News - October, 2007

Awesome Beasts Roved Ancient Site BBC News (10/31/07)

Space Particles to 'X-Ray' Hidden Pyramids Discovery News (10/31/07)

Troops Issued Deck of Cards with Ace of Artifacts CNN (10/31/07)

Monkeys Reveal Brain Is Hard-wired for Counting New Scientist (10/30/07)

Tibetans Get Their Blood Flowing Science (10/29/07)

• Elevated Nitric Oxide in Blood Is Key to High Altitude Function for Tibetans EurekAlert (10/30/07)

The Art of Primate Conservation New York Times (10/29/07)

Headless Skeletons Found in Ancient Grave MSNBC (10/29/07)

• Ancient Headless Skeletons Found in Island Grave LiveScience (10/29/07)
• Headless Skeletons Hold Pacific Colonization Key ABC News (10/30/07)
• Headless Skeletons Hold Pacific Colonization Key Reuters (10/30/07)
• Headless Skeletons Hold Pacific Colonization Key Yahoo (10/30/07)

Education in Afghanistan -- Also for Girls? EurekAlert (10/29/07)

Diary: Protecting Mountain Gorillas BBC News (10/29/07)

Large Ancient Settlement Unearthed in Puerto Rico National Geographic News (10/29/07)

• Archaeologists Find Major Pre-Columbian Site MSNBC (10/29/07)
• Major Pre-Columbian Site Found LiveScience (10/29/07)
• Major Archaeological Find in Puerto Rico Yahoo (10/28/07)

IQs Rise, But Are Children Really Smarter? Los Angeles Times (10/27/07)

A Culture that Capitalism Can't Crush LiveScience (10/26/07)

Hottest Chile Pepper Shatters Record LiveScience (10/25/07)

Red Hair and Freckles ... Max Planck Society (10/26/07)

• Neanderthals 'Were Flame-Haired' BBC News (10/25/07)
• DNA Reveals Some Neanderthals Were Ginger Telegraph (10/26/07)
• Red-Haired Neanderthals? Possibly, Scientists Say CNN (10/26/07)
• Red-Headed Neanderthals? DNA Says Yes: Study Yahoo (10/25/07)
• Some Neanderthals Were Redheads MSNBC (10/25/07)
• Report Connects Red Hair to Neanderthals Yahoo (10/25/07)
• Neanderthal Bones Make a Case for Redheads New York Times (10/30/07)

Primates in Trouble, Says Report on 25 Rarest National Geographic News (10/26/07)

• 25 Most Endangered Primates Named National Geographic News
• The Edge of Oblivion: Conservationists Name 25 Primates About to Disappear Guardian (10/26/07)
• Primates in Trouble, Including Us Nature (10/26/07)
• Primates in Danger of Extinction, Claims Report Telegraph (10/26/07)
• Dozens of Species of Primates Are Under Threat, Study Finds New York Times (10/27/07)

Researchers Posit New Ideas About Human Migration from Asia to Americas University of Illinois-Urbana (10/25/07)

• Beringian Standstill and Spread of Native American Founders PloS ONE (9/5/07)

Experts Find Shipwreck Evidence in River MSNBC (10/25/07)

• Experts Find Shipwreck Evidence in River Yahoo (10/25/07)

Verbal Evolution: The More You Say a Word, the Less Likely It Will Change Christian Science Monitor (10/25/07)

Canal Linking Ancient Egypt Quarry to Nile Found National Geographic News (10/24/07)

France Blocks Return of Mummified Maori Head MSNBC (10/24/07)

King Tut Died in Hunting Accident, Expert Says National Geographic News (10/23/07)

Solomon's Temple Artifacts Found by Muslim Workers National Geographic News (10/23/07)

Geometric Syrian Artifacts Wow Scientists Discovery News (10/23/07)

• Archaeologist Uncovers 11,000-Year-Old Artefacts in Syria Yahoo (10/23/07)

Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human Science (10/23/07)

Diet Choices 'Written in Genes' BBC News (10/22/07)

Rising Seas, Sinking Land Threaten Thai Capital CNN (10/22/07)

Will Muons Reveal Maya Mysteries? MSNBC (10/22/07)

How a Volcano Eruption Wiped Away Summer NPR (10/22/07)

Don't Go Near the Baobab at Nigerian Heritage Site Reuters (10/22/07)

Why Monks Are So Darn Happy LiveScience (10/19/07)

Video: Thais Celebrate Ancient Gods National Geographic News (10/19/07)

Alaskan Tribes to Get Ancient Remains MSNBC (10/19/07)

Neanderthals: Did They Have Language? CNN (10/18/07)

• Neanderthals May Have Had Gene for Speech New York Times (10/18/07)
• Talk Like a Man Science (10/18/07)
• Did Neanderthals Natter? Los Angeles Times (10/20/07)
• Neanderthals May Have Talked Reuters (10/18/07)
• Chatty Cave Men? Me Neanderthal, Talk Just Fine Live Science (10/18/07)
• Chatty Cavemen? Me Neanderthal, Talk Good MSNBC (10/18/07)
• Modern Speech Gene Found in Neanderthals Nature (10/18/07)

Afghan City Tries to Save Ancient Minarets MSNBC (10/18/07)

Getting Married Saps Your Testosterone New Scientist (10/18/07)

Researchers Underscore Limitations of Genetic Ancestry Tests EurekAlert (10/18/07)

• Genetic Ancestry Tests Mostly Hype, Scientists Say LiveScience (10/18/07)
• The Limits of Gene Ancestry Tests Telegraph (10/19/07)

Video: Czech Gypsies Embrace Hip-Hop National Geographic News (10/18/07)

Cave Clue to 'First Beachcombers' BBC News (10/17/07)

• Study: Early Humans Threw Clambakes CNN News (10/17/07)
• Researchers Find Earliest Evidence for Modern Human Behavior in South Africa EurekAlert (10/17/07)
• Early Humans Wore Makeup, Ate Mussels Discovery News (10/17/07)
• Early Humans Knew Their Way Around Makeup, Tools and Shellfish Los Angeles Times (10/20/07)
• African Cave Yields Earliest Proof of Beach Living National Geographic News (10/17/07)
• Early Humans Used Makeup and Ate Seafood Telegraph (10/17/07)
• Life Was a Beach for Early Humans MSNBC (10/17/07)
• Early Seafood, Makeup Found in S. Africa Yahoo (10/17/07)
• Mussel Power: Did Seafood Encourage 'Out of Africa' Exodus? Yahoo (10/17/07)
• Early Modern Humans Had a Taste for Seafood New Scientist (10/17/07)
• Who Ate the First Oyster? Cave May Hold an Answer NPR (10/18/07)
• Key Human Traits Tied to Shellfish Remains New York Times (10/18/07)

Oldest Embracing Lovers Found in Turkey? National Geographic News (10/17/07)

Scientists Make Sleep Disorder Discovery Telegraph (10/17/07)

The Magnetic John Pendlebury Times (10/17/07)

Men Age Faster 'Because of Stone Age Sex' Telegraph (10/17/07)

Steven Pinker Comes to the 'F' Word's Defense NPR (10/17/07)

Cannon Raised from Suspected Ship of Blackbeard LiveScience (10/17/07)

Aswan Obelisk Quarry More Than Meets the Eye EurekAlert (10/16/07)

A Rich and Royal Ruin in the Heart of Hanoi New York Times (10/16/07)

Brain Imaging Shows Similarities & Differences In Thoughts Of Chimps And Humans Science Daily (10/16/07)

A Green Resort Is Planned to Preserve Ruins and Coastal Waters New York Times (10/16/07)

Scientists Retrace Indian Trade Routes Yahoo (10/15/07)

• Radiating Arrowheads Helps Retrace Indian Trade Routes LiveScience (10/16/07)

Chimps Exaggerate Calls for Help BBC News (10/15/07)

Oldest Human Footprints Opened to Public Discovery News (10/15/07)

First Farmers Wanted Clothes, Not Food Discovery News (10/15/07)

In Monkeys, Brain Cell Growth Slows Long Before Old Age LiveScience (10/15/07)

Listening to Rumors Science (10/15/07)

• More Are Swayed by Gossip Than Truth MSNBC (10/15/07)
• Gossip More Powerful Than Truth, Researchers Say Reuters (10/15/07)
• Facts Prove No Match for Gossip, It Seems New York Times (10/16/07)
• Gossip Can Influence Our Opinions Telegraph (10/16/07)

Study Seeks DNA Clues on Homosexuality LiveScience (10/15/07)

• Study Seeks Genetic Roots of Homosexuality MSNBC (10/15/07)

First Asian Genome Sequenced Nature (10/12/07)

• Scientists Map Complete Chinese Genome MSNBC (10/12/07)

• Inconsistencies in Neanderthal Genomic DNA Sequences PLoS Genetics

The Evolution of Bullying LiveScience (10/12/07)

The Science of Chocolate Cravings LiveScience (10/12/07)

Just What Did the Mary Rose Tell Us? BBC News (10/11/07)

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed in Syria ABC News (10/11/07)

• World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed in Syria MSNBC (10/11/07)
• 'Oldest' Wall Painting Looks Like Modern Art Telegraph (10/11/07)
• World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed in Syria Yahoo (10/11/07)

Rare Gorillas at Risk as Rebels Seize Congo Park National Geographic News (10/11/07)

Researchers Display Shipwreck Artifacts Yahoo (10/11/07)

Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues Science Daily (10/10/07)

• Homeotic Evolution in the Mammalia: Diversification of Therian Axial Seriation and the Morphogenetic Basis of Human Origins PLoS ONE

New Insights Into The Evolution Of The Human Genome Science Daily (10/9/07)

Tracking the Evolution of Language Los Angeles Times (10/11/07)

• Words Subject to 'Survival of the Fittest' Discovery (10/11/07)
• Language 'Mutations' Affect Least-Used Words New Scientist (10/11/07)
• Scientists Chart How Words Are Changing Telegraph (10/10/07)

Grapevines and Rice Yield Clues on Early Agriculture and Civilizations Christian Science Monitor (10/11/07)

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed in Syria Yahoo (10/11/07)

Sisters Battle Navajo Nation's Diabetes Epidemic NPR (10/10/07)

Scientists Find Ancient Graveyard in Denmark MSNBC (10/10/07)

• Ancient Graveyard Said Found in Denmark Yahoo (10/10/07)

Roman Coins Found in Wall of 4th Century Home MSNBC (10/10/07)

• Ancient Roman Coins Found in Portugal Yahoo (10/10/07)

How Baboons Think (Yes, Think) New York Times (10/9/07)

Scientist Debunks Nomadic Aborigine 'Myth' Guardian (10/9/07)

Catapults Invented Before Theory Explained Them LiveScience (10/9/07)

Why Men Dominate Math and Science Fields LiveScience (10/9/07)

Meditation 'Succeeds in Cutting Stress' Telegraph (10/9/07)

Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims LiveScience (10/9/07)

• Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims MSNBC (10/10/07)

Divers Chart Alaskan Shipwreck Discovery (10/9/07)

• Divers Chart Old Shipwreck in Alaska MSNBC (10/9/07)
• Divers Chart Old Shipwreck in Alaska LiveScience (10/9/07)

Seeking Columbus's Origins, With a Swab New York Times (10/8/07)

Ritual Threats of Violence in Small Newfoundland Communities Are Method of Creating Trust EurekAlert (10/8/07)

Mine! Chimps Act Like Humans MSNBC (10/8/07)

Newfound Ancient African Megadroughts May Have Driven the Evolution of Humans and Fishes EurekAlert (10/8/07)

• Megadrought Put the Squeeze on Our Ancestors Science (10/10/07)

The Wisdom of Another Culture Los Angeles Times (10/8/07)

King Tut's Mummy to Be Displayed for 1st Time National Geographic News (10/8/07)

Something in the Way She Moves? Science (10/5/07)

• Lap Dancers on Heat Are the Ones to Watch New Scientist (10/11/07)

'Body Farm' Yields Data on Decomposition, Death NPR (10/5/07)

Earliest Scots Braved Ice Age Conditions Discovery (10/5/07)

African Burial Ground Opens in Manhattan LiveScience (10/5/07)

Monumental Human Voyages Revealed by Obscure Tool LiveScience (10/5/07)

Ancient World Treasure Unearthed BBC News (10/4/07)

Guerrillas in Their Midst Smithsonian (10/07)

Sighting of Amazon Group Bolsters Environmentalist Case Guardian (10/3/07)

• Little-Known Indian Tribe Spotted in Peru's Amazon ABC News (9/28/07)

Childbirth Customs, Superstitions Abound Around the World Courier News (10/3/07)

Scans Reveal Lost Gravestone Text BBC News (10/3/07)

Chinese Farmers Grew Rice 7,700 Years Ago MSNBC (10/2/07)

Study Shows Genes Exert Behavioural Influence Telegraph (10/2/07)

Even Without Math, Ancients Engineered Sophisticated Machines EurekAlert (10/2/07)

Iran Dam Sparks Row About Ancient Persian Relic Yahoo (10/2/07)

• Iran Dam Sparks Protest Over Ancient Tomb MSNBC (10/2/07)

Scientists Uncover Inca Children's Countdown to Sacrifice EurekAlert (10/1/07)

• Inca Children 'Fattened Up' Before Sacrifice MSNBC (10/1/07)
• Incan Kids Fattened Before Sacrifice LiveScience (10/1/07)
• An Incan Feast Before Death Science (10/2/07)
• Study: Inca Drugged Children Sacrifices CNN (10/2/07)
• Inca Sacrifices 'Fattened Up' Before Death Discovery News (10/2/07)
• Ice Maiden 'Fattened Up for Sacrifice' Telegraph (10/2/07)

Neandertals Ranged Much Farther East Than Thought National Geographic News (10/1/07)

• Neanderthals Reached China's Doorstep Discovery News (10/1/07)
• Neanderthals Trekked All the Way Into Siberia MSNBC (10/1/07)
• Neanderthals Roamed as Far as Siberia New Scientist (9/30/07)
• Fossil DNA Expands Neanderthal Range New York Times (10/2/07)
• Neanderthal Empire Grows Telegraph (10/2/07)

Wet Weather Helped Human Africa Exodus Discovery News (10/1/07)

Video: Last Tsar's Missing Children Found, Expert Says National Geographic News (10/1/07)