News - March, 2008

Menopause Stops Female Competition Telegraph (3/31/08)

Excavation Starts at Stonehenge BBC News (3/31/08)

• Scientists Set Out to Unlock Secrets of Stonehenge Reuters (3/31/08)
• Archaeologists Start Stonehenge Dig ABC News (3/31/08)
• Will Stonehenge Ever Tell Us Its Age? MSNBC (3/31/08)
• Dig Begins at Stonehenge Site Discovery News (4/1/08)
• The Lourdes of Ancient Britain? Dig Aims to Reveal Stonehenge's Purpose Guardian (4/1/08)

Human DNA Discoveries Piling Up Discovery News (3/31/08)

• Sweeps of Human DNA Yield Discoveries ABC News (3/31/08)
• Sweeps of Human DNA Yield Discoveries Wired (3/31/08)

Muslims "Overtake" Catholics, Become Largest Religion National Geographic News (3/31/08)

Great Ape Trust to Gather Internationally Recognized Scientists for Decade of the Mind III EurekAlert (3/31/08)

Babies Have an Eye for Statistics Nature (3/31/08)

Gold Necklace Reveals Early 'Bling' Nature (3/31/08)

• Americas' Oldest Gold Artifact Discovered National Geographic News (3/31/08)
• Ancient Gold Necklace Discovered in Peru ABC News (3/31/08)
• Oldest Gold Artifact in Americas Found LiveScience (3/31/08)
• Ancient Gold Necklace Discovered in Peru MSNBC (3/31/08)
• Necklace Is Oldest Gold Artifact in the Americas Reuters (3/31/08)
• Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered Science Daily (4/1/08)
• Oldest Bling Found in Peru Discovery News (4/1/08)
• Gold Necklace Found Is 'Oldest in Americas' Telegraph (4/1/08)
• Necklace Is 'Oldest in Americas' BBC News (4/1/08)
• From a Burial Pit in Southern Peru, a Golden Oldie New York Times (4/1/08)

Ancient Temple Discovered Among Inca Ruins National Geographic News (3/31/08)

Graffiti Scribbled on Historic Ceremonial Site MSNBC (3/31/08)

Ancient Bones Found in Wisconsin Cave MSNBC (3/31/08)

Giant Statue of Ancient Egypt Queen Found National Geographic News (3/31/08)

• Intact Colossus of Egypt's Queen Tiye Found National Geographic News (3/31/08)

Whaling Scene Found in 3,000-Year-Old Picture Nature (3/31/08)

Clay Tablet Holds Clue to Asteroid Mystery Telegraph (3/31/08)

Early Weapon Evidence Reveals Bloody Past Discovery News (3/31/08)

From Bones to Berserkers -- Vikings Under the Spotlight EurekAlert (3/31/08)

VIDEO: City of the Dead Thrives National Geographic News (3/29/08)

How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built? Science Daily (3/29/08)

Deception: As Human as Sex Itself LiveScience (3/28/08)

Crusades, Islam Expansion Traced in Lebanon DNA National Geographic News (3/28/08)

Study Shows Life Was Tough for Ancient Egyptians Reuters (3/28/08)

• Life in Ancient Egypt Wasn't That Sweet MSNBC (3/28/08)

Schiller Relatives Exhumed to Identify Poet's Skull Reueters (3/28/08)

• Relatives Exhumed to Identify Poet's Skull MSNBC (3/28/08)

Evolution Gets a Boost: No Cost for Complexity Wired (3/27/08)

• Study Questions 'Cost Of Complexity' In Evolution Science Daily (4/1/08)

Neanderthals Wore Make-up and Liked to Chat ABC News (3/27/08)

• Neanderthals Wore Make-Up and Liked to Chat New Scientist (3/27/08)

Crusaders 'Left Genetic Legacy' BBC News (3/27/08)

Iron Age Bones Found at Olympic Site in London MSNBC (3/27/08)

Why Kids Curse NPR (3/27/08)

"First European" Confirmed to Be 1.2 Million Years Old National Geographic News (3/26/08)

• Remains of Human Ancestors Found New York Times (3/26/08)
• Human Ancestor 1.2 Million-Years-Old found Telegraph (3/26/08)
• Fossil Find Is Oldest European Yet Nature (3/26/08)
• Oldest Human Ancestor Fossil Found Discovery News (3/26/08)
• 'First European' Had a Mountain Retreat in Spain New Scientist (3/26/08)
• Oldest Known Human Ancestor Fossil Found in Europe LiveScience (3/26/08)
• Human Ancestor Fossil Found in Europe ABC News (3/26/08)
• Oldest Known Human Fossil Found in Europe MSNBC (3/26/08)
• Human Ancestors in Europe Earlier Than Thought Los Angeles Times (3/27/08)
• Fossils Link Pre-Humans in West Europe to Earlier Date New York Times (3/27/08)
• Fossil Find Could be Europe's First Humans Guardian (3/27/08)
• 'Broader Pelvis, Smaller Brain and Hairier' Guardian (3/27/08)
• Bones Show Humans in Europe 1.2 mln Years Ago: Study Reuters (3/27/08)

Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A First National Geographic News (3/26/08)

Who's Bad? Chimps Figure It Out by Observation EurekAlert (3/26/08)

Study: Beautiful Women Want It All ABC News (3/26/08)

Ancient Humor: Raunch, Riddles and Religion Disocovery News (3/25/08)

Early Egyptians Revered Lowly Donkeys New York Times (3/25/08)

Wired for Language Science (3/24/08)

How the Battle of Actium Changed the World LiveScience (3/24/08)

Corn's Roots Dig Deeper Into South America EurekAlert (3/24/08)

Too Much Information? Study Shows How Ignorance Can Be Influential EurekAlert (3/24/08)

Baby Boys Are More Likely to Die Than Baby Girls EurekAlert (3/24/08)

Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain EurekAlert (3/23/08)

Recipes Came About By Evolution New Scientist (3/22/08)

Shroud of Turin's Authenticity Probed Anew Discovery News (3/21/08)

• Shroud of Turin Debate Rekindled MSNBC (3/21/08)

Video: Threatened Baby Monkeys Born National Geographic News (3/21/08)

Video: Real Good Friday Crucifixion National Geographic News (3/21/08)

Oil Exploration in Amazon Threatens "Unseen" Tribes National Geographic News (3/21/08)

Proto-Humans Walked on Two Legs in 6 Million BC New Scientist (3/20/08)

• 6-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor 1st to Walk Upright? National Geographic News (3/20/08)
• New Fossil Is Oldest Upright Walker LiveScience (3/20/08)
• When Did Our Ancestors First Stand Up? MSNBC (3/20/08)
• Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago, Thigh Bone Comparison Suggests Science Daily (3/21/08)
• New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking New York Times (3/21/08)
• Human Ancestors Walked Upright Earlier Than Thought, Study Says Los Angeles Times (3/22/08)

Scientists Say Early Americans Arrived Earlier Texas A&M University (3/20/08)

• Texas A&M Scientists Say Early Americans Arrived Earlier EurekAlert (3/20/08)
• Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed Science Daily (3/21/08)

Genetic Study Of Latin Americans Sheds Light On A Troubled History Science Daily (3/20/08)

• A Genetic Study of Latin Americans Sheds Light on a Troubled History EurekAlert (3/20/08)
• Study Unlocks Latin American Past BBC News (3/21/08)

Do Attractive Women Want It All? EurekAlert (3/20/08)

Iraq Museum Still Too Damaged to Reopen National Geographic News (3/19/08)

New Fossil Is Oldest Upright Walker LiveScience (3/20/08)

Ancient Greek Outpost Discovered, Spectacularly Preserved LiveScience (3/18/08)

How the Greek Agora Changed the World LiveScience (3/17/08)

Next Stop, Antiquity Station Newsweek (3/19/08)

It Pays to Play Nice, Harvard Study Says ABC News (3/19/08)

Ancient Global Dimming Linked to Volcanic Eruption National Geographic News (3/19/08)

VIDEO: Chocolate to Save Forests? National Geographic News (3/19/08)

Optimum Age Gap Theory Disputed Telegraph (3/19/08)

• Why Men Should Pair Off With Younger Women New Scientist (3/19/08)
• Why Men Should Pair Off With Younger Women ABC News (3/19/08)

VIDEO: Iran Marks Persian New Year National Geographic News (3/19/08)

Ancient Artifacts Seized from Country House MSNBC (3/19/08)

Floating a Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated Science Daily (3/19/08)

• Floating a Big Idea: MIT Demos Ancient Use of Rafts to Transport Goods EurekAlert (3/19/08)

Ranger Held Over Gorilla Killings BBC News (3/19/08)

• Ranger Arrested in Killing of Gorillas ABC News (3/19/08)

Trade in Stolen Iraqi Treasures 'Fuels al-Qaida' Guardian (3/19/08)

• Smuggled Antiquities Funding Iraq Extremists, U.S. Says National Geographic News (3/19/08)

Gold Scroll Discovered: Earliest Evidence Of Jewish Inhabitants In Austria Science Daily (3/18/08)

Ancient Setting of Greek Legends Discovered MSNBC (3/18/08)

Rwanda Conservation Effort to Link Isolated Chimps to Distant Forest EurekAlert (3/18/08)

VIDEO: Iraq Artifacts Recovered National Geographic News (3/18/08)

Culture Gave Humans Edge Over Neanderthals MSNBC (3/17/08)

• Skull Changes Show Time of Human-Neandertal Split National Geographic News (3/17/08)
• The Neanderthal-Human Split: (Very) Ancient History Disocovery News (3/17/08)
• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection Science Daily (3/19/08)

Hobbit Skull Suggests a Separate Species Science (3/17/08)

• Humanlike 'Hobbit' Fossils Puzzle Scientists NPR (3/18/08)

We Prefer People We Think Are Similar to Ourselves Telegraph (3/17/08)

Clovis-Age Overkill Didn't Take Out California's Flightless Sea Duck EurekAlert (3/17/08)

• Clovis-Age Overkill Didn't Take Out California's Flightless Sea Duck Science Daily (3/18/08)

Word War II Ships Finally Found Off Australia National Geographic News (3/17/08)

Stone Age Hand Axes Found at Bottom of North Sea National Geographic News (3/17/08)

• Yet More Treasure from the Bottom of the Sea Nature (3/18/08)

I Feel Good [Review of (On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail] New York Times (3/16/08)

Out of Africa, Not Once But Twice Discovery News (3/14/08)

Long-Lived Grannies May Have Fewer Grandchildren New Scientist (3/14/08)

Ancient Rome's Earliest Temple Reconstructed National Geographic News (3/14/08)

Miners Arrested for Damaging Chinese Archaeology Site National Geographic News (3/14/08)

Roman Emperor's Digs on Public View Discovery News (3/14/08)

Americas Settled 15,000 Years Ago, Study Says National Geographic News (3/13/08)

• Native American DNA Links to 6 'Founding Mothers' LiveScience (3/13/08)
• Indian DNA Links to 6 'Founding Mothers' ABC News (3/13/08)
• Native American DNA Links to Six "Founding Mothers" National Geographic News (3/13/08)
• Most Indians Linked to 'Founding Mothers' MSNBC (3/13/08)
• Native Americans Traced to 6 'Founding Mothers' Discovery News (3/13/08)
• Study: Native Americans Can Trace DNA to 6 Women NPR (3/14/08)
• The Phylogeny of the Four Pan-American MtDNA Haplogroups: Implications for Evolutionary and Disease Studies PLoS ONE

Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Inca Temple in Peru Reuters (3/13/08)

• Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Inca Temple in Peru Guardian (3/14/08)
• Ancient Temple Unearthed Near Inca Capital MSNBC (3/14/08)
• Sacred Ruins Older Then Incas Found in Peru Telegraph (3/14/08)
• Pre-Inca Temple Discovered in Peru LiveScience (3/15/08)
• VIDEO: Peru Temple Uncovered National Geographic News (3/17/08)

VIDEO: WWII Shipwreck Found in Fjord National Geographic News (3/12/08)

Body Identification by Facial Reconstruction Will Cost Less Time and Money EurekAlert (3/12/08)

• Identificación de cadáveres mediante reconstrucción facial YouTube

They Really Were the Dark Ages Nature (3/11/08)

Life Expectancy Tied to Education LiveScience (3/11/08)

Evidence Of Ice Age Hunters: 28 Palaeolithic Handaxes Found In North Sea Science Daily (3/11/08)

Grappling With Grammar EurekAlert (3/11/08)

• Electrical Brain Responses in Language-Impaired Children Reveal Grammar-Specific Deficits PLoS ONE

Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery MSNBC (3/11/08)

• Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery ABC News (3/11/08)
• Skeleton Shows Ancient Brain Surgery Discovery News (3/12/08)
• Ancient Brain Surgery Patient Found? National Geographic News (3/12/08)
• Greek Dig Yields Evidence of Early Brain Surgery Los Angeles Times (3/15/08)

A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names New York Times (3/11/08)

Florida State University Classics Professor Exploring a 'Lost' City of the Mycenaeans EurekAlert (3/11/08)

• Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans ScienceDaily (3/11/08)

Putting to Rest Tribal Remains Los Angeles Times (3/11/08)

Indians Gather to Save the Planet Wired News (3/11/08)

• Indians Gather to Save the Planet ABC News (3/11/08)

Pacific "Dwarf" Bones Cause Controversy Nature (3/10/08)

• Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered in Palau National Geographic News (3/10/08)
• Ancient Small Humans' Bones Found on Island National Geographic News (3/10/08)
• VIDEO: Ancient Little People Found? National Geographic News (3/10/08)
• Hobbit or Human? New Doubts Raised MSNBC (3/10/08)
• Tiny Palau Skeletons Suggest "Hobbits" Were Dwarfs Reuters (3/10/08)
• Micronesian Islands Colonized By Small-bodied Humans Science Daily (3/11/08)
• New Bones Suggest 'Hobbits' Were Modern Pygmies New Scientist (3/11/08)
• Hobbit Redux? Science (3/11/08)
• Were Fossil 'Hobbits' Just Little Humans? Wired (3/11/08)
• Discovery Challenges Finding of a Separate Human Species New York Times (3/11/08)
• Pygmy Human Remains Found on Rock Islands Guardian (3/12/08)
• Island Find Stirs Hobbit Debate BBC News (3/12/08)
• Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia PLoS ONE

Monkeys Communicate in Sentences Telegraph (3/10/08)

• Monkeys Shout Complex Thoughts LiveScience (3/10/08)
• Monkeys Challenge Language Theory BBC News (3/10/08)
• Non-Human Primates Convey Meaning Through Call Combinations EurekAlert (3/10/08)

Ancient Graves, Jewels Unearthed in Greece MSNBC (3/10/08)

• Ancient Graves Found in Greece National Geographic News (3/11/08)
• 1,000 Ancient Graves Unearthed in Greece Discovery News (3/11/08)

Wild Ass Tamed, Buried with Egyptian King LiveScience (3/10/08)

• Wild Ass Tamed, Buried With Egyptian King MSNBC (3/10/08)
• Domestication Of The Donkey May Have Taken A Long Time ScienceDaily (3/10/08)
• Domestication of the Donkey EurekAlert (3/10/08)
• How Wild Asses Became Donkeys of the Pharaohs New Scientist (3/10/08)

Rome Subway Digs Reveal Medieval, Renaissance Treasures National Geographic News (3/10/08)

Movie Review: 10,000 B.C. LiveScience (3/10/08)

Burial Site May Hold Australian Outlaw's Bones MSNBC (3/10/08)

The Hand Can't Be Fooled, Study Shows EurekAlert (3/10/08)

Stone Age Bones and Axes Found Off Norfolk Coast Guardian (3/10/08)

How Qin Shi Huang Changed the World LiveScience (3/10/08)

Gourmet Demand Revives Central America Cocoa Farms Reuters (3/9/08)

Hormones, Genes and the Corner Office [Review of The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women, and the Real Gender Gap by Susan Pinker] New York Times (3/9/08)

Rome Subway Site Home to Ancient Treasures MSNBC (3/7/08)

• Archaeologists Unveil Finds in Rome Digs LiveScience (3/8/08)

A Recipe for Food Evolution Nature (3/7/08)

Gorilla Rangers Execution Threat BBC News (3/7/08)

3,000-Year-Old Tomb Found on Greek Island National Geographic News (3/6/08)

• Ancient Tomb Found on Greek Isle Discovery News (3/6/08)
• Ancient Tomb Found on Greek Island LiveScience (3/6/08)
• Greek Tomb Uncovered in Road Construction Los Angeles Times (3/8/08)

Cooperation, Punishment and Revenge EurekAlert (3/6/08)

Real or Fake? The Frightening Creatures in '10,000 BC' LiveScience (3/4/08)

Some People Born With 'Happiness Gene Telegraph (3/5/08)

Hobbit Was 'a Cretin' Nature (3/4/08)

• Heated Hobbit Debate Takes New Turn With Thyroid Theory Guardian (3/5/08)
• New Twist in Hobbit-Human Debate BBC News (3/5/08)
• Dwarf Cretins Add to 'Hobbit' Debate Telegraph (3/5/08)
• Indonesian Fossils Belonged to Diet-Poor Dwarfs Reuters (3/5/08)
• Is the Hobbit Just a Dwarf Cretin? Australian Broadcasting Corp (3/5/08)
• Flores Hobbits Were Stunted Humans Register (3/5/08)
• Dwarf Cretins or New Human Species: Two Academic Tribes Go to War Sydney Morning Herald (3/5/08)
• "Hobbit" Humans Were Diseased Cretins, Study Suggests National Geographic News (3/6/08)

Personal Trek, With Millions Los Angeles Times (3/4/08)

Evidence Of Commerce Between Ancient Israel And China Science Daily (3/4/08)

• Evidence of Commerce Between Ancient Israel and China EurekAlert (3/4/08)

Divers Dig Deep for the Hole Truth About Our Ancestors Telegraph (3/4/08)

In Highland Peru, a Culture Confronts Blight NPR (3/3/08)

How Primates Crossed Continents Nature (3/3/08)

• Oldest Primate Fossil in North America Discovered National Geographic News (3/3/08)
• First North American Primate Trekked from Siberia Reuters (3/3/08)
• First American Primate Scurried in Through Alaska New Scientist (3/3/08)
• Pint-Sized Primates Were First in North America LiveScience (3/3/08)
• Pint-Sized Primates Were First in North America MSNBC (3/3/08)

Innovative Archaeological Survey Reveals Unknown Aspects Of China's Past Science Daily (3/3/08)

• Innovative Archaeological Survey Reveals Unknown Aspects of China's Past EurekAlert (3/3/08)

Perception Coloured by Language Nature (3/3/08)

Gender Differences in Language Appear Biological EurekAlert (3/3/08)

Iraq's Legacy of Looted Treasures Is Revealed New Scientist (3/2/08)

Anger as Burial Site Digs Are Blocked Guardian (3/2/08)