[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 8-29-08

Fri Aug 29 20:55:51 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
August 29, 2008

"Egyptian civilization was not a development, it was a legacy" 
John Anthony West

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Tech-savvy Neanderthals couldn't blame their tools
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14604-techsavvy-neanderthals-couldnt-blame-their-tools.html

Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
http://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/archaeology.php

Little big people
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35848/title/Little_big_people

The Human Brain Picks up Subliminal Signals
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/27/the-human-brain-picks-up-subliminal-signals/

Is craziness part of evolution?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Is_craziness_part_of_evolution/articleshow/3414061.cms

Fossil of ancient turtle with her eggs discovered
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429891/

Researchers Find Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Discovered
http://www.physorg.com/news139071357.html

Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision
http://www.physorg.com/news139138581.html

'Armored' fish study helps strengthen Darwin's natural selection theory
http://www.physorg.com/news139157763.html

Alpine melt reveals ancient life 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580294.stm

Ancient and General History

Did Rumbling Give Rise to Rome?
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/822/3

Comrades and Arms
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/world-history/indelible-castro-200804.html

Culture of peace
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20080912251806500.htm

Ritual horns do not predate Jewish expulsion
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article4607109.ece

Tahitian Vanilla Originated In Maya Forests, Says Botanist
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821164558.htm

How the Roaring Twenties Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080825-hs-roaring-twenties.html

Face the Nation
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/face-the-nation.html

Dead Sea Scrolls go from parchment to the Internet
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/27/digital.scrolls/index.html

Washington’s doctors absolved
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080819_washington.htm

Archaeology

3,500-year-old 'sauna' saved from destruction
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/3500yearold--39sauna39-saved-from.4420432.jp

>From the Art World to the Underworld
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121935066124361261.html?mod=2_1578_topbox

Fort Caroline: History buried in mystery
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082408/lif_321895270.shtml

TROY WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME09.@AM16441.html

Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom of Thames
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23544808-details/Pictured%3A+Divers+discover+amazingly+preserved+shipwreck+of+HMS+London+on+bottom+of+Thames/article.do#readerComments

Archaeologists may reveal millennium stone secrets
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/08/26/newsstory11868042t0.asp

Lead Seal of Tsar Simeon Found in Veliki Preslav
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_900291937

Legal setback for man who claims he found Hunley
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_us/confederate_submarine_2;_ylt=ArEReLGYCRCGe4UUCmT2KuNFeQoB

Bronze Age settlements found in Iran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=67546&sectionid=351020105

Pre-Incan mummy unearthed in Peru
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26411793/

Ancient City Waits To Be Unearthed In Western Turkey
http://www.turkishpress.com/travel/view.asp?id=248870

Fog of war obscures state of cultural heritage sites in Georgia 
http://tom-flynn.blogspot.com/2008/08/fog-of-war-obscures-state-of-cultural.html

A small sacrifice for a Long Man
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/23/eastrange123.xml

'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uof-ar082508.php

Prelimary report on Acadian village of Petite-Rochelle is released
http://tribunenb.canadaeast.com/community/article/397823

Pipeline Project Makes Unintentional Historic Find
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26428690/

Missouri cave paintings give ancient insight
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/08/27/missouri-cave-paintings-give-ancient-insight/

Stone Clock from the First Bulgarian Kingdom Discovered
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1858110710

Iraq’s top archaeologist says looting of sites is over
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=16008

UC project puts Midwest mounds back on the map
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uoc-upp082508.php

Richard Covington on "Lost & Found"
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/archaeology/richard-covington-contributor.html

General Science

Solar plane makes record flight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7577493.stm

Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/sc_nm/technology_paralysis_dc;_ylt=AgRbKxpiscSZIPw2mAj3nj0hANEA

Big step in tiny technology
http://www.physorg.com/news139066118.html

Indiana U researchers launch social networking and research management tool for scientists
http://www.physorg.com/news139058750.html

6-D Holograms Interact With Light
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/28/hologram-tech.html

'Space Cube' could be world's smallest PC
http://www.physorg.com/news139154133.html

MIT software aims to thwart cyber hackers
http://www.physorg.com/news139155781.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics
http://www.physorg.com/news138384621.html

Chemist Travels World to Study Mysterious Properties of Neutrinos
http://www.physorg.com/news138374825.html

New sea change forecasts present a slimy picture
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/20/new-sea-change-forecasts-present-a-slimy-picture/

Microbes Could Travel from Venus to Earth
http://www.livescience.com/space/080811-mm-venus-microbes.html

Carbon ratios suggest life present early in Earth's days
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/08/26/sci_gnidovec26.ART_ART_08-26-08_B5_E9B31DN.html?sid=101

Martian Gullies Were Formed by Liquid Water
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/26/martian-gullies-were-formed-by-melting-glaciers/

Gamma-ray probe gets new name and fame
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26408952/

Moon as research outpost, training ground
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26408095/

Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again)
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/virus-infects-s.html

How the Soviets Drilled the Deepest Hole in the World
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_kola_borehole

Strange Clouds at the Edge of Space
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/25aug_nlc.htm

ROCKET RACER REMADE
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/27/1295499.aspx

NASA completes Mars exploration
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/NASA_completes_Mars_exploration/articleshow/3410448.cms

Why is Greenland covered in ice?
http://www.physorg.com/news139060720.html

Japanese physicists aim to unlock universe's mysteries
http://www.physorg.com/news139030592.html

New space telescope begins to comb the cosmos
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/sc_afp/usspaceastronomy_080827061910;_ylt=Avbx1OQVak3J0Y6Qc6VboF7POrgF

Scientists Warn of Impending Doom for Coral Reefs
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1535191/scientists_warn_of_impending_doom_for_coral_reefs/index.html

Some solar flares may be caused by dark matter
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14588-some-solar-flares-may-be-caused-by-dark-matter.html?DCMP=ILC-tabCom&nsref=dn14588

Riding A Raft Of Junk Across The Pacific
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/28/tech/main4392482.shtml

Space station dodges controversial junk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26441443/

Dead star inside Crab Nebula still shines bright
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26442378/

Antarctic research helps shed light on climate change on Mars
http://www.physorg.com/news139161886.html

UC project puts Midwest mounds back on the map
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uoc-upp082508.php

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Melting Arctic Ice Opens New Ship Frontier
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/21/tech/main4372014.shtml

Eco-Camp Offers Lessons On Alternative Fuels
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93906366

Eco-architecture could produce 'grow your own' homes
http://www.physorg.com/news138541462.html

Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study
http://www.physorg.com/news138803036.html

Nigeria, S.Africa worst greenhouse gas emitters in Africa: experts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/sc_afp/ghananigeriasafricaclimateemission_080823203451;_ylt=Akg67c6Mq_e3zwkrVvYM7OnPOrgF

New rays of hope for solar power’s future
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/22/new-rays-of-hope-for-solar-power%e2%80%99s-future/

Wiggling Plastic at River Bottom to Generate Electricity
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/26/river-power-energy.html

Solar-powered cargo ship will leave a cleaner plume
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14602-solarpowered-cargo-ship-will-leave-a-cleaner-plume.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14602

How bacteria could help power the future
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26423215/

Chemistry exam — hydrogen cars put to test
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427242/

North Pole ice cap melting faster than ever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/sc_afp/usenvironmentclimatewarmingarcticice_080828040134

Beer-based biofuel, trash brigade help turn convention green
http://www.physorg.com/news139030542.html

Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sc/sci_fusion_probe;_ylt=AhzgttVzXETwkgQL26F7N1BvieAA

Will lasers brighten nuclear’s future?
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/27/will-lasers-brighten-nuclears-future/

Explosives go 'green'
http://www.physorg.com/news139143811.html

New steam technology to turn car engine's waste heat into power
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/27/alternativeenergy.energy

EU lawmakers get cold feet over CO2 curbs
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14620-eu-lawmakers-get-cold-feet-over-cosub2sub-curbs.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14620

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

GM plants detect landmines and turn red
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2151/genetically-modified-plants-detect-landmines

Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
http://www.physorg.com/news138805968.html

Antibody Engineering Cuts the Collateral Damage of Cancer Drugs
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/antibody-engine.html

Genome sequence deepens mystery of inconspicuous sea creature
http://www.physorg.com/news138981858.html

Scientist unveils secret of newborn's first words
http://www.physorg.com/news138979448.html

OU researchers developing new tool to detect cancer
http://www.physorg.com/news138965392.html

Bones get mended with high tech glass-of-milk
http://www.physorg.com/news138964195.html

Beyond Stem Cells: Scientists Master Cell Transmogrification
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/27/beyond-stem-cells-scientists-master-cell-transmogrification/

Viruses are hidden drivers of ocean's nutrient cycle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/sc_afp/scienceenvironmentoceans_080827181719;_ylt=AmuVFnih5.lTy3xS9mphwX3POrgF

Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/sc_nm/cells_transformation_dc;_ylt=Aomzg5j61EL1PK.dzguTMXchANEA

Dolly team on verge of new treatments
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Dolly-team-on-verge-of.4435187.jp

Other

If Bigfoot Isn't In Georgia, Where Is He?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93900165

Designs for a better world emerge from M.I.T. summit
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/08/21/designs-for-a-better-world-emerge-from-mit-summit/

Study of islands reveals surprising extinction results
http://www.physorg.com/news138988430.html

Japanese scientists teach whale to talk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/26/eawhale126.xml

Jungle Aussie in 'horrible lizard' chase
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/jungle-aussie-in-horrible-lizard-chase/2008/08/27/1219516528229.html

Dolphins and the evolution of teaching
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080807_dolphin.htm

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

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/

FX Television, 30 Days
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/30days/

Sacred Sites and Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient World
http://sacredsites.com/index.html

Beyond Stone & Bone Blog
http://archaeology.org/blog/

Earth Pilgrims Website
http://www.earthpilgrims.com

Ten ancient observatories spied from space
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26303648/

Rosetta Stone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_stone

VIDEO: Egypt Palace on Fire
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080820-fire-video-ap.html

Once Mighty Bell Labs Leaves Behind Transistor, Laser, 6 Nobels
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_bell_labs

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