News - December, 2007

Ancient Mammoth Carcass Arrives in Japan Los Angeles Times (12/31/07)

• Baby Mammoth Could Shed Light on Warming ABC News (1/4/08)
• Frozen Baby Mammoth to Shed Light on Climate Change Discovery News (1/4/08)
• Mammoth Could Shed Light on Warming MSNBC (1/4/08)
• Baby Mammoth Could Shed Light on Warming LiveScience (1/4/08)
• Baby Mammoth Could Shed Light on Climate Change National Geographic News (1/4/08)

Bodies Point to Alaska's Past BBC News (12/31/07)

Adult Male Chimpanzees Don't Stray Far From The Home ScienceDaily (12/30/07)

Ancient History vs. Vegas Development Los Angeles Times (12/29/07)

Beer Brewed Long Ago by Native Americans MSNBC (12/29/07)

Your Baby is Watching (and Judging) You LiveScience (12/28/07)

Ancient Pandas Competed With Giant Apes for Bamboo National Geographic News (12/28/07)

Scientists Probe Genomes, Looking for What Makes Us Unique Christian Science Monitor (12/27/07)

Humans 'Drive Out Large Mammals' BBC News (12/27/07)

Ancient Pyramid Found in Central Mexico City MSNBC (12/27/07)

• Ancient Pyramid Found in Central Mexico City Yahoo (12/27/07)
• Ancient Pyramid Found in Central Mexico City Reuters (12/28/07)
• Aztec Pyramid, Elite Graves Unearthed in Mexico City National Geographic News (1/4/08)

Unknown Monumental Building Of Herod The Great (73-4 BC) Unearthed ScienceDaily (12/25/07)

How Makeshift Ice Skates Cut Journey Times Guardian (12/24/07)

• Ice Skating Born of Necessity? Discovery News (1/2/08)
• Bone Ice Skates Invented by Ancient Finns, Study Says National Geographic News (1/4/08)

Gene Discovery Sheds Light on Being Human Telegraph (12/24/07)

A Question of Blame When Societies Fall New York Times (12/24/07)

Bangladesh Launches Hunt for Stolen Antiques Yahoo (12/24/07)

Bodies Point to Alaska's Past BBC News (12/21/07)

Scientists Still Working to Verify Mummy Claim MSNBC (12/21/07)

• Is She or Isn't She? Mummy Lab Working to ID Pharaoh Queen CNN (12/24/07)
• Months After Mummy Claim, DNA Still Lags Yahoo (12/22/07)

Bad News Dads - Mother-in-Law's Visiting Telegraph (12/20/07)

Chimp Medicine Is Good Medicine Discovery News (12/20/07)

Reindeer: It's What Was For Dinner Discovery News (12/20/07)

Study: No Such Thing as 'Cultural Elite' LiveScience (12/20/07)

• Myth of a Cultural Elite -- Education, Social Status Determine What We Attend, Listen to and Watch EurekAlert (12/20/07)

"Lost" Afghan Gold Treasures Coming to U.S. National Geographic News (12/20/07)

Top Ten Archaeology Stories of 2007 National Geographic News (12/20/07)

Ancient Villas, Baths Restored in Rome Yahoo (12/20/07)

Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q&A with Richard Wrangham Scientific American (12/19/07)

Frescoes from Pompeii Back on Display in Rome ABC News (12/19/07)

Monkeys, Too, Will Pay for Sex Discovery News (12/19/07)

Fair Giving Is Hardwired Guardian (12/18/07)

Signs of TB in Ancient Skull Support Theory on Vitamin D New York Times (12/18/07)

Evolution Tied to Earth Movement EurekAlert (12/18/07)

• Mountains of Evidence Suggest Human Evolution Had Rocky Start LiveScience (12/19/07)
• Study: Human Evolution Had Rocky Start MSNBC (12/19/07)

Greenland DNA Could Unravel Migration Mystery Discovery News (12/18/07)

Desmond Morris: 'We'd Be Better Off If Women Ran Everything' Guardian (12/18/07)

Darwin's Era, Modern Themes: Science, Faith and Publication New York Times (12/18/07)

Ancient Sculptures Coated in Blood LiveScience (12/18/07)

• Ancient Sculptures Coated in Blood MSNBC (12/18/07)

Study Reveals Why Monkeys Shout During Sex LiveScience (12/18/07)

• Study Reveals Why Monkeys Shout During Sex MSNBC (12/18/07)

Monkeys Do Math Like Humans LiveScience (12/17/07)

• Monkeys Can Do Mental Math, Too MSNBC (12/17/07)
• Monkeys Add Up Like We Do Nature (12/18/07)
• Monkeys Rival College Students' Ability to Estimate NPR (12/18/07)
• Monkeys Outperform College Students, Again Discovery News (12/18/07)
• Monkeys, College Kids Score About the Same on Math Test National Geographic News (12/19/07)
• Basic Math in Monkeys and College Students PLoS

Surprise Finds at Egypt Temple "Change Everything" National Geographic News (12/17/07)

New Details of Ancient Roman Town Uncovered LiveScience (12/17/07)

• New Details of Ancient Roman Town Uncovered MSNBC (12/17/07)

Video: Jesus' Language Still Spoken National Geographic News (12/17/07)

Mystery of Sinking Confederate Sub Deepens LiveScience (12/15/07)

• Watch from Civil War Sub Raises New Puzzle MSNBC (12/15/07)
• Civil War Watch Stopped Suddenly; Sub End Still Unknown National Geographic News (12/17/07)

Anderson Cooper: Gorillas in Midst of Murder CNN (12/14/07)

Baghdad Museum's Slow Recovery BBC News (12/14/07)

Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated EurekAlert (12/14/07)

• Ancient Egyptian Industrial Complex Revealed LiveScience (12/14/07)

Ancient Roman Glue Sticks Around Discovery News (12/14/07)

Ancient Toolkit Gives Glimpse of Prehistoric Life Discovery News (12/13/07)

Captain Kidd Ship Found LiveScuience (12/13/07)

• Wreckage of Captain Kidd Ship Found MSNBC (12/13/07)
• Captain Kidd's Ship Located Off Dominican Island Discovery News (12/14/07)
• Wood May Be Key to Confirming Captain Kidd's Ship National Geographic News (12/18/07)

Mammoths Blasted by Meteor Impact Discovery (12/18/07)

Menopause in Chimps? Science (12/13/07)

• Menopause Sets Humans Apart from Chimps New Scientist (12/14/07)
• Wild Chimpanzees Appear Not To Regularly Experience Menopause Science Daily (12/19/07)

Ape See, Ape Do Science (12/13/07)

Top 10 Discoveries of 2007 Archaeology 12/13/07)

Stunning Survey Unveils New Secrets of Caistor Roman Town University of Nottingham (12/13/07)

Why Pregnant Women Don't Tip Over National Geographic News (12/12/07)

• How Women Bend Over Backwards for Baby Nature (12/12/07)
• Keeping Mom in a Full, Upright Position Science (12/10/07)
• Women's Backbones Facilitate Pregnancy Telegraph (12/12/07)
• Why Pregnant Women Don't Fall Over New Scientist (12/12/07)
• Key Joints Prevent Pregnant Women From Toppling Discovery News (12/12/07)
• Women Evolve More Spine to Carry Babies LiveScience (12/12/07)
• Why Pregnant Women Don't Topple Over MSNBC (12/12/07)
• Pregnant? Backache? Thank Evolution Reuters (12/13/07)
• Pregnant? Backache? Thank Evolution Yahoo (12/13/07)
• Curvier Spines Aid Pregnant Women BBC News (12/13/07)
• How Women Keep Upright While Pregnant Guardian (12/13/07)
• Spines, Made Extra Curvy for Women New York Times (12/13/07)
• Women Have Backbone for Pregnancy NPR (12/13/07)

Anthropologists on the Front Lines Time (12/12/07)

Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts of Global Warming Beneath the Sea EurekAlert (12/12/07)

• Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The Sea Science Daily (12/18/07)

Sharing a Joke: Empathy Among Apes Guardian (12/12/07)

• Orangutans Share a Joke Too Telegraph (12/12/07)

Coal Mine Is Most Treasured Place BBC News (12/12/07)

Like Ants, Humans Are Easily Led Telegraph (12/12/07)

Wealth Is Key for Marriage, Study Claims Telegraph (12/12/07)

What Are Your Intentions? LiveScience (12/12/07)

Great Beasts Peppered from Space BBC News (12/11/07)

• Proof Great Beasts Were Blasted from Space Telegraph (12/12/07)

Are Humans Evolving Faster? University of Utah (12/10/07)

• Human Evolution Is Speeding Up Science (12/10/07)
• Human Evolution Speeds Up LiveScience (12/10/07)
• Are Humans Evolving Faster? EurekAlert (12/10/07)
• Humans Are Still Evolving - and It's Happening Faster Than Ever Guardian (12/11/07)
• Study Finds Humans Still Evolving, and Quickly Los Angeles Times (12/11/07)
• Human Evolution Speeding Up Discovery News (12/11/07)
• Selection Spurred Recent Evolution, Researchers Say New York Times (12/11/07)

Pygmies Life Expectancy Is Between 16 and 24 Telegraph (12/10/07)

• Not So Tall Tale: Why Pygmies Evolved to Be Shorter Scientific American (12/12/07)

Spartans Did Not Throw Deformed Babies Away: Researchers Yahoo (12/10/07)

Humans 'Evolving to Have Children Later' Telegraph (12/10/07)

Professor of Nautical Archaeology Was a World Authority Los Angeles Times (12/9/07)

Illinois Landfill Appeal Denied Yahoo (12/8/07)

New Biography Chronicles Life of Jesuit Geologist NPR (12/7/07)

Human Ancestor Preserved in Stone Science (12/7/07)

Wheat Grains Reveal Chinese History Sydney Morning Herald (12/7/07)

• Ancient Wheat Suggests Early East-West Trade [Transcript] [RealAudio] ABC Radio Australia (12/6/07)

Most Ancient Case of Tuberculosis Found in 500,000-Year-Old Human; Points to Modern Health Issues EurekAlert (12/7/07)

• Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found In 500,000-Year-Old Human; Points To Modern Health Issues ScienceDaily (12/7/07)

Young and Invisible: African Domestic Workers in Yemen EurekAlert (12/7/07)

Epic Flood Triggered Ancient "Big Chill," Study Says National Geographic News (12/6/07)

• Ancient Flood Brought Gulf Stream to a Halt New Scientist (12/6/07)

The Gene That Makes Us Once Bitten, Twice Shy Nature (12/6/07)

• Failing to Learn from Mistakes Is Genetic Telegraph (12/7/07)

Stonehenge Tunnel Plans Scrapped BBC News (12/6/07)

• Government Scraps Stonehenge Tunnel Plan Guardian (12/6/07)
• Britain Drops Plan for Stonehenge Tunnel MSNBC (12/6/07)

London Artifacts Reveal Ancient Middle Class MSNBC (12/6/07)

Video: Ancient Treasures Found National Geographic News (12/6/07)

Video: Ancient Cat in Today's Egypt National Geographic News (12/6/07)

Humans Appear Hardwired To Learn By 'Over-Imitation' Science Daily (12/6/07)

Why Men Like to Marry Younger Women Telegraph (12/5/07)

Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Palace in East Jerusalem Yahoo (12/5/07)

• Israelis Uncover Mansion Linked to Queen MSNBC (12/6/07)
• Israelis Uncover Mansion Linked to Queen Yahoo (12/6/07)
• 2,000-Year-Old Mansion Uncovered in Israel LiveScience (12/7/07)

Scientists Study Extinct Dwarf Hippo Graveyard MSNBC (12/5/07)

• Dwarf Hippo Fossils Found on Cyprus National Geographic News (12/6/07)
• Dwarf Hippo Fossils Found on Cyprus LiveScience (12/6/07)

Dig Reshapes Ancient Jerusalem MSNBC (12/5/07)

• Archaeologists Say Dig Reshapes Roman Jerusalem Yahoo (12/5/07)

Islanders Seek Climate Summit Help CNN (12/4/07)

Study Debunks Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Claim Discover News (12/4/07)

2 Ancient Graveyards Found Near Damascus Yahoo (12/4/07)

Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn and Make Beer? Sandia National Laboratories (12/3/07)

• Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn And Make Beer? Science Daily (12/6/07)

Rare Ancient Wooden Throne Found in Herculaneum Reuters (12/4/07)

• Rare Ancient Wooden Throne Found in Herculaneum Yahoo (12/4/07)

Neanderthal Bearing Teeth: Tooth Growth Suggests Rapid Maturation in a Neanderthal Child Max Planck Society (12/4/07)

• Neanderthal Children Grew Up Fast Science Daily (12/4/07)

Discover the Power of First Impressions Telegraph (12/4/07)

Ethnic Discrimination Not Only Based on Prejudice EurekAlert (12/4/07)

Rare Maya "Death Vase" Discovered National Geographic News (12/4/07)

Modern Mummies Remain a Mystery [video] Discovery News (12/4/07)

• Video: Colombian Mummies Baffling National Geographic News (12/6/07)

Proposed Federal Rule Threatens 2 Decades of Established Law EurekAlert (12/3/07)

• Scientists Struggle to Control Ancient Bones LiveScience (12/1/07)
• Proposed Federal Rule Threatens Two Decades of Established Law [pdf] Society for American Archaeology Press Release (12/3/07)
• Statement on Department of Interior Proposed Rule For the Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains and Funerary Objects [pdf] Society for American Archaeology Press Release (11/10/2007)

Young Chimp Outscores College Students in Memory Test National Geographic News (12/3/07)

• Chimp Beats Students at Computer Game Nature (12/3/07)
• Chimps Beat Humans in Memory Test Telegraph (12/3/07)
• Chimps Outperform Humans at Memory Task New Scientist (12/3/07)
• Chimps Beat Humans in Memory Test CNN (12/3/07)
• Chimps Do Numbers Better Than Humans LiveScience (12/3/07)
• 5-Year-Old Chimp Beats College Kids in Computer Game CNN (12/3/07)
• Whiz Chimps Outsmart College Students Discovery News (12/3/07)
• Are You Smarter Than a 5-Year-Old Chimp? MSNBC (12/3/07)
• Chimps Beat People in Memory Task Guardian (12/4/07)
• Chimps Exhibit Superior Memory, Outshining Humans New York Times (12/4/07)

You Don't Have to Be Smart to Share Science (12/3/07)

The Truth About the Abominable Snowman LiveScience (12/3/07)

• Everest Footprints Stir Up Yeti Legend MSNBC (11/29/07)
• Footprints Seen Around Mt.Everest Stoke Yeti Mystery Reuters (11/30/07)

Vikings' Journey Shaped by Climate NPR (12/3/07)

Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution ScienceDaily (12/3/07)

• Ancient Mayan Marketplace Discovered LiveScience (12/3/07)
• Ancient Maya Marketplace Discovered MSNBC (12/3/07)
• Ancient Mayan Marketplace Discovered Yahoo (12/3/07)

Hunting -- Not Ice Age -- Changed European Bear DNA National Geographic News (12/3/07)

Ancient Blood Found On Sculptures From Kingdom Of Mali ScienceDaily (12/3/07)

Silence is Golden, But Only for Women LiveScience (12/3/07)

Ancient Bronze Coins Seized from Greek Barber MSNBC (12/3/07)

J. Richard Steffy, A Quiet Genius Who Built His Own Field Houston Chronicle (12/1/07)

• Steffy's Legacy Lives On Eagle (11/30/07)
• J. Richard Steffy Is Dead at 83; Made Shipwreck Analysis Scientific New York Times (12/4/07)

At a Loss for Words Natural History (12/1/07)

Archaeologists Find Ancient Remains MSNBC (12/1/07)