[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 9-12-08

Sat Sep 13 15:20:02 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
September 12, 2008

"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."
Abraham Lincoln

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Neanderthal Brains Grew Like Ours
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080908/sc_livescience/neanderthalbrainsgrewlikeours;_ylt=AvNl43x5jH.2Q8WXsmjHL7dFeQoB

Archaeological discovery in western Qatar sheds new light on early man
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=240140&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Prehispanic Dentists Knew Techniques Used in Our Days
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1685&Itemid=150

Tribal war drove human evolution of aggression
http://www.physorg.com/news140174454.html

Superstitions evolved to help us survive
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14694-superstitions-evolved-to-help-us-survive.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14694

Early Whales Had Legs 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080912/sc_livescience/earlywhaleshadlegs

Ancient Figs May Be First Cultivated Crops
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5446137

Stone-age pilgrims trekked hundreds of miles to attend feasts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/11/stonehenge.neolithic

Who Ruled the Triassic Food Chain? A Crocamander (or Is It “Frogodile”?)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/12/who-ruled-the-triassic-food-chain-a-crocamander-or-is-it-frogodile/

Dinosaurs Ruled the World Because They “Got Lucky,” Say Scientists
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/11/dinosaurs-ruled-the-world-because-they-got-lucky-say-scientists/

M.I.T. Prof To Probe Earth's 'Great Dying'
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94561226

Monkey Brains Hint at Evolutionary Root of Language Processing
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=monkey-brains-hint-at-evolutionary-root

Evolving Creationism in the Classroom
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=evolving-creationism-in-the-classroom

Ancient and General History

Lourdes celebrates 150th anniversary of Bernadette's visions
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-lourdes7-2008sep07

How Gandhi Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080908-hs-gandhi.html

Final WWI veteran seeks memorial for comrades
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/09/world.war.one.memorial/index.html

UC Berkeley exhibit puts presidents in focus
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/09/BAK712O91Q.DTL

Was sound the secret weapon of the Andean elites? (Available for purchase)
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19926721.700-was-sound-the-secret-weapon-of-the-andean-elites.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=top1_head_Was%20sound%20the%20secret%20weapon%20of%20the%20Andean%20elites?

Reputed Klansman's conviction overturned in 1964 deaths
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/09/conviction.overturned/index.html

Push to reopen civil rights-era cold cases stalls 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/09/civil.rights.cases.ap/index.html

Was Mussolini Misunderstood? 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839845,00.html

Was 16th-century Scots alchemist the first man to fly?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4699686.ece

Rosenberg transcripts raise possibility of perjury 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/ap_on_go_ot/rosenberg_case 

Archaeology

Goddess statue found in western Iran
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68642&sectionid=351020105

Olives and People, Past and Present
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/agelarakis.html

All hands on deck to save sunken historic galleon, the HMS London
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4687257.ece

Roman villa may be buried in Northampton
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Roman-villa-may-be-buried.4465048.jp

Ancient 'sleeping Buddha' found in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/ts_afp/afghanistanculturebuddha_080908163926;_ylt=Apf5V_qPfzFFGtxa.ICXWbdFeQoB

UN threatens to act against Britain for failure to protect heritage sites
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/08/heritage.conservation

Novices dig up rare bronze bowl in western Sweden
http://www.thelocal.se/14050/20080901/

Artifacts and textiles found at Cahuachi ceremonial center
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=fQivUwOHa2I=

Coming to your desktop: virtual submarine that will allow access to Europe's sunken wrecks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/09/archaeology

Bones reveal final moments of ancient man
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24316604-5006787,00.html

Greek archaeologists unearth jewelry in cemetery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_sc/greece_ancient_cemetery_1;_ylt=AutmVdq.9ErFHi9QC35jFDRFeQoB

Ruins Of Temple Of Athena Found In Bodrum
http://www.turkishpress.com/travel/view.asp?id=250900

Wake Forest University's Anthropology Museum to unveil online database of entire collection
http://www.wfu.edu/news/release/2008.09.09.a.php

Remains of teenage girl from about 2500BC found in Burren
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0910/1220919678299.html

HISTORY OF MONGOLIAN GER
http://www.montsame.mn/index.php?option=com_news&task=news_detail&tab=200809&ne=935

2500-Year-Old Tomb in Henan being slowly revealed
http://www.cctv.com/english/20080910/101433.shtml

Pharaoh gets his eye back
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24327921-5003402,00.html

Greece unearths treasures at Alexander's birthplace
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSLB8540920080911

Archaeological dig hopes to uncover rare Roman artefacts
http://www.stv.tv/news/Archaeological_dig_hopes_to_uncover_rar_080910185943156

New dig at ancient site of Kaunos reveals fountain
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=152743&bolum=132

Revising and Re-sizing History: New Work Shows Ohio Site to Be Ancient Water Works, Not a Fort
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=8833

Rising from the ruins
http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/7/tvnradio/1760437&sec=tvnradio

National parks' program for ruins in ruins 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26603837/

General Science

Future nanoelectronics may face obstacles
http://www.physorg.com/news140163502.html

Military Tests New Missile Defense System: Lasers Mounted on Jumbo Jets
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/10/military-tests-new-missile-defense-system-lasers-mounted-on-jumbo-jets/

Could Life Evolve on the Internet?
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/could-life-evol.html

Human brains may help robots to 'see'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26674356/

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

New laws needed in changing polar regions: experts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080907/sc_afp/arcticantarcticjusticeenvironmentshippingtourism_080907172615

High-resolution satellite launched in California
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/ap_on_sc/satellite_launch

Tiny Invertebrates Survive a Trip Through the Vacuum of Space
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/08/tiny-invertebrates-survive-a-trip-through-the-vacuum-of-space/

Can Physicists Be Funny?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94357426

Shuttle flight faces higher space junk risk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26610631/

Lasers to Help Capture 'Movies' of Changing Universe
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/08/laser-telescope-universe.html

Valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding
http://www.physorg.com/news140102834.html

NASA to Explore 'Secret Layer' of the Sun
http://www.physorg.com/news140099057.html

Space: The not-so-final frontier
http://www.physorg.com/news140092992.html

Mind the gap: VLT instrument hints at the presence of planets in young gas discs
http://www.physorg.com/news140093172.html

As Andean glacier retreats, tiny life forms swiftly move in, study shows
http://www.physorg.com/news140096935.html

European science satellite launch is delayed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/sc_afp/spaceeuropesatellite_080908110827

The Colbert Galaxy?: TV host's DNA is space-bound
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-09-08-colbert-dna-space_N.htm

The future of Earth's seas changes with the research tides
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-09-07-earth-sea-levels_N.htm

The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth—Maybe
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-sun-will-eventually-engulf-earth-maybe

'Earth' Remake Set for IMAX Release
http://www.redorbit.com/news/scifi-gaming/1547071/earth_remake_set_for_imax_release/index.html

ET could 'tickle' stars to create galactic internet
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14687-et-could-tickle-stars-to-create-galactic-internet.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14687

Google Satellites Aim to Bring High-Speed Internet to All of Africa
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/09/google-satellites-aim-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-all-of-africa/

NASA's options for space program dwindling
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26628082/

Powerful telescope 'looks back' 4.6 billion years
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26626992/

Physicists harness effects of disorder in magnetic sensors
http://www.physorg.com/news140202028.html

Phoenix Monitors Frosty Clumps on its Struts
http://www.physorg.com/news140201266.html

Is dark matter a wimp or a champ?
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14696-is-dark-matter-a-wimp-or-a-champ.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_dn14696

Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Observed Was Aimed Straight at Earth
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/10/brightest-gamma-ray-burst-ever-observed-was-aimed-straight-at-earth/

Russia sends supply ship to space station
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26646152/

NASA scrambles as sun sets on Mars lander
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26642550/

1843 stellar eruption may be new type of star explosion
http://www.physorg.com/news140269798.html

Scientists uncover miscalculation in geological undersea record
http://www.physorg.com/news140266859.html

NASA new moon rocket passes early design test
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_sc/sci_moon_rocket;_ylt=AtyBE5DhKl7bzIbsO.7MwGNvieAA

Watch a dust devil spin in Martian arctic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26675656/

NASA stresses importance of Russian spacecraft to keep space station functioning
http://www.physorg.com/news140411998.html

Scientists Say Antarctic Winter Ice Is Growing
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1553271/scientists_say_antarctic_winter_ice_is_growing/index.html

This Machine Is the Future of Physics
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/09/gallery_cern

60,000 Computers Primed For Big Bang Probe
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/tech/main4425969.shtml

Scientists hope for surprises in Big Bang experiment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080908/sc_nm/science_cern_dc

Hawking bets CERN mega-machine won't find 'God's Particle' (Update)
http://www.physorg.com/news140161003.html

As a massive atom smasher powers up, ‘Big Science’ moves away from the US
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/09/09/as-massive-atom-smasher-powers-up-big-science-moves-away-from-the-us/

'Big Bang' experiment starts well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604293.stm

Indian girl commits suicide over 'Big Bang' fear
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26641652/

Questions and answers about the CERN collider
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-09-10-particlecollider-qa_N.htm

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Understanding Algae: An Alternative Fuel Source: Will The Real Algae X Please Stand Up
http://www.physorg.com/news140013562.html

Berlin Getting Charge Out Of Electric Cars
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/tech/livinggreen/main4427081.shtml

Carbon molecule with a charge could be tomorrow's semiconductor
http://www.physorg.com/news140112239.html

'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuels
http://www.physorg.com/news140099908.html

'Smart water' may help boost production from oil wells by 60 percent
http://www.physorg.com/news140085540.html

Dirty air brings rain -- then again, maybe not
http://www.physorg.com/news140083008.html

How methane could spark a revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/08/fossilfuels.energy

Incoming M.I.T. Freshman Creates New Vehicle
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=3FA8C77D-919B-DDAE-AC160255CD53F901

Taxing time to stabilise climate 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7471197.stm

Climate inaction 'costing lives'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7605927.stm

'Climate crisis' needs brain gain 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7603257.stm

Genetically Engineered Bugs Could Produce Cheap Biofuel
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/09/genetically-engineered-bugs-could-produce-cheap-biofuel/

Giant Underground Fossil Forests Show Record of Warming
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080909-fossil-forest-illinois.html

Unchecked biofuels could lead to food shortages: UN expert
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080909/sc_afp/unfoodinflationpovertybiofuel_080909174646;_ylt=AjtMfc6aBIg_PVdJdqLtu9bPOrgF

Plans unveiled to convert human waste to energy 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_usa_energy_excrement_odd

‘Pristine’ environments and sustainability
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/08/29/pristine-environments-and-sustainability/

Fusion power seeks super steels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7607473.stm

Super-Green, Algae-Derived Jet Fuel Passes Tests With Flying Colors
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/10/algae-derived-jet-fuel-is-almost-ready-for-the-market/

100-mpg plug-in hybrids popping up in US
http://www.physorg.com/news140271245.html

Colorful bacteria could spot oil spills: scientist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080910/sc_nm/bacteria_spills_dc;_ylt=Ak6ptpRFf3Ec5466SWvtdbEhANEA

Wind power speed record bid fails 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7610786.stm

Experiment boosts hopes for space solar power
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26678942/

UN chief commutes to work aboard solar-powered taxi
http://www.physorg.com/news140446729.html

Climate change could devastate Philippines: NASA scientist
http://news.yahoo.com/i/1539;_ylt=As.C_7sPyeXNl46sa.JEJOys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-
Spain to set up climate change research institute
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080912/sc_afp/spainweatherclimateenvironment_080912145230;_ylt=AvdRSQcwXor26QsS9kUNZjHPOrgF

Japan's Mazda develops clean diesel engine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080912/sc_afp/japanautoenvironmenttechnologycompanymazda_080912120636;_ylt=Amebc5evSqDr81OvhNVr84bPOrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Star Wars: Luke Skywalker's Hand Becoming Reality
http://jufmamca-1.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/06/1835179-star-wars-luke-skywalkers-hand-becoming-reality

Broad family adds $400M to MIT-Harvard genetics project
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/genetics/2008-09-04-broad-institute-gift_N.htm

How memories are made, and recalled
http://www.physorg.com/news140082932.html

Humans Have Astonishing Memories, Study Finds
http://www.livescience.com/health/080908-detailed-memory.html

Invention: Heart-repair pump
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14683-invention-heartrepair-pump.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news10_head_dn14683

Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/biologists-on-t.html

Drug hope for cystic fibrosis 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7605800.stm

Landmark study reports breakdown in biotech patent system
http://www.physorg.com/news140178906.html

Stem cell pioneers win 'Asian Nobel prize'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080909/sc_afp/hongkongjapanbritainsciencestemcellprize_080909173858;_ylt=AlI4oPUPz6lyTNtnIEGhU2LPOrgF

Bacteria glue points to superbug vaccine: scientist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080909/sc_nm/mrsa_vaccine_dc

New cannabis-like drugs could block pain without affecting brain, says study
http://www.physorg.com/news140437176.html

Researchers develop nano-sized 'cargo ships' to target and destroy tumors
http://www.physorg.com/news140411034.html

Robot spyplanes get new role as medical couriers
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14718-robot-spyplanes-get-new-role-as-medical-couriers.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14718

Other

Why the fascination with the end of the world? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7600966.stm

MU anthropologist develops new approach to explain religious behavior
http://www.physorg.com/news140178703.html

Researchers survey for rare birds among Mayan ruins
http://www.physorg.com/news140200033.html

British team capture first pictures of Africa's 'unicorn'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080910/sc_afp/britaindrcongoanimalwildlife_080910232457

A walk in the clouds: Arduous trek along Peru’s Inca Trail pays off at glorious Machu Picchu
http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/travel/view.bg?articleid=1116749

Maritime folklore laced with tales of ghosts
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1077410.html

Australian researchers find frog species not seen for the past 17 years living in tropics
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-sci-australia-rare-frog-found,1,2259642.story

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

Wake Forest University, Museum of Anthropology Online Artifact Database
http://cairo.deacnet.wfu.edu/

Searching for Ithaca (Video)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/09/07/rush.ithaca.mystery.itn

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