News - February, 2007

Maternal Cousins More Likely to Find Favour, Says Study Guardian (2/28/07)

Ancient Clothes Revealed by Forensics Discovery News (2/28/07)

Ancient Egypt Meds: Prayer, Laxatives Discovery News 2/28/07)

LiveScience.com - Artifacts Could Be From Early Galleon LiveScience (2/27/07)

A Recent Split of Humans and Chimps? Science (2/27/07)

• Genomic Relationships and Speciation Times of Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Inferred from a Coalescent Hidden Markov Model PLOS Genetics

New DNA Study Helps Explain Unique Diversity Among Melanesians EurekAlert (2/27/07)

• Melanesian mtDNA Complexity PLOS One

Rome Origins Unearthed? [video] Yahoo (2/27/07)

Jesus' Tomb Found in Israel, Filmmakers Claim National Geographic News (2/27/07)

• 'Lost Tomb of Jesus' Claim Called a Stunt Washington Post (2/28/07)
• Tomb of Jesus Found? [video] Yahoo (2/27/07)
• Scholars Criticize Jesus Documentary Yahoo (2/27/07)
• Archaeologists, Scholars Dispute Jesus Documentary CNN (2/27/07)
• Jesus Tomb Found, Says Film-Maker BBC News (2/26/07)
• Scholars, Clergy Slam Jesus Documentary Yahoo (2/26/07)
• Claims About Jesus’ ‘Lost Tomb’ Stir Up Tempest MSNBC (2/26/07)
• Past Efforts to Corroborate the Bible Discovery News (2/26/07)
• Have They Found Jesus' Tomb? [video] MSNBC (2/26/07)
• Israeli Expert Quashes Film Claim About Jesus Tomb Yahoo (2/26/07)
• Jesus Family Tomb Believed Found Discovery News (2/25/07)
• Claims Swirl Around 'Tomb of Jesus' Yahoo (3/1/07)
• 'Lost Tomb of Jesus' Claim Called a Stunt Washington Post (2/28/07)
• Scholars Criticize Jesus Documentary Yahoo (2/27/07)
• Archaeologists and Clergy Slam Jesus Film LiveScience (2/26/07)
• ‘Jesus Tomb’ Claims Draw Orthodox Wrath MSNBC (3/1/07)

Stone Age Adults Couldn't Stomach Milk, Gene Study Shows National Geographic News (2/26/07)

• Ancient DNA Solves Milk Mystery Nature (2/26/07)
• Evolution: It Does a Body Good Science (2/26/07)
• Early Europeans Unable to Stomach Milk EurekAlert (2/26/07)
• Early Europeans Unable to Stomach Milk New Scientist (2/26/07)
• Early Man 'Couldn't Stomach Milk' BBC News (2/27/07)
• Milk Allergy 'Caused by Stone Age Genes' Telegraph (2/27/07)

CSI Technology Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Fabric LiveScience (2/26/07)

Artifacts Could Be from Early Galleon Yahoo (2/26/07)

• Artifacts Could Be from Early Galleon MSNBC (2/27/07)

Washington Artifacts Show History of Old Fort Yahoo (2/26/07)

• Washington Artifacts Show History of Old Fort MSNBC (2/27/07)

Science Traces Roots of 'Traditional English' Apple Back to Central Asia Telegraph (2/25/07)

Arctic Team Studies Global Warming, Inuit Culture NPR (2/24/07)

Who Were the First Americans? Science (2/22/07)

• Michael Waters' Clovis People Study Is Cover Story For Science TAMU (2/22/07)
• New Evidence -- Clovis People Not First to Populate North America EurekAlert (2/22/07)
• First American Settlers Not Who We Thought Yahoo (2/22/07)
• First American Settlers Not Who We Thought LiveScience (2/22/07)
• Clovis Probably Weren't the First Americans Los Angeles Times (2/24/07)
• Clovis People Not First Americans, Study Shows National Geographic News (2/23/07)
• The ‘First Americans’ Probably Weren’t MSNBC (2/23/07)
• Columbus Colonists' Despair Revealed Discovery News (2/23/07)
• Study Casts Doubt on New World's First Settlers NPR (2/23/07)
• First American Settlers Not Who We Thought Yahoo (2/22/07)

Islamic Tiles Reveal Sophisticated Maths Nature (2/22/07)

• Medieval Islamic Designs Reveal Breakthrough in Tiled Pattern-making EurekAlert (2/22/07)
• Medieval Muslims Made Stunning Math Breakthrough Reuters (2/22/07)
• Medieval Islamic Tiling Reveals Mathematical Savvy New Scientist (2/22/07)
• Geometry Meets Artistry in Medieval Tilework CNN (2/22/07)
• Medieval Islamic Mosaics Used Modern Math LiveScience (2/22/07)
• Ancient Tiles Reveal Complex Geometry Discovery (2/22/07)
• In Medieval Architecture, Signs of Advanced Math New York Tims (2/27/07)

Chimps Use "Spears" to Hunt Mammals, Study Says National Geographic News (2/22/07)

• Chimps Make Spears to Catch Dinner Nature (2/22/07)
• Chimpanzees 'Hunt Using Spears' BBC News (2/22/07)
• Video: Chimps Make and Use "Spears" to Hunt National Geographic News (2/22/07)
• Chimps Observed Making Their Own Weapons Washington Post (2/22/07)
• Chimps Hunt Prey with Spears, Scientists Find MSNBC (2/22/07)
• Chimps Make Spears and Hunt Bushbabies LiveScience (2/22/07)
• Spear-Wielding Chimps Snack on Skewered Bushbabies New Scientist (2/22/07)

It's a Bot-Eat-Bot World Science (2/22/07)

• Robots Hold Key to Evolution of Language Telegraph (2/22/07)

Aborigines' Court Fight Delayed BBC News (2/22/07)

5,000-year-old Artificial Eyeball Found Times (2/21/07)

Monkeys Hug It Out to Avoid Fights Nature (2/21/07)

• Hug It Out, Monkey Science (2/21/07)

Freeze 'Condemned Neanderthals' BBC News (2/20/07)

New Finds at Egypt's City of Dead BBC News (2/20/07)

• Tombs Unearthed Near Egyptian Pyramid CNN (2/20/07)
• Egyptian Mud Tomb Unearthed Discovery (2/20/07)
• 3,000-year-old Tombs Are Found in Egypt MSNBC (2/20/07)
• Archaeologists Unveil New Tombs in Egypt Yahoo (2/20/07)
• 3,000-year-old Tombs Unveiled in Egypt Yahoo (2/20/07)
• New Finds Show Longevity of Egyptian Necropolis Yahoo (2/20/07)

Call It Serendipity: A Missing Piece of Washington’s War Tent Is Found New York Times (2/20/07)

Almost Everyone Lies, Often Seeing It as a Kindness Washington Post (2/19/07)

Beach Hunt for Lost Jacobite Gold BBC News (2/19/07)

Columbus's Failing Mining Colony Pilfered Its Supplies, Study Says National Geographic News (2/20/07)

• The Mysterious Case of Columbus's Silver Ore EurekAlert (2/19/07)
• Hard-up Columbus Settlers Sought Silver Lining MSNBC (2/20/07)
• Desperate New World Settlers Stole Christopher Columbus' Silver Yahoo (2/20/07)

Endangered Languages Encode Plant and Animal Knowledge New Scientist (2/19/07)

• Native Languages Hold Key to Saving Species Independent (South Africa) (2/19/07)

Practice of Farming Reaches Back Farther Than Thought EurekAlert (2/19/07)

Rare Wooden Statue of Ancient Scribe Found in Egypt Yahoo (2/19/07)

Gladiators 'Fought in Cheshire' BBC News (2/17/07)

Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players in Hominid Extinctions EurekAlert (2/17/07)

Stonehenges All Around Us Los Angeles Times (2/16/07)

Mystery Surrounds Sunken Remains in Florida Spring National Geographic News (2/15/07)

Greek Archaeologists Discover Theater MSNBC (2/15/07)

• Ancient Greek Theater Discovered Discovery News (2/16/07)

Ancient Foodies Liked It Hot Nature (2/15/07)

• Americans Cooked With Chili Peppers 6,000 Years Ago, Study Finds National Geographic News (2/15/07)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers Rocked Ancient World CNN (2/15/07)
• Researchers Find 6,000-Year-Old Fossil Evidence EurekAlert (2/15/07)
• Red Hot Chili Pepper Research Spices Up Historical Record EurekAlert (2/15/07)
• Chili Peppers Have Ancient History Discovery News (2/15/07)
• A Long, Piquant History Science (2/16/07)
• Chiles' Kick Is an Old Story, Scientists Find Los Angeles Times (2/16/07)
• Chillies Heated Ancient Cuisine BBC News (2/16/07)
• One Hot Archaeological Find Washington Post (2/16/07)
• These Chili Peppers Are Hot and Old New York Times (2/20/07)

The Love Story Deconstructed NPR (2/15/07)

Tails Tell Us We've Evolved Los Angeles Times (2/15/07)

Vaughn Bryant, Jack of All Trades, Master of Many TAMU (2/14/07)

Native American Populations Share Gene Signature New Scientist (2/14/07)

On the Origin of the Etruscan Civilisation New Scientist (2/14/07)

Dutch Team Finds 'Heretic Pharaoh' Era Tomb in Egypt Yahoo (2/14/07)

• Archaeologists Find Akhenaten-Era Tomb Yahoo (2/14/07)

Coin Shows Cleopatra's Ugly Truth BBC News (2/14/07)

• Antony and Cleopatra: Coin Find Changes the Faces of History Guardian (2/14/07)

Kansas Rewrites Science Standards Again LiveScience (2/14/07)

Paints' Mysteries Challenge Protectors of Modern Art New York Times (2/14/07)

Revealed: How to Be a Successful Valentine Telegraph (2/13/07)

Double Cropping the Earliest Agriculture Science (2/13/07)

The Color Red: A History in Textiles NPR (2/13/07)

Archaeologists Extracting Ancient Lovers Yahoo (2/13/07)

• Archaeologists Extracting Ancient Lovers MSNBC (2/13/07)
• Ancient Lovers' Embrace Preserved LiveScience (2/13/07)
• Prehistoric Lovers Remain Entangled Discovery (2/13/07)
• Chimp "Stone Age" Finds Are Earliest Nonhuman Ape Tools, Study Says National Geographic News (2/13/07)
• Scientists to Save 5,000-Year-Old Embrace Yahoo (2/12/07)
• Prehistoric Romeo and Juliet [video] Yahoo (2/7/07)

View from the Lab: Prof Steve Jones Examines How the Scent of Love May Provide Hope for the Unrequited Lover Telegraph (2/13/07)

Rising Bay Puts Cemeteries at Risk Washington Post (2/13/07)

Israel Denies Work Halted Near Jerusalem Holy Site Yahoo (2/13/07)

• Violence Sparked by Archaeological Projects in Jerusalem National Geographic News (2/12/07)
• Israel to Halt Holy Site Repairs But Excavations Go On Yahoo (2/12/07)

Kenya's 'Turkana Boy' at Center of Debate NPR (2/13/07)

The Chimpanzee Stone Age Science (2/12/07)

• Oldest Chimp Tools Found in West Africa Nature (2/12/07)
• Ancient Chimps May Have Used Hammers Yahoo (2/12/07)
• Chimpanzee Nut-Bashing Technology Proves Thousands of Years Old Scientific American (2/12/07)
• Did Prehistoric Chimps Use Stone Tools Too? New Scientist (2/12/07)
• Chimps Used Stone Hammers? Discovery (2/12/07)
• Chimps Learned Tool Use Long Ago Without Human Help LiveScience (2/12/07)
• Chimps May Have Used 'Hammers' 4,300 Years Ago CNN (2/12/07)
• Archaeologists Find Signs of Early Chimps' Tool Use New York Times (2/13/07)
• Chimps Were Using Tools in the Stone Age Telegraph (2/13/07)
• Ancient Tools Show Chimps Had Their Own Stone Age Guardian (2/13/07)
• Chimps May Have Used Stone Hammers MSNBC (2/13/07)
• Ancient Chimps 'Used Stone Tools' BBC News (2/13/07)
• Chimp "Stone Age" Finds Are Earliest Nonhuman Ape Tools, Study Says National Geographic News (2/13/07)
• The Chimpanzee Stone Age Max Planck Society (2/13/07)
• The Chimpanzee Stone Age [Pictures and Videos] Max Planck Society (2/13/07)

Mobile Phones Facilitate Romance in Modern India University of Washington (2/12/07)

Archaeological Remains Point to Exact Location of Second Temple, Says Hebrew University Professor EurekAlert (2/12/07)

Peru Concerned About Fossil Trafficking MSNBC (2/11/07)

Archaeologists Let Looters Do Some of the Work USA Today (2/11/07)

Meet the Relatives. They're Full of Surprises New York Times (2/9/07)

• Humans on Display [Video] New York Times (2/9/07)

Women Shun 'the Man Who Has It All' Telegraph (2/9/07)

World's Smallest Bible Found in a Boot Discovery (2/9/07)

Body From Gold Rush-Era Recovered Discovery (2/9/07)

Ancient Mexican Relics Found [video] Yahoo (2/8/07)

Missouri Cave Is an Ice Age Time Capsule NPR (2/8/07)

Architectural Plan Revealed of Doomsday Arctic Seed Vault EurekAlert (2/8/07)

• Norway Reveals Doomsday Vault's Design LiveScience (2/8/07)
• Work Starts on Arctic Seed Vault CNN (2/9/07)
• 'Doomsday' Vault Design Unveiled BBC News (2/9/07)
• Bent Skovmand, Seed Protector, Dies at 61 New York Times (2/14/07)

Threatened Lemurs' Diet Key to Conservation Efforts, Researchers Say National Geographic News (2/8/07)

Archaeology in a Clay Pot National [Papua New Guinea] (2/8/07)

Egypt's Child Gods Shown on Artifact Discovery (2/8/07)

Endangered Primates Harbour Fewer Parasites New Scientist (2/8/07)

Olympic Construction Unearths Ancient Treasure Trove New York Times (2/7/07)

Forensic Photography Brings Color Back To Ancient Textiles Ohio State University (2/7/07)

Out of Africa, in the Gut Science (2/7/07)

• Prehistoric Origins of Stomach Ulcers Uncovered EurekAlert (2/7/07)
• Out of Africa: Stomach Ulcer Bug Migrated with Humans 60,000 Years Ago Scientific American (2/7/07)
• Stomach Ulcers 'Prehistoric Link' BBC News (2/8/07)
• Out of Africa - Bacteria, as Well Max Planck Society (2/14/07)

Charles Darwin's Big Blunder Revealed MSNBC (2/8/07)

Genetic Test Could Reveal a Cheating Heart LiveScience (2/7/07)

Crystals 'Helped Viking Sailors' BBC News (2/7/07)

• Crystals May Have Aided Viking Sailors Guardian (2/7/07)

Prehistoric Lovers Found Locked in Eternal Embrace CNN (2/7/07)

• Prehistoric Romeo and Juliet Found in Italy [Video] Yahoo (2/7/07)
• Prehistoric Lovers Found in Embrace Discovery (2/7/07)
• Prehistoric Romeo and Juliet Discovered MSNBC (2/7/07)
• Eternal Embrace? Couple Still Hugging 5,000 Years On Yahoo (2/7/07)
• Embracing Skeletons Found [Photos] Yahoo (2/7/07)
• Italy Mystery of Prehistoric Hug BBC News (2/8/07)

Hobbit Skeptics Split on What a Second Skull Would Mean Scientific American (2/6/07)

DNA Clue to Presidential Puzzle BBC News (2/6/07)

Orangutans 'Face Greater Threat' BBC News (2/6/07)

• Orangutans Threatened by Corporate Logging Discovery (2/6/07)
• Orangutan Habitat May Be Gone in 15 Years, UN Report Says National Geographic News (2/7/07)

Ancient Boy's Skeleton Sparks Evolution Debate CNN (2/6/07)

• 'Turkana Boy' Skeleton Stirs Debate Discovery (2/7/07)
• Ancient Skeleton Focus of Modern Debate MSNBC (2/7/07)

New Exhibit Details Human Origins MSNBC (2/6/07)

• New Exhibit Details Human Origins Yahoo (2/6/07)

Ancient Temples Face Modern Assault Washington Post (2/6/07)

Muslim Protests as Israel Digs at Holy Site Guardian (2/6/07)

'Holy Relic' Ad Angers Russians BBC News (2/5/07)

Work Starts Near Jerusalem Shrine BBC News (2/6/07)

• Jerusalem Dig Unites Palestinians Discovery News (2/6/07)

Ancient Community Seeks Brides Abroad BBC News (2/6/07)

Land Project Threatens Indian Settlement Yahoo (2/6/07)

How Do We See Red? Count the Ways New York Times (2/6/07)

Rancher Faults Utah's Care of Archaeological Find Houston Post (2/5/07)

Give Us Back Our Bones, Pagans Tell Museums Guardian (2/5/07)

Two Skeletons Push Primates Closer to Dinosaur Era LiveScience (2/5/07)

Ancient Semitic Snake Spells Deciphered in Egyptian Pyramid National Geographic News (2/5/07)

Looters Still Ransacking in Afghanistan Yahoo (2/3/07)

• 'Black List' of Afghan Antiquities Seeks to Halt Illegal Trade Yahoo (2/3/07)

Why Women Enjoy Sex More on Certain Days Telegraph (2/2/07)

First Americans Arrived Recently, Settled Pacific Coast, DNA Study Says National Geographic News (2/2/07)

Why Ancient Greeks Are Always Nude LiveScience (2/2/07)

Domestic Violence in the Jungle Science (2/2/07)

Rome Subway Planners Try to Avoid Relics MSNBC (2/2/07)

Jamestown Sister Settlement Found Discovery (2/1/07)

'Terror Birds' Never Met Humans BBC News (2/1/07)

How Climate Change Hits India's Poor BBC News (2/1/07)