[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 4-25-08

Sat Apr 26 14:15:24 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

  This a new service provided by John Anthony West. This publication contains various news articles related to prehistory, ancient history, archaeology, earth and space sciences, medical and genetics and climate change and alternative energy.  Hope you enjoy this service.

  Steve Detwiler

  Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
  April 25, 2008

  “Semper Exploro! (Always Exploring)” 
Author Unknown

  News Articles

  Paleontology and Prehistoric Studies

  Did the Flores Hobbit Have a Root Canal?
  http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=flores-hobbit-root-canal

  Tip-of-the-Tongue States Yield Language Insights
  http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/57098;jsessionid=baa_6U1YNGRN0t

  How deep should we look for evidence of first Americans?
  http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/local_story_110204439.html

  Turkish site a Neolithic 'supernova'
  http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/FOREIGN01/54504074/1003/FOREIGN

  Infant Carrying Ruled Out As Reason Why Early Humans Walked Upright, According To New Research
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423093254.htm

  Did a Significant Cool Spell Mark the Demise of Megafauna?
  http://www.physorg.com/news128183102.html

  T. Rex protein confirms Bird-Dinosaur link
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080424-trex-mastodon.html

  Neanderthals at Mealtime: Pass the Meat
  http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/23/neanderthal-meal.html

  Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/24/close.call.ap/index.html

  Shell-breaking crabs lived 20 million years earlier than thought
  http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April08/Dietl.kr.html

  Ancient and General History

  RFK assassination controversy (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/04/19/rfk.interview.cnn

  Pope recalls 'monster' Nazi regime 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/19/pope.sat/index.html

  France returns stolen treasures to Burkina Faso: minister
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080418/lf_afp/burkinafranceculturearchaeologycrime_080418190700;_ylt=AmGNB_pyYRx4MbQ0cs7aSI5FeQoB

  Germanic invaders may not have ruled by apartheid  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13752-germanic-invaders-may-not-have-ruled-by-apartheid.html

  Exhibit Shows Ancient Links Between Persia and Korea
  http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804240003.html

  April 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art Security
  http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/dayintech_0424

  Buried dogs were divine escorts for Ancient Americans
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080423-dog-burials.html

  Director's Book Disputes Jesus' Birth 
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1734704,00.html

  Anne Frank’s ’37 holiday card turns up in shop 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24279184/

  Paris under the Nazis: Happy Days? 
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1733969,00.html

  Was Lincoln already dying when he got shot?
  http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1354040/was_lincoln_already_dying_when_he_got_shot/index.html

  Archaeology

  Discovery of 3000-Years old Board-Games and a Compass-Rose in Persian Gulf’s Kharg Island
  http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/April2008/19-04.htm

  Archaeologist’s cache passes to museum
  http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/FRONTPAGE/804180361&template=single

  The Fairfield Gorget: The little white disk with a big, big history
  http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/04/18/fairfield-gorget-little-white-disk-big-big-history/

  Maitum declares new cave an archaeological site; NM team digs 2 test pits
  http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4207&Itemid=50

  Harappan sites to be excavated after 50 years
  http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200804181040.htm

  Medieval castle unearthed in Maenclochog
  http://westerntelegraph.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1710415.mostviewed.medieval_castle_unearthed_in_maenclochog.php

  Some drowned, some buried
  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/893/he1.htm

  'Earthquake Archaeology' Blends Two Histories
  http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/17/earthquake-archaeology.html

  Egypt's Colossi of Memnon to be reunited with their twins
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/lf_afp/egyptculturediscoveryarchaeology

  Pharaoh Seti’s Tomb bigger than thought
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080417-seti-tomb.html

  Lifestyles of the Rich and Imperious in Rome
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89050356&\1ft=1&\1f=1007

  Ancient Roman staircase found
  http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-04-17_117196593.html

  Iron age mystery of the Essex Druid
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/iron-age-mystery-of-the-essex-druid-812194.html

  1,000 yrs later, a temple gets finishing touches http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/1000_yrs_later_a_temple_gets_finishing_touches/articleshow/2964636.cms

  Berkshire Museum puts a face on its mummy
  http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_8969010?source=most_emailed

  Bandurria is the oldest Peruvian archaeological site, says expert
  http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=wGAafA+K3GA=

  Artifact with Hellenistic influence discovered at Sassanid city
  http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=669665

  Archaeologists in city centre dig 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7359280.stm

  Freedom’s last refuge in South sought
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/21/america/NA-FEA-GEN-US-Slave-Settlement.php

  Terracotta army has egg on its face
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/21/2223137.htm?site=science&topic=ancient

  Fiji jewellery box find stuns archeologists-More remnants of the Lapita unravelled
  http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/4072

  Ancient finds unearthed
  http://kentonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=40451

  Russia to renovate 14th century fortress on Estonian border
  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080422/105650018.html

  Descendants of Mormon leader ID burial site, find no remains
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_re_us/mormon_leader_1;_ylt=Al.yapDGG1p.qQbvzOKPKb5FeQoB

  Indiana Jones: Saving History or Stealing it?
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89724552

  Archaeologists Find 18th C. Log Road in Annapolis
  http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/540078/

  Court orders US federal jurisdiction over possible 'Griffin' shipwreck
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Griffin-Shipwreck.php

  Basha dam endangers ancient rock, archaeological carvings in N. Areas
  http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36327&Itemid=2

  Did the Great Pyramids' builders use concrete?
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/23/mideast/pyramid.php

  Owning up to history
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/04/22/sci_whose_bones.ART_ART_04-22-08_B6_9A9UMP7.html?sid=101

  Ancient Great Wall sites found in NW China
  http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6397046.html

  Alexander the Great Crown and Shield found?
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080423-alexander-great.html

  Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan
  http://www.physorg.com/news128062046.html

  Tomb of Cleopatra and lover to be uncovered
  http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2103859346

  Class to Dig for History on Pioneer/Abolitionist Homestead
  http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/540110/

  Ancient artifacts found in Chanthaburi Cambodian-border cave
  http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=3965

  Possible Existence of a Sasanian Fire Temple in Sarab-e Mort
  http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/April2008/24-04-possible.htm

  Experts say the ancient city of Troy needs museum
  http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=102407

  General Science

  Researchers Make Breakthrough in Nanotechnology by Uncovering Conductive Property of Carbon-based Molecules  http://www.physorg.com/news127659085.html

  Nano switch hints at future chips 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7352464.stm

  Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

  Plants thrieve on Moon rock diet 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7351437.stm

  Dark Matter may have been found on Earth
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13726-dark-matter-may-have-been-found-on-earth.html

  Russian Spacecraft Returns Off-Course
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/19/tech/main4029116.shtml

  Dedicated satellite for Vietnam 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7356010.stm

  ET contact odds 'extremely low' 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7351428.stm

  NASA official envisions six-month stays on the moon
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080418/sc_afp/usspacemoon_080418205445;_ylt=Aow6ve.Co5TnGA8Slzz_GbXPOrgF

  Moon's birth changed the length of days on Earth  http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19826525.500-moons-birth-changed-the-length-of-days-on-earth.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_mg19826525.500

  Space trawl nets galactic result
  http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1930

  First contact to earthquake zone
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7353866.stm

  Arctic Ice More Vulnerable to Sun
  http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1351520/arctic_ice_more_vulnerable_to_sun/index.html

  Stephen Hawking urges new era of space conquest
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/sc_afp/usbritainspacesciencenasapeople_080421220638;_ylt=AmebFmujeanDQcqGlC4ldQ7POrgF

  Hawking: Unintelligent life is likely on other planets
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_sc/stephen_hawking

  Ancient supernova leaves an echo 400 years later
  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-04-21-supernova-echo_N.htm

  Researchers Create Self-Healing Computer Systems for Spacecraft
  http://www.physorg.com/news128009580.html

  Powerful antenna attached to NASA's GLAST satellite
  http://www.physorg.com/news128001598.html

  Lights in Phoenix a UFO hoax
  http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/lights-over-pho.html

  Glaciers Reveal Martian Climate Has Been Recently Active
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423131602.htm

  Mystery Of Ancient Supercontinent's Demise Revealed
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423185112.htm

  NASA official says no major problem with Russian capsule
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/sc_afp/russiausskoreaissspacenasa_080423210414;_ylt=AloYER97_5FklzjC80GDJf_POrgF

  Canada protects underwater volcanic mountain
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080422/sc_afp/canadaenvironmentconservation_080422204636;_ylt=ArL3r3MOxE419poQc.ezt27POrgF

  'Rocket City' shows little interest in moon, mars missions
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_sc/rocket_city;_ylt=Anh.5D1jPfFNk8L2YSCvn2NvieAA

  Radio telescopes capture black hole mid-belch
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/sc_nm/blackhole_dc

  Tax vote moves New Mexico spaceport closer to launch
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/sc_nm/newmexico_spaceport_dc;_ylt=AnbCvyr8uAQnUEhhXJFiYMAhANEA

  Solar system could go haywire before the Sun dies
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13757-solar-system-could-go-haywire-before-the-sun-dies.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn13757

  1600 eruption caused global disruption
  http://www.physorg.com/news128177951.html

  New Hubble images show galaxies gone wild
  http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1356701/new_hubble_images_show_galaxies_gone_wild/index.html

  India to blast satellite into space
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/sc_afp/indiaspacesatellite_080424124610;_ylt=AjD3YiEJDhv_fFZeBB_SqZDPOrgF

  Smithsonian to open massive new 'Ocean Hall' in September
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/smithsonian_ocean;_ylt=AgsQmwXzAPlhigM9WTvKnaFvieAA

  Desalting seawater to meet water needs may hold promise
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/desalting_water;_ylt=Alo_4d7lj6xHFKyky_8fcAZvieAA

  Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

  Happy Earth Day: Beautiful Pictures of Our Planet
  http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/happy-earth-day.html

  Your Earth Day: 7 Online Tools for a Green Wired Life
  http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/your-earth-day.html

  World Climate Talks Rattled By Bush Speech
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/17/tech/main4023452.shtml

  New treaty will help save planet, EU head tells Irish students
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080418/sc_afp/irelandeupoliticsenvironment_080418174209;_ylt=AoCy6Y2WPHJnAXIQPsYI8j3POrgF

  New study advances method to make energy from farm waste
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_waste_as_fuel;_ylt=AqCd_LI.nS3pvGeI28YCK5ZvieAA

  No improvement in climate fight since 2006 film: Gore
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/sc_afp/usbritainclimateenvironmentgore_080421010051;_ylt=Aq1ANxUq84.suxrxGzFqKHLPOrgF

  Hothouse Earth would halt plate tectonics  http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19826525.700-hothouse-earth-would-halt-plate-tectonics.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_mg19826525.700

  How Earth Day became 
 so everyday
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0417/p13s01-sten.html

  A controversial fighter in the climate-change debate
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0417/p17s01-sten.html

  Rising Sea Levels Threaten Egypt's Ancient Cities
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89660898&ft=1&f=1001

  Biofuels under fire at International Energy Forum
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/sc_afp/worldenergyoilinflationfoodpovertywarmingbiofuels_080421175432

  Questioning nuclear power's ability to forestall global warming
  http://www.physorg.com/news127995618.html

  WWF warns Arctic ice melting faster than predicted
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/sc_afp/canadaarcticclimateenvironment_080424032731

  Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/sc_afp/unenvironmentclimatehealth_080423110814;_ylt=Asd5oV3kRVgJsZ3j.9iGaILPOrgF

  Brazil launches new diesel biofuel using sugarcane
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/sc_afp/brazilenergybiofuel_080423224453;_ylt=ApYuFMWJMrCyvr5zxXC8zjPPOrgF

  Climate change talks “heading for trouble”
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080422/sc_afp/unenvironmentclimatewarmingsingapore_080422122348;_ylt=Amn.gv8njwaGW_zJN7sqk9nPOrgF

  Scientists say accumulation of greenhouse gases accelerating
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_sc/greenhouse_gases;_ylt=AtXlP6r4z9N41K0TPfBqcvlvieAA

  Flammable ice could be mined for fuel
  http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19826523.400-flammable-ice-could-be-mined-for-fuel.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_mg19826523.400

  New source for biofuels discovered
  http://www.physorg.com/news128173373.html

  Artificially cooling Earth may prove perilous: study
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/sc_afp/environmentclimatewarmingus_080424181225

  China will go further in climate change talks, UN official says
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingchina_080424114908;_ylt=AotvhXaR73MZ78q.WfwtnjXPOrgF

  Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

  U.S. teams aim to grow ears, skin for war wounded
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080418/sc_nm/usa_military_health_dc;_ylt=Ap3SwfigaqO9TSQWXZpACs4hANEA

  Unleashing the Bugs of War 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080419/us_time/unleashingthebugsofwar

  Bionic eye 'blindness cure hope' 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7359282.stm

  Cancer cells spread by releasing 'bubbles'
  http://www.physorg.com/news127996289.html

  S. Korean cloned sniffer dogs put through their paces
  http://www.physorg.com/news127972714.html

  Papaya genome bares evolution's secrets
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/sc_nm/papaya_genes_dc;_ylt=Ark8RmcFeiFaZQ7v8418tpYhANEA

  Interview: The stroke survivor who trained her own brain (Available for purchase)
  http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19826521.700-interview-the-stroke-survivor-who-trained-her-own-brain.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=top1_head_The%20stroke%20survivor%20who%20trained%20her%20own%20brain

  Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy  http://www.physorg.com/news128173846.html

  Guarding against Genetic Discrimination
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/24/health/main4040319.shtml

  Other

  French feminist anthropologist Germaine Tillion dies aged 100
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080419/en_afp/franceculturehistorywwiialgeriapeopletillion_080419201554;_ylt=AoCsckMcxh68J5.MjTBLIrRFeQoB

  Researchers find rare turtle in Vietnam
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/sc_afp/vietnamenvironmentanimalturtle_080417163612;_ylt=AtflkNiDkBE9ZknHsIGd63vPOrgF

  The Brightest Spots on Earth 
http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/

  Additional Informational

  SciFi Channel: Visions for Tomorrow  http://www.scifi.com/visions/home.html

  Graham Hancock’s Website
  http://www.grahamhancock.com

  Robert Schoch’s Website
  http://www.robertschoch.com

  John Anthony West’s Website
  http://www.jawest.net

  Robert Bauval’s Website
  http://www.robertbauval.co.uk/index.html

  Tri-City Herald’s Kennewick Man’s Interpretative Center
  http://www.kennewick-man.com/index.html

  Center for Archaeoastronomy Website
  http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/news.html

  National Academies
  http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/index.html

  Antikythera Mechanism’s Website
  http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/

  The Genographic Project Website
  https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

  Catalhoyuk Website
  http://www.catalhoyuk.com/

  Archaeological Survey of India’s Website
  http://asi.nic.in/

  Ancient Indus Valley Civilization’s Website
  http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

  Near Earth Object Impact Hazard Website
  http://star.arm.ac.uk/impact-hazard/

  Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Antiquities Information System
  http://www.eais.org.eg/

  Minerva (International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology)
  http://minervamagazine.com/index.asp

  The Upuaut Project
  http://www.cheops.org/

  Domesday Book On-line
  http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingdata

  NASA Science, Science Mission Directorate Website
  http://nasascience.nasa.gov/

  The Antiquities Trade, Museums, Legislation and Borders: Central America as a Case Study  http://www.athenapub.com/15-central-america2.htm

  The Great Year (Video)
  http://dailygrail.com/video/the-great-year

  Ancient Site Found in Colombia (Video)
  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080424-society-video-ap.html

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