17/06)
• Tattooed Mummy Unlocks Peru's Moche Culture ABC News (5/17/06)
• 1,500-Year-Old Mummy Found in Peru Pyramid Los Angeles Times (5/17/06)
• Tattooed Mummy Unlocks Peru's Moche Culture Reuters (5/17/06)
• Tattooed Mummy Unlocks Peru's Moche Culture Yahoo (5/17/06)

Egypt to Sue Museum for Mummy Mask CNN (5/16/06)

Blackbeard's Cannon to Be Displayed Los Angeles Times (5/16/06)

• Blackbeard's Cannon to Be Raised MSNBC (5/16/06)
• Blackbeard's Cannon to Be Displayed Yahoo (5/16/06)

On Ancient Walls, a New Maya Epoch New York Times (5/16/06)

Some See a 'Pyramid' to Hone Bosnia's Image. Others See a Big Hill. New York Times (5/15/06)

• Egyptian Lends Credence to Bosnia Pyramid Claim ABC News (5/17/06)
• Egyptian Backs Bosnian Pyramid Claim MSNBC (5/17/06)

Why We Lie Live Science (5/15/06)

Watch Language Grow in the 'Baby Brother' House New Scientist (5/15/06)

Rice with Human Gene Causes Furor Live Science (5/15/06)

Orphaned Monkeys Saved From Illegal Meat Trade National Geographic News (5/15/06)

DNA May Reveal Who Can Claim Columbus Washington Post (5/15/06)

• DNA May Reveal Who Can Claim Columbus MSNBC (5/14/06)

Director of Getty Is Unrattled by Claims of Italy and Greece to Antiquities New York Times (5/15/06)

Armed Looters Plundering Key Cambodian Temple: Group Yahoo (5/15/06)

Celestial Find at Ancient Andes Site Los Angeles Times (5/14/06)

• Oldest Observatory in Americas Discovered in Peru National Geographic News (5/16/06)

A Future with No Bananas? New Scientist (5/13/06)

Pyramid in Bosnia -- Huge Hoax or Colossal Find? National Geographic News (5/12/06)

Egypt Monuments Endangered by Muslim Ruling? National Geographic News (5/12/06)

Bigfoot in Texas? Believers, Skeptics Sound Off at Institute National Geographic News (5/12/06)

Brutal Lives of Stone Age Britons BBC News (5/11/06)

Murder, Mayhem and Mystery on Display Der Spiegel (5/11/06)

Tanzanian Monkey Goes Up a Notch BBC News (5/11/06)

• Scientists: Monkey in a Class of Its Own CNN (5/11/06)
• Global Team of Scientists Describes New Genus of African Monkey: First in 83 Years EurekAlert (5/11/06)
• Scientists Describe New African Monkey Genus - First in 83 Years EurekAlert (5/11/06)
• Scientists Discover New Monkey Genus In Africa Live Science (5/11/06)
• Scientific American: New Monkey Genus Is First in 83 Years Scientific American (5/12/06)
• New Monkey Species Is More Unique Than Thought Reuters (5/12/06)

Archaeologist Sweats as Fierce Sun Savages Taj Mahal Yahoo (5/11/05)

Mega-Extinction? Blame the Weather Science (5/10/06)

• Scientist: Humans Not Responsible for Mammoth Extinction CNN (5/10/06)
• Climate Change Blamed for Pleistocene Megafauna Bust and Boom Scientific American (5/11/06)
• Climate, Not Humans, Said to Have Killed Off Mammoths Reuters (5/11/06)

Men Pay the Ultimate Price to Attract Women Live Science (5/10/06)

Women Attracted to Men Who Like Children: Study Reuters (5/9/06)

How To Build A Better Product-Study People PC Magazine (5/9/06)

• EPIC 2006

Egyptians Look to Islam for Answers BBC News (5/9/06)

China Reports Discovery of Ancient City Yahoo (5/9/06)

Found Letter Says Yale Club Has Geronimo Skull MSNBC (5/9/06)

Drunk Monkeys Mirror People Discovery (5/9/06)

Monolith May Cast New Light on Mesoamerica CNN (5/9/06)

• Mexican Monolith Could Change History MSNBC (5/9/06)

Controversial Dig Sparks Pyramid Mania in Bosnia Yahoo (5/8/06)

Lesbians' Brains React Differently Live Science (5/8/06)

• Lesbians Respond Differently to "Human Pheromones," Study Says National Geographic News (5/8/06)
• Clue to Sexual Attraction Found in Lesbian Brain New Scientist (5/8/06)
• Revealed: How Scent of a Woman Attracts Lesbians Guardian (5/9/06)

Neanderthals and Humans: Perhaps They Never Met Live Science (5/8/06)

Tombs Found at China Olympic Site ABC News (5/8/06)

• Olympic Construction Finds Imperial Tombs MSNBC (5/8/06)

Fisherman Nets Ancient Statue in Greece ABC News (5/8/06)

Archaeologists Excavate 2,000-Year-Old Road MSNBC (5/7/06)

Did Monks Try to Make Gold? Discovery (5/5/06)

Priceless Maya Stone Vessel Looted in Guatemala National Geographic News (5/5/06)

Ancient Puebloans Reburied at Park Rocky Mountain News (5/5/06)

Darwin Revisited: Females Don't Always Go for Hottest Mate Wall Street Journal (5/5/06)

Royal Executions Followed Pattern Discovery (5/4/06)

Ancient Maya Royal Tomb Discovered in Guatemala National Geographic News (5/4/06)

• Tomb of Early Maya Ruler Believed Found in Guatemala Los Angeles Times (5/4/06)
• Archeologists Discover Maya Tomb CNN (5/4/06)
• Archeologists Discover Maya Tomb Reuters (5/4/06)
• Archeologists Discover Maya Tomb Yahoo (5/4/06)

Fringe Religions Helped Propel Rise of Nazis EurekAlert (5/3/06)

Watching the Detectorists BBC News (5/3/06)

• Crackdown Launched on Rogue Treasure Hunters Reuters (5/2/06)
• Welcome to the Portable Antiquities Scheme

'Flock of Dodos' Finds Humor in Evolution Fight: Documentary Film Pokes Fun at Intelligent Design - and at Scientists MSNBC (5/3/06)

Who's Broody Now? Guardian (5/3/06)

Last Days Devoted to Hawaiian Archaeology Helen Leidemann / 1954-2006 Honolulu Star Bulletin (5/3/06)

Treasure Dig Threatens Bosphorus Rail Link BBC News (5/2/06)

Must Looted Relics Be Ignored? New York Times (5/2/06)

New Evidence Spurs Fresh Thinking on Ancient Civilizations New York Times (5/2/06)

• Ancient Volcano Seeds And Tree Rings Rewrite Late Bronze Med History Space Daily (5/1/06)
• Bronze Age history Off by 100 Years Cornell University (4/28/06)
• Olive Branch Buried by Volcano Revises History Live Science (4/27/06)
• Olive Branch Solves a Bronze Age Mystery MSNBC (4/27/06)

Starlings' Listening Skills May Shed Light on Language Evolution New York Times (5/2/06)

• Chomsky Challenge: Bird Said to Grasp Key Aspect of Human Language Live Science (4/26/06)

Egypt Demands Return of Mummy Mask MSNBC (5/2/06)

Evolution Happens Faster in the Tropics MSNBC (5/1/06)

• Evolution Occurs Faster at the Equator Live Science (5/1/06)
• Evolution Gets Hot and Steamy Science (5/1/06)

Humans Wiped Out Wild Horses, Study Suggests MSNBC (5/1/06)

• Ice Age Horses May Have Been Killed Off by Humans, Study Finds National Geographic News (5/1/06)
• Humans Might Have Wiped Out Wild Horses Live Science (5/1/06)
• Humans Back in Frame for Ancient Horse Extinction New Scientist (5/2/06)
• Man May Have Caused Pre-historic Extinctions EurekAlert (5/4/06)

Shifting Ground in the Holy Land Smithsonian (5/1/06)