[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 5-30-08

[Steve Detwiler]

Good Evening Everyone,
 
Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!
 
Steve Detwiler
 
 
 
 
Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
May 30, 2008
 
“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
President John F. Kennedy
 
News Articles
 
Paleontology and Prehistoric Studies
 
Rare camel fossil unearthed in southeast Gilbert
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24811307/
 
Hobbit’s relatives may have existed in Northern Australia
http://www.topnews.in/hobbit-s-relatives-may-have-existed-northern-australia-244278
 
Galilee cave holds secrets of hunter-gatherers
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/galilee-cave-reveals-secrets-of-huntergatherers-834599.html
 
Huge Flying Reptiles Ate Dinosaurs
http://www.livescience.com/animals/080527-giant-reptile.html
 
Australian Scientists Discover Oldest Live Birth
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1408421/australian_scientists_discover_oldest_live_birth/index.html
 
Ancient hair suggests multiple migrations into Americas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14010-ancient-hair-suggests-multiple-migrations-into-americas.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_dn14010
 
Footprints in the ash
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/32728/title/Footprints_in_the_ash
 
New Statistical Method Reveals Surprises about Our Ancestry
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210025.htm
 
Did walking on 2 feet begin with a shuffle?
http://www.physorg.com/news131288998.html
 
 

 
Ancient and General History
 
Briton to recreate first African circumnavigation
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19251251.html
 
Hidden History
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/hidden-history-excerpt.html
 
How Gutenberg changed the world
http://www.livescience.com/technology/080526-hs-gutenberg.html
 
Letting the good times roll in ancient times
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24795777
 
Rare uncontacted tribe photographed in Amazon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/brazil_tribe_dc
 
Amazon Tribe Sighting Raises Dilemma of Contact
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-5-30/71217.html
 
Years after slaughter, Peru opens giant burial pit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/peru_grave_dc;_ylt=ApvTyuUC5jWr49ND9CV_xzshANEA
 
Rewriting Greenland's immigration history
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/uoc-rgi052708.php
 
Unique Book Dedicated to Trial against Templars on Display in Sofia
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=93642
 
Sky in June: The Tunguska explosion – 100 years on from devastating impact
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Sky-in-June-The-Tunguska.4135451.jp
 
May 28, 585 B.C.: Predicted Solar Eclipse Stops Battle
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/05/dayintech_0528
 
 
 
 


Archaeology
 
Archaeologists to dig for answers from Fromelles
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/archaeologists-to-dig-for-answers-from-fromelles/2008/05/25/1211653848250.html
 
Star watch - Archaeologists discover a “cosmic clock”
http://www.tenerifenews.com/cms/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=8&idart=8078
 
Paradeisos found
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1211434077556&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
 
2,000-year-old treasures tell wild story
http://www.thenewstribune.com/ae/story/372212.html
 
Archeological Diggings on Columbus First Sighting in Cuba
http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/05/25/11352/archeological_diggings_on_columbus_first_sighting_in_cuba.html
 
Rubbish threatens Tuvixeddu necropolis
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3995024.ece
 
Digging in the desert
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=16cacd96-50a8-40c3-9b27-4f8f2ff91944
 
Archaeologists discover statues of Cleopatra, Aphrodite               
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/wl_mideast_afp/egyptarchaeology_080526193549;_ylt=AmH9rPj8eRwZnl5oh9iPNK1FeQoB
 
Stonehenge builders had geometry skills to rival Pythagoras
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/stonehenge-builders-had-geometry-skills-to-rival-pythagoras-834313.html
 
Metal detector finds silver ring
http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/Metal-detector-finds-silver-ring.4115986.jp
 
Energy needs spark resumption of mound excavation in Kütahya
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=142742&bolum=101
 
Releasing that inner Roman gladiator
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2004430398_trgladiator25.html
 
Archeologists Discover Unique Things in Veliki Novgorod
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/6421/
 
Sea Stallion steps back in history
http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=opinion-qqqm=opinion-qqqa=general-qqqid=63515-qqqx=1.asp
 
Maori Pompeii yields treasures
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10512676
 
60 years of Kultrepe excavations
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105397
 
Part of Ancient Egyptian Fertility temple found in Nile
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080527-egypt-temple.html
 
Polish monastery may hold unknown Mozart works
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-05-27-mozart-polish-monastery_N.htm
 
Vatican reopens restored tomb under St. Peters Basilica
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-05-27-vatican-tomb_N.htm
 
Archaeologists find ancient army HQ
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080528/sc_nm/egypt_fort_dc_1;_ylt=Aq45iDuBNLN4J2sL_BSJ9xpFeQoB
 
Stonehenge may have been royal cemetery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/stonehenge_cemetery_dc_2;_ylt=AsGPWkKKFoRD_4XL3Oc1gWkE1vAI
 
Iraq's Ancient Tablets to Get New, Virtual Life
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/29/iraq-cuneiform-tablets.html
 
Ancient coin found near Oslo
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2452938.ece
 
Terracotta Warriors damaged by quake
http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/terracotta-warriors-damaged-by-quake/2008/05/29/1211654173637.html
 
Preservationists say gas drilling imperils ancient carvings
http://www.examiner.com/a-1412470~Preservationists_say_gas_drilling_imperils_ancient_carvings.html
 
Will Judean Desert find shed light on Shroud of Turin?
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1211872840691&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 
Thousand-year-old Lombard warrior skeleton discovered buried with horse in Italy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2041811/Thousand-year-old-Lombard-warrior-skeleton-discovered-buried-with-horse-in-Italy.html
 
3,500 year old Mummy to get DNA test
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/29/tech/main4136991.shtml
 
Treasures unearthed at Ned Kelly site
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/treasures-found-at-site-of-ned-kellys-last-stand/2008/05/30/1211654295951.html
 
Cyprus researches millenia-old wine jars in wreck
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL3090532320080530?sp=true
 





Archaeologists start 2008 season at New Philadelphia


http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19729009&BRD=606&PAG=461&dept_id=172213&rfi=6
 
 
Navy Lends A Hand In The Search For A Legendary Ship
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=d631da0a-73a1-420c-b0c8-601eccdacf79
 
Greek caves reveal mystery and history
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=15362&t=Greek+caves+reveal+mystery+and+history
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
General Science
 
Mind over matter: monkeys control robots with brain power
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080529/sc_afp/sciencehealthdiseaseinjurybrainprosthesis_080529060456;_ylt=Ap7gXU6L_qqi2eiH.7Yr9mPPOrgF
 
3 People Who Are Pushing the Edge of Science
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/30-3-people-who-are-pushing-the-edge-of-science
 
Cleaning up: Nano 'towel' soaks up oil spills
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080530/sc_afp/environmentpollutionoiltechnologynano_080530171510;_ylt=AjVs6cW84VWIKNrAGzkMbcvPOrgF
 
New breed of robots could soon wander Antarctica 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/tec_ice_robots
 
 
 
 

 
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
 
Mars probe touches down 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7411113.stm
 
Doughnut-shaped Universe bites back
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080523/full/news.2008.854.html
 
Who owns the Moon?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4264325.html
 
Mars scientists ponder polygon mystery
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13986-mars-scientists-ponder-polygon-mystery.html?DCMP=ILC-rhts&nsref=ts10_head
 
The dread planet
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/05/25/the_dread_planet/
 
Science probes for “space pistols”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7414544.stm
 
Berlin reveals crewed spacecraft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7419793.stm
 
Radio glitch hinders Mars lander mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080527/sc_afp/usspaceastronomymars_080527213845
 
Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080527/sc_afp/sciencenuclearphysics_080527182836;_ylt=AsEH6BNdTW57S3RFBQhyVr3POrgF
 
Space station crew to NASA: Send plumber soon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_sc/space_toilet;_ylt=AvL6hB62iwDxPUmsYKTyJwNvieAA
 
China launches second Olympic satellite
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_re_as/china_satellite;_ylt=AsOYArM7FIwBZbjbSNriJ5dvieAA
 
Lexus of space station labs poised for launch
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle;_ylt=ApW4hpEB8ndAgKx6eGoGAbdvieAA
 
Microbes found living at record 1.6km below seabed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/sc_nm/biodiversity_depths_dc;_ylt=As9XgW6EvBas5znUS2KGUnMhANEA
 
Arctic claimants say they will obey U.N. rules
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2881550420080528
 
Ancient “Snowball Earth” melted fast due to Methane
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080528-snowball-earth.html
 
Was Mars to salty for life?
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14016-was-mars-too-salty-for-life.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14016
 
Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space
http://www.physorg.com/news131292722.html
 
Warm Coronal Loops Offer Clue to Mysteriously Hot Solar Atmosphere
http://www.physorg.com/news131284625.html
 
Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow -- Are we contaminating space?
http://www.physorg.com/news131259710.html
 
Why our solar system is flat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24897855/
 
Vaccine test marks rise of commercial research in space: NASA
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080530/sc_afp/usjapanspaceshuttleresearchbiotechcompaniesspacehab_080530223349
 
Space particles play with the mind (Available for purchase)
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19826581.700-space-particles-play-with-the-mind.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=top1_head_Space%20particles%20play%20with%20the%20mind
 
Inflatable robots could explore Mars
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14028-inflatable-robots-could-explore-mars.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn14028
 
Iowa State University Center Maps Out Asteroid Defense Strategies
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/iowa-state-esta.html
 
Is There Any Country That Doesn't Have a Space Program?
http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/16-06/st_spacerace
 
 
 
 

 
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources
 
U.S. Biofuels Market Not Growing As Expected
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1401674/us_biofuels_market_not_growing_as_expected/index.html
 
Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion
http://www.physorg.com/news131101595.html
 
Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials
http://www.physorg.com/news131294816.html
 
How to harvest solar power? Beam it down from space!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/30/space.solar/index.html
 
White House issues climate report 4 years late
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_science;_ylt=Am3wsTrrsWTmLHuP5ike_5ZvieAA
 

 
 
 
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
 
Researchers find roadmap to next-generation cancer therapies
http://www.physorg.com/news130942422.html
 
Dutch scientists claim to map female genome
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/sc_afp/netherlandssciencegenetics_080526223121;_ylt=AlArsO41fo6Y0ho3DhAAg.7POrgF
 
Researchers Recover Thousand-Year-Old Viking DNA
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/researchers-rec.html
 
US says biotech key to easing food crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080529/sc_afp/usfoodinflationpovertybiotech_080529193552;_ylt=Ak0lcWLMccSNo8uSwd1cP6rPOrgF
 
How to make microwaves on a chip to replace X-rays for medical imaging and security
http://www.physorg.com/news131292081.html
 
Medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis
http://www.physorg.com/news131375639.html
 
 

 
Other
 
Mind reading may reveal mother tongue
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24819952/
 
Geoengineering could slow down the global water
http://www.physorg.com/news131117925.html
 
Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSBKK8882920080528
 
Amazonian indigenous culture demonstrates a universal mapping of number onto space
http://www.physorg.com/news131290713.html
 
E.T.? It's hard to see in hyped video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24898906/
 
 


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


      
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