News - July, 2007

In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of Evolution New York Times (7/31/07)

Were Neanderthals Our Enemies or Lovers? Telegraph (7/31/07)

Human History Shows a Gift for Adaptability NPR (7/31/07)

Gene Duplications Give Clues to Humanness Science (7/30/07)

Is Ancient People's End a Warning for the Future? NPR (7/29/07)

Digital Music Project Races to Save Tibetan Folk Songs National Geographic News (7/29/07)

Ice Age Cave Art Site Preserved BBC News (7/29/07)

A Mind for Sociability Science (7/27/07)

Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce National Geographic News (7/27/07)

Prehistoric Timbers Go on Display BBC News (7/27/07)

Science Steps in to Discover Wonders of Toe-tankhamun University of Manchester (7/27/07)

• Fake Toe on Mummy: Oldest Prosthesis? Discovery News (7/27/07)
• World's First Prosthetic: Egyptian Mummy's Fake Toe LiveScience (7/27/07)
• World's First Prosthetic: Egyptian Mummy's Fake Toe Yahoo (8/1/07)
• World's First Prosthetic: Egyptian Mummy's Fake Toe National Geographic News (8/16/07)

Titanic Site Protection Sought by Congress LiveScience (7/26/07)

Concern Over Gorilla 'Executions' BBC News (7/26/07)

• Four Endangered Gorillas Found Shot Dead MSNBC (7/26/07)
• Gorilla Executions Puzzle Conservationists LiveScience (7/26/07)
• Update: Baby Gorilla Found Alive After Mass "Execution" in Congo National Geographic News (7/27/07)

Religious Concepts Promote Cooperation Nature (7/25/07)

Bowling Invented in Ancient Egypt? Discovery (7/25/07)

Korean Mummies Reveal Medical Clues, Love Poems National Geographic News (7/25/07)

• Korean Mummy Holds Clues to Disease LiveScience (7/25/07)

Octopus Helps Unearth Ancient Pottery Yahoo (7/24/07)

• Treasure Trove 'Found by Octopus' BBC News (7/25/07)

Chance and Isolation Gave Humans Elegant Skulls New Scientist (7/24/07)

Mastodon DNA sequenced Nature (7/24/07)

• Mastodon Genome Sheds Light on Human Evolution New Scientist (7/24/07)

Hidden City Found Beneath Alexandria LiveScience (7/24/07)

• Hidden Underwater City Wows Experts Discovery (7/26/07)

Greek Mastodon Find 'Spectacular' BBC News (7/24/07)

• Massive Mastodon Tusks Discovered in Greece MSNBC (7/26/07)
• Giant Prehistoric Tusks Found in Greece LiveScience (7/26/07)
• Photo in the News: "World's Longest Tusks" Among Greek Mastodon Find National Geographic News (7/26/07)
• Holy Mastodon! Giant Tusks Unearthed Discovery News (7/27/07)

Mysteries of 3,000-year Old Kingdom of Jinsha New Kerala (7/24/07)

Trail of Tears to be Recreated in Arkansas LiveScience (7/23/07)

A Baby Step for Computer Learning Science (7/23/07)

• Software Finds Learning Language Child's Play New Scientist (7/25/07)

Enlightened Medicine Found in Dark Ages LiveScience (7/23/07)

Ecotourism Driving Tibetan Monkeys to Infanticide National Geographic News (7/20/07)

Why It's Hard to Admit to Being Wrong NPR (7/20/07)

Viking Treasure Hoard Found in England LiveScience (7/20/07)

Ancient Mariner Tools Found in Cyprus Yahoo (7/19/07)

Archaeologists Dig Up Roman Bath Complex Yahoo (7/19/07)

• Ancient Roman Baths Unearthed Discovery (7/20/07)

Linguists Seek a Time When We Spoke as One Christian Science Monitor (7/19/07)

• Evolution of Human Languages Santa Fe Institute

Science Notes: The Americas Weren't Farming Laggards, After All Christian Science Monitor (7/19/07)

Modern Humans Came Out of Africa, "Definitive" Study Says National Geographic News (7/18/07)

• New Research Proves Single Origin of Humans in Africa EurekAlert (7/18/07)
• Scientist: Human Origin Impossible to Pinpoint LiveScience (7/18/07)
• Skulls Confirm We're All Out of Africa Reuters (7/18/07)
• Skulls Confirm We're All Out of Africa ABC News (7/18/07)
• Study Stirs Up Debate Over Human Origins MSNBC (7/18/07)
• Africa Cradle of Humankind, Study Shows Guardian (7/19/07)

Revealed: How the Mind Processes Placebo Effect Nature (7/18/07)

130-Year-Old Outhouses Yield Treasures ABC News (7/18/07)

• Archaeologists Sniff for Clues in 130-year-old Outhouses LiveScience (7/18/07)

The New Theories of Evolution Telegraph (7/17/07)

Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World New York Times (7/17/07)

Could Ancient Lake Restore Peace to Darfur? MSNBC (7/17/07)

• Water Find 'May End Darfur War' BBC News (7/18/07)
• Underground Lake May Bring Darfur Peace: Scientist Reuters (7/18/07)
• Unearthed Lake May Ease Unrest in Darfur USA Today (7/18/07)
• Ancient Lake Could Help Ease Darfur Tensions Guardian (7/19/07)
• Vast Buried "Fossil Lake" Reported in Darfur National Geographic News (7/19/07)

Aggressive Men Turn Down Free Money LiveScience (7/17/07)

In Southeastern Turkey, Democracy Feels the Sway of Ancient Clan Culture Yahoo (7/17/07)

Study: Americans Don't Understand Others LiveScience (7/17/07)

Archaeologists Seek to Safeguard Petra ABC News (7/17/07)

• Scientists Seek to Safeguard ‘Indiana Jones' Site MSNBC (7/17/07)
• Archaeologists Seek to Safeguard Petra Discovery News (7/18/07)

Multitaskers Are Born, Not Made LiveScience (7/17/07)

Becalmed Viking Ship Takes a Tow BBC News (7/17/07)

The Origin of Human Bipedalism EurekAlert (7/16/07)

• Study Identifies Energy Efficiency as Reason for Evolution of Upright Walking EurekAlert (7/16/07)
• This Chimp Is Made for Walking Nature (7/16/07)
• Humans Beat Chimps at Walking Efficiently National Geographic News (7/16/07)
• Walking on Two Feet Was an Energy-saving Step New Scientist (7/16/07)
• Why We Quit Aping Around, Began Walking MSNBC (7/16/07)
• Energy Use 'Drove Human Walking' BBC News (7/17/07)
• Why We Walk on Two Legs: It's Easier Discovery News (7/17/07)
• Study Sheds Light on Why Humans Walk on Two Legs UC Davis (7/20/07)

What Makes Us Human? Spite Science (7/16/07)

• Chimp Study: Only Humans Are Spiteful Discovery News (7/16/07)
• Spite Is a Uniquely Human Emotion New Scientist (7/16/07)
• Study: Apes Get Mad to Get Even, Not to Be Mean MSNBC (7/16/07)

Gold Mask Found in Thracian King's Tomb MSNBC (7/16/07)

• Archaeologists Find Old Mask in Bulgaria Yahoo (7/16/07)
• Ancient Gold Mask Found in Bulgaria Discovery News (7/16/07)

Rare Mycenaean Grave Unearthed Reuters (7/16/07)

• Mycenaean Grave with Gold Chalice Unearthed MSNBC (7/16/07)

Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome Space Daily (7/16/07)

Egypt Unwraps Identity of Royal Mummies NPR (7/16/07)

For Primates, Tourism Can Be Less Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys University of Buffalo (7/16/07)

Emotion-Recognition Software Knows What Makes You Smile ABC News (7/16/07)

Blame That Bad Back on Your Ancestors Reuters (7/15/07)

Manchester University Helps with Pharaoh DNA Analysis EurekAlert (7/15/07)

Drought Threatens Navajo's Crops, Culture NPR (7/15/07)

Found: The Giant Lion-eating Chimps of the Magic Forest Guardian (7/14/07)

China Had More Wars in Cold Weather Nature (7/13/07)

Talk, Talk, Talk: One Thing We Do Better than Apes LiveScience (7/13/07)

Stuntman's Stick Ship Revives Vikings' Voyage Scotsman (7/13/07)

• Viking Ship Attempts Sea Crossing BBC News (7/16/07)
• Ice Cream Ship Sets Sail [Video] CNN (7/16/07)

Breasts Key Clue to Hatshepsut's Obesity Discovery (7/13/07)

No Clear Evidence Meditation Can Boost Health: Study LiveScience (7/13/07)

Dinosaur Fossils Part of Longtime Chinese Tonic National Geographic News (7/13/07)

Warriors Once Occupied Dead Sea Scrolls Site LiveScience (7/12/07)

• Dead Sea Scrolls Site Once a Fortress? MSNBC (7/13/07)

Ancient Massacre Discovered in New Mexico -- Was It Genocide? National Geographic News (7/12/07)

• Photo Gallery: Ancient Massacre Reveals Mysterious American Culture National Geographic News (7/12/07)

Tracking a Vanished Civilization in the Southwest [Review of House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs] NPR (7/12/07)

Reed Boat Sets Off on Ocean Trip BBC News (7/12/07)

Ancient Coins Discovered on Beach BBC News (7/12/07)

Museum's Tablet Lends New Weight to Biblical Truth TimesOnline (7/11/07)

Ethiopia Yields Ancestral Fossils BBC News (7/11/07)

• Ancient Jawbone Could Shake Up Fossil Record National Geographic News (7/13/07)
• Possible Link to Lucy's Ancestors Found LiveScience (7/17/07)
• Scientists Piece Together Lucy's Family Tree MSNBC (7/17/07)

Egypt's Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years Old National Geographic News (7/11/07)

Ethiopians in Houston Decry Debut of 'Lucy' Fossil Houston Chronicle (7/11/07)

• Lucy's Trip to Houston Houston Chronicle (6/29/07)
• Rattling the Bones [Editorial] Houston Chronicle (7/12/07)

Baby Mammoth Discovery Unveiled BBC News (7/10/07)

• Complete Baby Turns Up in Siberia Guardian (7/11/07)
• Found, a Perfect Baby Mammoth Telegraph (7/11/07)
• 10,000-year-old Mammoth Found in Siberia MSNBC (7/12/07)
• Discovery Will Aid in Mammoth's Gene Map Los Angeles Times (7/14/07)
• Nope, That's Not a Hairy Elephant New York Times (7/15/07)

New Software Lights Up Archaeology BBC News (7/10/07)

Ancient Culture Prompts Worry for Arid Southwest NPR (7/9/07)

Ancient Americans Liked It Hot -- Smithsonian Study Traces Mexican Cuisine Roots to 1,500 Years Ago EurekAlert (7/9/07)

• Ancient Peppers Reveal Early Taste for Heat LiveScience (7/9/07)
• Mexico's Long Chilli Love Affair BBC News (7/10/07)
• Ancient Mexicans Ate Spicy Food Discovery (7/10/07)

The Gregarious Brain New York Times (7/8/07)

By Popular Vote, the 'New 7 Wonders' Los Angeles Times (7/7/07)

• 7 New Wonders of the World Chosen LiveScience (7/8/07)
• Great Wall Wonder Restores China's National Pride Reuters (7/9/07)

Rare Monkeys Found in Vietnam Los Angeles Times (7/7/07)

Mummy Reveals Egyptian Queen Was Fat, Balding and Bearded LiveScience (7/6/07)

Modern-day ‘Tomb Raiders' Feel the Heat MSNBC (7/6/07)

• Crackdown Curbs Italy's 'Tomb Raiders' LiveScience (7/7/07)

Talk About a Gender Stereotype Science (7/5/07)

• Study: Men Talk Just as Much as Women NPR (7/5/07)
• Men 'Just as Chatty as Women' Guardian (7/6/07)
• Stereotypes of Quiet Men, Chatty Women Not Sound Science Washington Post (7/6/07)
• Men Talk as Much as Women, Study Finds Los Angeles Times (7/6/07)
• Men – the Other Talkative Sex New Scientist (7/6/07)
• Men Gab as Much as Women Discovery (7/6/07)

Super-eruption: No Problem? Nature (7/5/07)

• Ancient Humans in Asia Survived Super-Eruption, Find Suggests National Geographic Society (7/5/07)
• Modern Humans Reached India Early Hindu (7/9/07)
• Did Ancient Volcano Alter Human History? LiveScience (7/10/07)

Oldest Known DNA Found in Greenland Ice Core National Geographic Society (7/5/07)

• DNA Reveals a Green Greenland Nature (7/5/07)
• Oldest Frozen DNA Reveals a Greener Greenland New Scientist (7/5/07)
• Ancient Greenland Was Actually Green LiveScience (7/5/07)
• Ancient Greenland Was Actually Green! MSNBC (7/5/07)
• DNA Reveals Greenland's Lush Past BBC News (7/6/07)
• Ancient DNA Offers Clues About Climate Change NPR (7/6/07)
• DNA Shows When Greenland Was Green Telegraph (7/6/07)
• DNA Discovery Reveals Greenland's Warm Past Guardian (7/6/07)
• Greenland Was Green and Forested Once Los Angeles Times (7/7/07)

New Ice Core Reveals 800,000 Years of Climate History National Geographic Society (7/5/07)

Spitting Orang-utans Solve Nutty Problem New Scientist (7/4/07)

• Smart Apes Spit Nature (7/4/07)
• Orang-utans Reach New Level in Water Study Telegraph (7/4/07)
• Clever Apes Recreate an Aesop Fable LiveScience (7/11/07)

Hormones Affect Men's Sense of Fair Play New Scientist (7/4/07)

Endangered Monkeys Found in Vietnam Discovery (7/3/07)

Does Higher IQ Make You Smarter? LiveScience (7/3/07)

New Book Raises Questions About IQ Test NPR (7/3/07)

Beating Diabetes the Stone Age Way Telegraph (7/2/07)

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died in Pain Discovery (7/2/07)

Siberian Window on the Ice Age BBC News (7/2/07)

Mormon Beliefs Spur Mexican Tourism Arizona Daily Star (7/2/07)

China's Terracotta Tomb Site Hides Mystery Building ABC News (7/1/07)

• China's Terracotta Tomb Site Hides Mystery Building Reuters (7/1/07)

Viking Ship Sets Sail for Dublin BBC News (7/1/07)

Archaeologists Work to Dig Up History Without Using a Shovel Atlanta Journal Constitution (7/1/07)