News - June, 2007

'First West Europe Tooth' Found BBC News (6/30/07)

• Million-Year-Old Human Tooth Found Discovery (7/2/07)

Digital Music Project Races to Save Tibetan Folk Songs National Geographic News (7/2/07)

The Roots of Punishment Scientific American (6/29/07)

Ancient Island Settlement Rebuilt BBC News (6/29/07)

Field School Explores 19th Century Digs EurekAlert (6/29/07)

Ancient Seeds Reveal Andean Crops Nature (6/28/07)

• New World Farming Began Around Same Time As Near East's National Geographic News (6/28/07)
• Earliest-Known Evidence of Peanut, Cotton and Squash Farming Found EurekAlert (6/28/07)
• Squash Seeds Show Andean Cultivation Is 10,000 Years Old, Twice as Old as Thought New York Times (6/29/07)
• Squash Cultivated 10,000 Years Ago Discovery (6/29/07)
• Ancient Farming in South America Los Angeles Times (6/29/07)
• Squash Grown 10,000 Years Ago in Peru LiveScience (6/29/07)
• Squash Grown 10,000 Years Ago in Peru MSNBC (6/29/07)
• Evidence of Ancient Farming Found in Andes Yahoo (6/28/07)

DNA Traces Origin of Domestic Cat BBC News (6/28/07)

• Out of the Desert, on to the Sofa Science (6/28/07)
• House Cat Origin Traced to Middle Eastern Wildcat Ancestor National Geographic News (6/28/07)
• Study Traces Cat's Ancestry to Middle East New York Times (6/29/07)
• A Fertile Domestication of Cats Science (6/28/07)
• Cats First Tamed in the Middle East NPR (6/28/07)
• DNA Shows Domestic Cat Had Origins in Near East New Scientist (6/28/07)
• Why Do Cats Hang Around Us? (Hint: They Can't Open Cans) Washington Post (6/29/07)
• Cats Are Our Oldest Friends Telegraph (6/29/07)
• House Cat Descendant of Middle Eastern Wildcat CNN News (6/28/07)
• Domestic Cats Have Ancient Roots Discovery (6/28/07)
• House Cats' Wild Ancestor Found LiveScience (6/28/07)
• The Cat Goes Back...Way Back MSNBC (6/28/07)
• Cradle of Civilization Also Cats' Cradle Yahoo (6/28/07)
• Domestic Cats' Origin Shifts a Bit Los Angeles Times (6/29/07)
• DNA Research Identifies Homeland of the Domestic Cat Guardian (6/29/07)
• Cradle of Civilization Also Cats' Cradle ABC News (6/29/07)

The Return of the Viking Warship BBC News (6/28/07)

'Find of Century' for Egyptology BBC News (6/27/07)

• Unraveling a Mummy from Inside Out Los Angeles Times (6/27/07)
• Egypt's Female Pharaoh Revealed by Chipped Tooth, Experts Say National Geographic News (6/27/07)
• Tooth May Have Solved Mummy Mystery New York Times (6/27/07)
• Mystery of Egypt's Greatest Queen Solved Telegraph (6/27/07)
• 'How I Found Queen Hatshepsut' Telegraph (6/27/07)
• Egypt Says Mummy of Ancient Queen Identified NPR (6/27/07)
• Photo Gallery: Mummy of Egypt's ''Lost Queen'' Found National Geographic News (6/27/07)
• Video: Egypt's Most Famous Female King Found National Geographic News (6/27/07)
• Egypt's Pharaoh Hatshepsut Said Found Discovery (6/27/07)
• Mystery Mummy May Be Female Pharoah Guardian (6/27/07)
• Remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut ID'd MSNBC (6/27/07)
• Mummy Is Missing Female Pharaoh Guardian (6/28/07)
• Bad Tooth Solves Mystery of Egypt's Pharaoh Queen Yahoo (6/27/07)
• Tooth Clinches Identification of Egyptian Queen Yahoo (6/27/07)
• Egypt Says Mummy Is Queen Hatshepsut Yahoo (6/28/07)

'Lucy' Fossil to Go on U.S. Tour Discovery (6/27/07)

Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally New York Times (6/26/07)

• The Human Family Tree Has Become a Bush With Many Branches New York Times (6/26/07)
• Human DNA, the Ultimate Spot for Secret Messages (Are Some There Now?) New York Times (6/26/07)

From a Few Genes, Life's Myriad Shapes New York Times (6/26/07)

• Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift New York Times (6/26/07)

Researchers to Map Neanderthal DNA CNN (6/26/07)

• Neanderthal Genome Map Possible Discovery (6/26/07)
• Scientists Could Recover Neanderthal DNA LiveScience (6/26/07)

False Pride Seen as Survival Skill LiveScience (6/26/07)

Gladiator Truths Counter Movie Myths Discovery (6/26/07)

Mammoths to Return? DNA Advances Spur Resurrection Debate National Geographic News (6/25/07)

Tracking the Evolution of Our Growing Waistlines NPR (6/25/07)

Selfless Chimps Shed Light on Evolution of Altruism LiveScience (6/25/07)

• Is It a Chimp-Help-Chimp World? Nature (6/25/07)
• Chimps Not So Selfish After All Science (6/25/07)

Calendar Question Over Star Disc BBC News (6/25/07)

Frog Legs Eaten by Neolithic Europeans Discovery News (6/25/07)

Rise of Man Theory ‘Out by 400,000 Years' Times (6/25/07)

• Evolution Theory 'Out by 400,000 Years' Australian (6/25/07)

New Research Questions Some Masada Remains MSNBC (6/22/07)

• Ancient Israeli Remains May Actually Be Roman LiveScience (6/23/07)
• Some Masada Remains Questioned by Study Yahoo (6/22/07)

3rd-Century Man Preserved in Salt Discovery News (6/22/07)

• Third Century Iranian Man Found Preserved in Salt Daily India (6/23/07)
• Ancient "Salt Cured" Man Found in Iranian Mine National Geographic Society (7/3/07)

Mass Grave of Quakers Uncovered BBC News (6/22/07)

Three Thousand Year-old Mummy Discovered in Egypt Yahoo (6/22/07)

Riddle of the Bog Guardian (6/21/07)

Ancient Disease Resistance Made Us Vulnerable to HIV Nature (6/21/07)

• Ancient Trade-off May Explain Why Humans Get HIV New Scientist (6/21/07)
• Fossil Virus Gives Clues to HIV Susceptibility Science (6/21/07)

Thousands Attend Solstice Party BBC News (6/21/07)

• In Pictures: Stonehenge Solstice BBC News (6/21/07)
• Stonehenge Revelers Welcome Solstice Discovery News (6/21/07)

Bone-Crushing Wolves Roamed Alaska During Ice Age National Geographic News (6/21/07)

• Bone-Cracking Wolf Roamed Alaska Discovery (6/21/07)
• Bone-Crushing Wolves Once Roamed Alaska LiveScience (6/21/07)

First Known Gunshot Victim in Americas Discovered National Geographic News (6/19/07)

• Photo Gallery: New World's Oldest Gunshot Victim Found? National Geographic News (6/19/07)
• Earliest Gunshot Victim in New World Is Reported New York Times (6/20/07)
• 'Earliest Gunshot Victim' Found BBC News (6/20/07)
• Inca Warrior's Wound Tells Another Tale Los Angeles Times (6/20/07)
• Early Gunshot Victim Uncovered Nature (6/20/07)
• Inca Skull Rewrites History of Conquest Washington Post (6/20/07)
• First Gunshot Wound Victim Found Discovery (6/20/07)
• Researchers Find ‘First Gun Victim' in Americas MSNBC (6/20/07)

ESF EUROCORES Programme OMLL Helps Uncover Ancient Human Behaviour European Science Foundation (6/20/07)

Patented Harpoon Pins Down Whale Age Nature (6/19/07)

Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile National Geographic News (6/18/07)

• Ancient Kush Rivaled Egypt, Experts Say Los Angeles Times (6/19/07)
• Scholars Race to Recover a Lost Kingdom on the Nile New York Times (6/19/07)
• Archaeologists Rescue Clues to Ancient Kingdom from the Rising Nile EurekAlert (6/19/07)
• Stones Confirm Golden Past of Ancient African Kingdom New Scientist (6/19/07)
• Clue to Egypt's Gold Source Discovered LiveScience (6/19/07)
• Ancient Gold Camp Discovered Along the Nile MSNBC (6/19/07)
• Diggers Strike Gold in Ancient Kush Guardian (6/20/07)
• Ancient Nile Gold-Making Factory Found Discovery (6/20/07)

Ancient Romans Preferred Fast Food Discovery (6/18/07)

Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light on Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site EurekAlert (6/18/07)

Human Nature Rubs Off on Chimps LiveScience (6/18/07)

• Chimps Gain Smarts from Hanging with Humans MSNBC (6/19/07)

Human Skulls Returned to Australia Sydney Morning Herald (6/18/07)

Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants from Anatolia, or What Is Now Turkey EurekAlert (6/16/07)

• Study: Ancient Italians Were from Turkey Los Angeles Times (6/18/07)

The Perks and Pitfalls of Pride EurekAlert (6/16/07)

Treasure Hunters Find Sunken Gold and Pearls MSNBC (6/15/07)

• Sunken Treasure Found Off Key West Coast MSNBC (6/15/07)

Study: Circumcision Removes Most Sensitive Parts LiveScience (6/15/07)

Iron Age 'Mickey Mouse' Found Discovery (6/15/07)

Heritage Row on Selection of Darwin's Home Guardian (6/15/07)

Human Sacrifice in Prehistoric Europe? Los Angeles Times (6/14/07)

• Ancient Graves Suggest Human Sacrifice Discovery (6/18/07)

Photo in the News: Buried Alive? Ancient Skeletons Unearthed National Geographic News (6/14/07)

Human Genome Further Unravelled BBC News (6/14/07)

• Study Shines New Light on Genome Guardian (6/14/07)
• Human Instruction Book Not So Simple MSNBC (6/13/07)
• 'Junk' DNA Makes Compulsive Reading New Scientist (6/13/07)
• Reading Between the Genomes NPR (6/15/07)

Can't Buy Me Altruism Science (6/14/07)

• Paying Taxes Is a Pleasurable Duty New Scientist (6/14/07)
• To Your Brain, Altruism's as Good as Sex MSNBC (6/13/07)
• Paying Taxes 'Can Give You a Warm Glow Inside' Telegraph (6/15/07)
• Doing Good Feels Good, Study Finds Baltimore Sun (6/15/07)
• Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan New York Times (6/19/07)

The 5 Dimensions of Online Gifts EurekAlert (6/13/07)

Neanderthals Bid for Human Status New Scientist (6/13/07)

Stashing Seeds in 'Noah's Fridge' Christian Science Monitor (6/13/07)

Cockfighting's "Days Are Numbered" in U.S. National Geographic News (6/13/07)

Shipwreck Laden with Ming Porcelain CNN (6/13/07)

• Ming Porcelain Found on Ancient Shipwreck MSBNC (6/13/07)
• Report: Archaeologists Find Sunken Ship Yahoo (6/14/07)
• Chinese Find Shipwreck Laden with Ming Porcelain Yahoo (6/13/07)

Ancient Tomb Found in Mexico Reveals Mass Child Sacrifice National Geographic News (6/12/07)

More Clues in the Legend (or Is It Fact?) of Romulus New York Times (6/12/07)

Iron Age and Roman Remains Found BBC News (6/12/07)

Ancient Rome Brought Back to Life BBC News (6/12/07)

DNA Used in Search for 'Lost Colony' Discovery (6/12/07)

Pacific Island Cultures Brace for Climate Change NPR (6/11/07)

• Tuvalu Envoy Takes Up Global Warming Fight NPR (6/12/07)
• Fiji's Mangroves, Coral Under Assault NPR (6/14/07)
• Heading for Hills May Be Only Option on Fiji NPR (6/16/07)

Orangutan Habitat Shrinking Faster, U.N. Warns MSNBC (6/11/07)

Pacific Island Cultures Brace for Climate Change NPR (6/11/07)

India 'Bigfoot' Sightings Prompt Probe Discovery (6/11/07)

Anger Fuels Better Decisions LiveScience (6/11/07)

Ice Ages Dried Up African Monsoons New Scientist (6/10/07)

Study: Neanderthal Brain Less Troubled Discovery (6/8/07)

Alaska's Residents Grapple with Changing Climate NPR (6/8/07)

WWI 'Grave' Revives Forgotten Battle BBC News (6/8/07)

The Psychology of Fatherhood Time (6/7/07)

Chimp Culture Is Passed Between Groups New Scientist (6/7/07)

• Chimps Pass On Culture Like Humans Do LiveScience (6/8/07)
• Chimps Pass on Gadget Use Like Humans MSNBC (6/8/07)

Humans Had Help Finishing Off Woolly Mammoths LiveScience (6/7/07)

• Inbreeding Doomed Woolly Mammoths Los Angeles Times (6/9/07)

Slave Passage Found at Washington Home Discovery (6/7/07)

• Slave Passage Found at George Washington Home LiveScience (6/8/07)

Home Truths About Telecoms Economist (6/7/07)

Acropolis, Chichen Itza Lead New 7 Wonders Contest Yahoo (6/7/07)

Icy Island Warms to Climate Change Washington Post (6/7/07)

"Stinky Whale" Mystery Stymies Scientists, Aboriginal Hunters National Geographic News (6/6/07)

Aborigines Burn the Way to Climate Control BBC News (6/6/07)

Monkey See, Monkey Choose Science (6/6/07)

Iceman 'Bled to Death on Glacier' BBC News (6/6/07)

• Mystery of 5,000 Year Old Glacier Mummy Solved EurekAlert (6/6/07)
• 'Iceman' Died From Arrow, Study Says Discovery (6/6/07)
• Cold Case Closed: 'Iceman' Mummy Bled to Death LiveScience (6/6/07)
• Iceman Bled to Death, Scientists Say Guardian (6/7/07)
• Iceman Bled Out From Arrow Wound, X-Ray Scan Reveals National Geographic News (6/7/07)

Morocco: Prehistoric Shells Oldest Adornments Ever Found CNN (6/6/07)

• Discovery of the Oldest Adornments in the World EurekAlert (6/18/07)
• 80,000-year-old Beads Shed Light on Early Culture LiveScience (6/18/07)
• With Early Culture Came Bling MSNBC (6/18/07)

Pipeline Diggers Find Mass Grave in Ukraine LiveScience (6/6/07)

Flap Over Sunken Treasure Rises to New Levels MSNBC (6/5/07)

Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space LiveScience (6/5/07)

• Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space Yahoo (6/8/07)

Dry Florida Lake Yields Artifacts Discovery (6/5/07)

Arrows Reveal Native American Origins Discovery (6/5/07)

Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus LiveScience (6/4/07)

• Polynesians Beat Columbus to the Americas New Scientist (6/4/07)
• Polynesians -- And Their Chickens -- Arrived in Americas Before Columbus National Geographic News (6/4/07)
• Kon Tiki Fried Chicken? Archaeology (6/4/07)
• DNA from Chicken Bone Shows Polynesians 'Found' South America Independent (6/5/07)
• Polynesians Beat Spaniards to South America, Study Shows Los Angeles Times (6/5/07)
• First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia New York Times (6/5/07)

Bridging London's Lost Centuries BBC News (6/4/07)

Working With Fish Bones Archaeology (6/1/07)

Smithsonian Scientists Connect Climate Change, Origins of Agriculture in Mexico EurekAlert (6/1/07)

2,100-Year-Old Melon Found Discovery (6/1/07)

Insider: Profiteers on the High Seas Archaeology (6/07)