News - February, 2008

Man's Other Best Friend: Shorn, Worn and Eaten for Dinner LiveScience (2/29/08)

Darwin Was Wrong About (Chicken) Evolution Telegraph (2/29/08)

• Darwin Was Wrong About Wild Origin Of The Chicken Science Daily (2/29/08)

HIV's Ancient Legacy Nature (2/29/08)

Maya May Have Caused Civilization-Ending Climate Change National Geographic News (2/29/08)

What Separates You From Chimps LiveScience (2/28/08)

• Chimps Think Like Us, Too MSNBC (2/28/08)
• Nattering Chimps Think Like Humans New Scientist (2/28/08)
• Chimp and Human Communication Trace to Same Brain Region EurekAlert (2/28/08)
• Chimps May Have A 'Language-ready' Brain Science Daily (2/29/08)

Experts Create New Image of Bach MSNBC (2/28/08)

Shroud of Turin Gets High-Def Scrutiny Discovery News (2/28/08)

Eskimo Village Sues Over Global Warming CNN (2/27/08)

Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals Discovery News (2/27/08)

The Evolution of Aversion: Why Even Children Are Fearful of Snakes EurekAlert (2/27/08)

Science Books Delve Into Egyptian History EurekAlert (2/27/08)

Fertile Wives Find Single Men Sexy Nature (2/26/08)

Study Sheds Light on Parental Instinct Reuters (2/26/08)

• Adult Brains Wired to Go Ga-Ga Over Babies Discovery News (2/27/08)
• Babies Faces 'Make Us Want to Care for Them' Telegraph (2/27/08)
• A Specific and Rapid Neural Signature for Parental Instinct PLoS ONE (2/27/08)

Brazil Termite Hunters Find 200-Year-Old Mummy Reuters (2/26/08)

Mysteries of "Sacrificial" Maya Blue Pigment Solved? National Geographic News (2/26/08)

• Secret to Mayan Blue Paint Found LiveScience (2/26/08)
• Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved EurekAlert (2/26/08)
• Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved Science Daily (2/26/08)
• Mystery of 'Maya Blue' Dye Tied to Human Sacrifice New Scientist (2/27/08)
• Scientists Figure Out Secret of Maya's Blue Paint MSNBC (2/27/08)
• Feeling Blue? Not Like a Maya Sacrificial Victim Reuters (2/27/08)
• Maya Blue Mystery Made Clear Los Angeles Times (2/29/08)

Florida Adopts Teaching of Evolution in Its Schools Nature (2/27/08)

Lessons from America's Tropical Epidemic NPR (2/26/08)

Venezuela Fights Use of English Words ABC News (2/26/08)

View from the Lab: Creationism Telegraph (2/26/08)

Storms Reveal Secrets on Oregon's Coast MSNBC (2/26/08)

• Storms Reveal Secrets on Oregon's Coast ABC News (2/26/08)

Peru's "Lost City" Is a Natural Formation, Experts Rule National Geographic News (2/25/08)

False Doors for the Dead Among New Egypt Tomb Finds National Geographic News (2/25/08)

Almost Human: Chimpanzees Adapt to Survive Today (2/25/08)

New Roads in the Amazon May Deliver Disease NPR (2/25/08)

Krauss Awarded $1.2 Million to Document Endangered Languages EurekAlert (2/25/08)

Study: West Got Dusty Thanks to People LiveScience (2/25/08)

• Humans to Blame for Dusty American West MSNBC (2/25/08)

Your History Is Printed in Your Hair Nature (2/25/08)

• Human Hair Reveals Where You've Been MSNBC (2/25/08)
• Hair Analysis Offers New Crime-Fighting Clues Reuters (2/25/08)
• New CSI Tool: Hair Reveals Where You've Been LiveScience (2/25/08)
• A Single Strand of Hair Can Give You Away ABC News (2/25/08)
• Hair Samples Used to Trace Movement NPR (2/26/08)
• Hair Analysis Offers New Crime-Fighting Clues Reuters (2/26/08)
• Hair "Records" Where You've Been, Study Finds National Geographic News (2/26/08)

How The Eruption of Thera Changed the World LiveScience (2/25/08)

Pyramids of Giza: One Grand Plan Discovery News (2/25/08)

Vikings Did Not Dress the Way We Thought EurekAlert (2/25/08)

• Vikings With Vanity: Vivid Colors, Flowing Silk, Fashionable Until Advent of Christianity Science Daily (2/25/08)
• Viking Women Dressed Provocatively LiveScience (2/25/08)
• Photo in the News: Viking Women Wore "Sexy" Outfits National Geographic News (2/27/08)
• Fashion Counted for Some Vikings, Researcher Says Reuters (2/27/08)

Archeologists Find 5,500 Year Old Plaza in Peru Reuters (2/25/08)

• Scientists Find 5,500-Year-Old Plaza in Peru MSNBC (2/25/08)
• Archeologists Find 5,500-Year-Old Plaza in Peru Reuters (2/26/08)
• Plaza in Peru May Be the America's Oldest Urban Site Los Angeles Times (2/26/08)
• Oldest Urban Site in the Americas Found, Experts Claim National Geographic News (2/26/08)
• Ancient Ceremonial Plaza Unearthed in Peru Discovery News (2/27/08)
• Ancient Ceremonial Plaza Found in Peru LiveScience (2/29/08)

Scientists Can Tell Date of Birth by Looking into Eyes Telegraph (2/25/08)

Royals Weren't Only Builders Of Maya Temples, Archaeologist Finds Science Daily (2/25/08)

• Royals Weren't Only Builders of Maya Temples, Archaeologist Finds EurekAlert (2/25/08)
• Ancient Mayans: Temples for Everyone! LiveScience (2/27/08)
• Ancient Maya Temples Not Just for Royalty MSNBC (2/27/08)

Saving Long-Gone Native Tribal Languages ABC News (2/23/08)

• J. P. Harrington Database Project

How to Solve Toddler Tantrums: Think Like a Neanderthal LiveScience (2/22/08)

Mastodons in Manhattan: A Botanical Puzzle NPR (2/22/08)

Dissecting People's 'Predictably Irrational' Behavior NPR (2/22/08)

Three Countries in Pact to Save Mountain Gorillas Guardian (2/21/08)

Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills NPR (2/21/08)

Europeans Less Genetically Diverse Than Africans National Geographic News (2/20/08)

• On the Origin of Deleterious Mutations Nature (2/20/08)
• Gene Studies Confirm ‘Out of Africa’ Theories MSNBC (2/21/08)
• African DNA Has More Genetic Diversity Telegraph (2/21/08)
• Ancient 'Out Of Africa' Migration Left Stamp On European Genetic Diversity Science Daily (2/22/08)
• Most Detailed Global Study Of Genetic Variation Completed Science Daily (2/21/08)
• Genes Link Native Americans and Siberians MSNBC (2/21/08)
• DNA Study Supports African Origin of Man ABC News (2/21/08)
• DNA Confirms We're Out of Africa Discovery News (2/21/08)
• DNA Studies Map Human Migration Los Angeles Times (2/22/08)
• Genetic Study Ties Siberians to People in Americas Reuters (2/22/08)
• Genetic Mutations Offer Insights on Human Diversity Washington Post (2/22/08)
• Trawl of Two Groups' Genes Shows Differences Reuters (2/28/08)

Feel Short? Blame Your Ancestors Discovery News (2/20/08)

Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru National Geographic News (2/20/08)

Ancestral Human Skull Found in China National Geographic News (2/20/08)

Satellites Spot Lost Guatemala Mayan Temples Reuters (2/20/08)

• Satellites Spot Lost Guatemala Mayan Temples Yahoo (2/20/08)

Florida Gives Evolution a Thumbs-Up Science (2/19/08)

• Florida Votes to Teach Evolution in Schools Telegraph (2/19/08)
• New Florida Standards Use Word 'Evolution' LiveScience (2/20/08)
• Florida Adopts ‘Scientific Theory of Evolution' MSNBC (2/19/08)

Oldest Oil Paintings Found in Afghanistan Discovery News (2/19/08)

The Truth About Sensational Kidney Thefts LiveScience (2/19/08)

How Ancient Trade Changed the World LiveScience (2/18/08)

Excavations In Iran Unravel Mystery Of 'Red Snake' Science Daily (2/18/08)

What Is The Cognitive Rift Between Humans And Other Animals? Science Daily (2/17/08)

No Easy Answers In Evolution Of Human Language Science Daily (2/17/08)

Tough Breeds Of Livestock Disappearing: Saving Them Before It Is Too Late Science Daily (2/17/08)

Increased Life Expectancy May Mean Lower Fertility Science Daily (2/17/08)

Metabolic Syndrome Linked To Cold Tolerance Science Daily (2/17/08)

There Is 'Design' In Nature, Biologist Argues Science Daily (2/17/08)

Taking Play Seriously New York Times (2/17/08)

The Missing Link [Review of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History Of the Human Body by Neil Shubin] Washington Post (2/17/08)Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows Science Daily (2/16/08)

• What People Owe Fish: A Lot New York Times (2/19/08)

Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows Science Daily (2/16/08)

• Human Culture Subject to Natural Selection, Stanford Study Shows EurekAlert (2/18/08)
• 'Cultural Evolution' Breakthrough in Canoe Study Telegraph (2/18/08)

Researcher Locates 17th-Century Japanese Village in Cambodia Japan Tines (2/16/08)

India's Ageing Taj Mahal Gets a Mud Pack Face-Lift Yahoo (2/15/08)

• A Labourer Works at the Exteriors of Taj Mahal Yahoo (2/15/08)

Rare Egyptian "Warrior" Tomb Found National Geographic News (2/15/08)

In Remote Valley, a Grim Redefinition of ‘Fishing' New York Times (2/15/08)

Archaeologists Dig Up 'Oldest' African Human Sacrifice Yahoo (2/15/08)

Rediscovering the Forgotten Crops BBC News (2/15/08)

Crowds 'Pick Leaders to Follow' Telegraph (2/14/08)

Sex and the Evolution of Love LiveScience (2/14/08)

Love: You Have 4 Minutes to Choose Your Perfect Mate Nature (2/13/08)

Australian Apology May Boost Aboriginal Health New Scientist (2/13/08)

• Australia Apologizes to Aborigines National Geographic News (2/13/08)

Diary: Protecting Mountain Gorillas BBC News (2/13/08)

You Remind Me of Me New York Times (2/13/08)

Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep for 20,000 Years EurekAlert (2/12/08)

• Migrating People Had 20,000-Year Campout Reuters (2/12/08)
• Settlement of Americas a 3-Act Play LiveScience (2/12/08)
• Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years Science Daily (2/13/08)
• First Americans Endured 20,000-Year Layover Discovery News (2/13/08)
• A Three-Stage Colonization Model for the Peopling of the Americas PLoS ONE (2/13/08)
• Asia-to-America Migration Wasn't a Nonstop Trip Los Angeles Times (2/16/08)

Darwin: Still Controversial After All These Years - Opinion New Scientist (2/12/08)

• On the Origin of Species Guardian

Gorillas Photographed Mating Face-to-Face -- A First National Geographic News (2/12/08)

• Gorillas Mate Face-to-Face in First Photos National Geographic News (2/12/08)
• Study Garners Unique Mating Photos of Wild Gorillas EurekAlert (2/12/08)
• Gorillas Caught in Very Human Act LiveScience (2/13/08)
• Gorillas in the Missionary Position Nature (2/14/08)

Egypt's Earliest Farming Village Found National Geographic News (2/11/08)

• Egyptian Oasis Reveals Ancient Farming Village Los Angeles Times (2/12/08)
• 5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt New York Times (2/12/08)
• Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed Science Daily (2/12/08)
• UCLA-Dutch Team Uncovers Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement EurekAlert (2/12/08)
• Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed Science Daily (2/18/08)

How Writing Changed the World LiveScience (2/11/08)

Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England ScienceDaily (2/11/08)

I Hear You, My Monkey Brother Science (2/11/08)

• Monkeys Know One Monkey Voice from Another New Scientist (2/10/08)

With Climate Swing, a Culture Bloomed in Americas NPR (2/11/08)

Druid Grave Unearthed in U.K.? Discovery News (2/11/08)

Napoleon Poisoning Claims Debunked Discovery News (2/11/08)

• Napoleon Didn't Die from Arsenic Poisoning Telegraph (2/11/08)
• Napoleon Poisoning Claims Debunked Discovery News (2/11/08)
• Napoleon Death: Arsenic Poisoning Ruled Out LiveScience (2/12/08)
• Scientists Prove Napoleon Not Poisoned MSNBC (2/12/08)
• Scientists Prove Napoleon Not Poisoned by British Reuters (2/12/08)

The Differences in Gender -- Sealed With a Kiss Washington Post (2/11/08)

Finders, Keepers Boston (2/10/08)

Babies Reveal Natural Gift for Numbers New Scientist (2/9/08)

The Natural History of the Only Child Wired (2/8/08)

Unravelling the North West's Viking Past University of Nottingham (2/8/08)

• Viking Blood Courses Through Veins Of Many A Northwest Englander Science Daily (2/12/08)
• Excavating Past Population Structures by Surname-Based Sampling: The Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in Northwest England Molecular Biology and Evolution

'Super-Scope' Shines on Mary Rose BBC News (2/8/2008)

Tooth Discovery Suggests Neanderthals Traveled MSNBC (2/8/08)

• Tooth Scan Reveals Neanderthals Traveled More than Thought LiveScience (2/9/08)
• Neanderthal Teeth Reveal Wandering Ways Discovery News (2/11/08)
• Mobile Neanderthals Max Planck Institute (2/15/08)

The Little Ice Age Myth NPR (2/7/08)

Kissing Cousins Sire Kids by the Dozens Science (2/7/08)

• When Incest Is Best: Kissing Cousins Have More Kin Scientific American) (2/8/08)

Kenya Honey-Gathering Forest Tribe Caught in Violence National Geographic News (2/05/08)

Obituary: David Maybury-Lewis Guardian (2/5/08)

Human Survival Genes Pinpointed Discovery (2/5/08)

An Altar Beyond Olympus for a Deity Predating Zeus New York Times (2/5/08)

Stolen 15th-Century Map Finds Way Back to Spain National Geographic News (2/5/08)

The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time New York Times (2/5/08)

Team Uncovers New Evidence of Recent Human Evolution Science (2/4/08)

• Humans Are Evolving to Resist Disease Telegraph (2/5/08)

Farming the Amazon with a Machete and Mulch NPR (2/4/08)

How the Hyoid Bone Changed History LiveScience (2/4/08)

Video: Who Owns Machu Picchu? National Geographic News (2/4/08)

Deal? No Deal, Chimps Say LiveScience (2/4/08)

• Chimps Show Reluctance to Barter MSNBC (2/4/08)
• Why Don't Chimpanzees Like To Barter Food? Science Daily (2/5/08)

A (Ba)boon for Youngsters' Growth Nature (2/4/08)

• Fathers Are Important in Baboon Society Telegraph (2/4/08)
• Doting Baboon Dads Get More Grandkids Discovery (2/4/08)
• Helpful Baboon Dads Boost Offsprings' Success New Scientist (2/4/08)
• Being Daddy's Girl Is a Good Thing for Baboons MSNBC (2/4/08)
• Dad Baboons Help Their Daughters Mature LiveScience (2/5/08)

New Monkey Species Found in Remote Amazon National Geographic News (2/4/08)

Human Viruses Jumping to Wild Apes National Geographic News (2/4/08)

• Human Viruses Cause Respiratory Outbreaks in Ivory Coast Chimps New York Times (2/5/08)

Video: Eating Rat at the New Year National Geographic News (2/4/08)

Black Death Selective In Its Wrath: Plague Targeted The Weak, Frail Science Daily (2/4/08)

Gene Variants May Help To Distribute The Work Of Evolution Between Men And Women Science Daily (2/4/08)

• deCODE Discovers Gene Variants that May Help to Distribute the Work of Evolution between Men and Women deCODE (1/31/08)

You Are What You Eat: Some Differences Between Humans And Chimpanzees Traced To Diet Science Daily (2/3/08)

• Human and Chimpanzee Gene Expression Differences Replicated in Mice Fed Different Diets PLoS ONE

Carnival Celebrated With Blood, Mud & Glitter National Geographic News (2/3/08)

Acculturation in the Texas-Mexico Border Region: Effects on Drinking Differ by Gender EurekAlert (2/3/08)

An Epoch in the Making BBC News (2/2/08)

• Has Earth Entered a New Epoch? What Geologists Think Christian Science Monitor (2/7/08)

Sea Captains' Logbooks Reveal Secrets of New England's Fishing Culture Christian Science Monitor (2/1/08)

Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue? Science (2/1/08)

• Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor Science Daily (1/31/08)

Key 'Impact Hunters' Catalyze Hunting Among Male Chimpanzees EurekAlert (2/1/08)