News - January, 2008

Punctuation Marks in Language Evolution? Science (1/31/08)

• Languages Burst Forth Rapidly Discovery (2/1/08)
• Languages Evolve in Sudden Leaps, Not Creeps Discovery (2/1/08)
• Running Dialog: New Languages Rapidly Spring from Old Ones Scientific American (2/1/08)

Berlin Dig Finds City Older Than Thought LiveScience (1/30/08)

• Berlin Dig Finds City Older Than Thought Yahoo (1/31/08)

Hidden Art Could Be Revealed by New Terahertz Device University of Michigan (1/30/08)

• Hidden Art Could Be Revealed By New Terahertz Device Science Daily (2/5/08)

Surprise Egypt Tombs Yield Ornate Coffins, Dog Mummies National Geographic News (1/30/08)

Happiness Is Being Young or Old, But Middle Age Is Misery Guardian (1/29/08)

• Study Finds Happiness Lowest at Midlife Los Angeles Times (2/2/08)

Ancient Mass Sacrifice, Riches Discovered in China Tomb National Geographic News (1/29/08)

Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' with Finds of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine in Peru Purdue University (1/29/08)

• Mining Site Predates Incan Empire LiveScience (1/31/08)
• Mining Site Predates Incan Empire MSNBC (1/31/08)
• Archaeologist 'Strikes Gold' With Finds Of Ancient Nasca Iron Ore Mine In Peru Science Daily (2/3/08)

Ruins of 7,000-Year-Old City Found in Egypt Oasis Yahoo (1/31/08)

First-Century Lindow Man Goes Back to His Roots Guardian (1/28/08)

A Dying Breed New York Times (1/27/08)

Grim Secrets of Pharaoh's City BBC News (1/25/08)

The Dark Story of Human Empathy LiveScience (1/25/08)

Shoes Were Worn at Least 40,000 Years Ago Telegraph (1/24/08)

• Earliest Shoe-Wearers Revealed by Toe Bones Discovery (1/25/08)
• Ancient Bones Suggest Cavemen Wore Boots New Scientist (1/27/08)

Rescuing Iraqi Citadel Offers a Beacon of Hope MSNBC (1/24/08)

Loneliness Breeds Belief in Supernatural LiveScience (1/24/08)

Wine-Carrying Ship Dates Back 2,300 Years MSNBC (1/24/08)

• Cyprus Divers to Dig Out Ancient Ship Yahoo (1/24/08)

Human Sniffles Kill Endangered Chimps New Scientist (1/24/08)

He's Not as Smart as He Thinks Newsweek (1/23/08)

Cemetery in Shape of Cross Unearthed in Syria MSNBC (1/23/08)

• Ancient Cemetery Unearthed in Syria Yahoo (1/23/08)

100,000-Year-Old Human Skull Found China Daily (1/23/08)

• China Hails "Greatest Discovery Since Peking Man" Reuters (1/23/08)
• Fossilised Skull May End Row Over Origin of 1.3bn Chinese Guardian (1/24/08)

Stove for the Developing World's Health New York Times (1/22/08)

New Discoveries at the Ash Altar of Zeus, Mt Lykaion, Offer Insights Into Early Origins of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God University of Pennsylvania (1/22/08)

• New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God Science Daily (1/28/08)
• Worship at Zeus's "Birthplace" Predates the Greek God National Geographic News (1/25/08)

Political Animals (Yes, Animals) New York Times (1/22/08)

Not the Last Word [Book Review of The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally] American Scientist (1/08)

Waiting to Have Children Part of Evolution Telegraph (1/23/08)

• Mothers Trade Child Quantity For Quality Science Daily (1/23/08)

Melanesian Genetics Among Most Diverse Discovery News (1/23/08)

QUT Researcher Discovers Maya Mask Splendour Queensland University of Technology (1/23/08)

• Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica Science Daily (1/27/08)

New Monkey Species Is Already Endangered New Scientist (1/22/080

African Refugees Spurring Bush-Meat Trade National Geographic News (1/22/08)

Stove for the Developing World's Health New York Times (1/22/08)

Ancient Maya Scarified Boys Not Virgin Girls MSNBC (1/22/08)

• Ancient Maya Sacrificed Boys Not Virgin Girls: Study Reuters (1/23/08)
• Ancient Maya Sacrificed Boys Not Virgin Girls: Study Yahoo (1/23/08)

'Ancient Civilization . . . Broken to Pieces' Los Angeles Times (1/22/08)

Video: Treasure Wars—Who Owns the Past? National Geographic News (1/22/08)

Women More Thick-Headed Than Men LiveScience (1/22/08)

Girl, You'll Be a Woman Sooner Than Expected Los Angeles Times (1/21/08)

Excavating Beekman Archaeology (1/18/08)

Culture Fundamentally Alters the Brain LiveScience (1/18/08)

Meet Your Old Friend, the Multipurpose Monkey LiveScience (1/18/08)

An Eye for Sexual Orientation Science (1/18/08)

Rare Middle-Class Tomb Found From Ancient Egypt National Geographic News (1/18/08)

Ancient Mask Returned to Alaska Ghost Village MSNBC (1/18/08)

Italy Hails Return of Ancient Vase from New York Reuters (1/18/08)

Genome Scan Shows Polynesians Have Little Genetic Relationship to Melanesians EurekAlert (1/17/08)

• Polynesians Descended From Taiwanese, Other East Asians National Geographic News (1/17/08)
• Pacific Islanders' Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Stud New York Times (1/18/08)

Humans Crave Violence Just Like Sex LiveScience (1/17/08)

What Does a Natural Stream Look Like? Nature (1/17/08)

• Early Settlers Drained Marshy US Landscape New Scientist (1/17/08)
• Study: Are River Restoration Efforts Misguided? NPR (1/19/08)

Time Capsule from 1791 Found in Mexican Cathedral National Geographic News (1/16/08)

Can Egypt Copyright the Pyramids? National Geographic News (1/15/08)

Men Think They're Cleverer, Claims Psychologist Telegraph (1/15/08)

Syphilis: Spoil of the New World? Nature (1/14/08)

• Columbus 'Gave Europe Syphilis' BBC News (1/15/08)
• Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis New York Times (1/15/08)
• Add Syphilis to Columbus' Discoveries, Study Says Los Angeles Times (1/15/08)
• Columbus Did Bring Syphilis from America Telegraph (1/15/08)
• Columbus May Have Brought Syphilis to Europe LiveScience (1/15/08)
• Columbus Blamed for Spread of Syphilis New Scientist (1/15/08)

Underwater City Could Be Revealed BBC News (1/14/08)

Ancient Tomb Art Found in Path of Irish Highway national Geographic News (1/14/08)

Why People Believe Weird Things About Money Los Angeles Times (1/13/08)

The Moral Instinct New York Times (1/13/08)

Evolution of Counting Is No Simple Operation Science (1/11/08)

Florida and the E-Word ABC News (1/11/08)

Digging Up A Serial Killer's Century-old Secrets Science Daily (1/11/08)

• Legendary Murderess Mystery: Case Closed? Discovery News (1/14/08)

Be Patient With Us Humans – We're Still Evolving Christian Science Monitor (1/10/08)

Why Do Chimps Eat Dirt? Nature (1/10/08)

• Why Chimps Eat Dirt LiveScience (1/11/08)
• Why Chimps Eat Dirt MSNBC (1/11/08)

U.S. Deploys Latest Tactic in Iraq: Anthropology Yahoo (1/10/08)

Explorers Who Found Shipwreck to Share Details MSNBC (1/10/08)

Scientists Find Cultural Differences Among Chimpanzee Colonies EurekAlert (1/9/08)

Ancient Yucatán Soils Point to Maya Market, and Market Economy New York Times ((1/8/08)

There's a Men's Route And a Women's Route Washington Post (1/8/08)

Archaeologists Dig at Cathedral BBC News (1/6/08)

Clues from the Mists of Time Los Angeles Times (1/5/08)

Recreating a Viking Voyage BBC News (1/5/08)

Looted Sculptures to Be Sent Home BBC News (1/4/08)

The Rules of Attraction May Turn on Our Voices NPR (1/4/08)

'Laughs' Not Exclusive to Humans BBC news (1/2/08)

Neanderthals Stitched Too Little Too Late Discovery News (1/4/08)

• Were Neanderthals Chilled to Death? Los Angeles Times (1/5/08)

French City Vows to Return Maori Head National Geographic News (1/4/08)

Science Advisers Give Fresh Boost to Evolution MSNBC (1/3/08)

• Academy Defends the Teaching of Evolution Los Angeles Times (1/4/08)
• Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap New York Times (1/4/08)
• Evolution: Read All About It! Science (1/4/08)
• Academy Stresses Evolution's Importance Reuters (1/4/08)

How Monkeys 'Pay' Females for Sex Telegraph (1/3/08)

• Study: Monkeys 'Pay' for Sex by Grooming LiveScience (1/5/08)
• Study: Monkeys 'Pay' for Sex by Grooming MSNBC (1/5/08)
• Do Monkeys Pay for Sex? Time (1/7/08)

'Hobbits' Not a Different Species, Say Scientists Telegraph (1/3/08)

• "Hobbits" May Have Been Genetic Mutants National Geographic News (1/3/08)

Riddle Of The Jade Jewels Reveals Vast Trade Arena ScienceDaily (1/2/08)