[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-10-17

Sun Feb 12 16:07:34 PST 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*February 10, 2017*

*“Wise men speak; their words of wisdom perish in the ears that hear them
do not reach the generations.”*

The Song of Hiawatha

Introduction

Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock
and John Anthony West to share news and information on various disciplines
to include but not limited to paleontology, space sciences, genetics and
archaeology.  His goal behind sharing this publication has always been very
simple, by sharing knowledge we can make our world a better place.  This
publication is Mr. Detwiler’s contribution to bring people together and
share ideas and discoveries with his fellow humans.

I hope you enjoy this publication and that the content challenges and
inspires you!

Steve Detwiler

News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*

Mary Leakey’s Husband (Sort of) Took Credit For Her Groundbreaking Work On
Humanity’s Origins
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mary-leakeys-husband-sort-took-credit-her-groundbreaking-work-humanitys-origins-180961991/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Pacific Islanders appear to be carrying the DNA of an unknown human species

http://www.sciencealert.com/pacific-islanders-appear-to-be-carrying-the-dna-of-an-unknown-human-species

Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uom-bpo020817.php

Fossil treasure-trove reveals post-extinction world ruled by sponges

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/caos-ftr020617.php

Scientists solve fish evolution mystery

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-fish-evolution-mystery.html

*History*

'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/06/513240634/america-first-from-charles-lindbergh-to-president-trump?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170206

Special prosecutor to look at cold case perjury claim

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/us/ridulph-mccullough-special-prosecutor/index.html

Why this statue of a young girl caused a diplomatic incident

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/asia/south-korea-comfort-women-statue/index.html?sr=twCNN020617south-korea-comfort-women-statue0335AMStoryLink&linkId=34154465

An American filmed the German army in WWI — until they became the enemy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/an-american-filmed-the-german-army-in-wwi--until-they-became-the-enemy/2017/02/06/4e9128b6-e285-11e6-a453-19ec4b3d09ba_story.html?utm_term=.5cee326a6983

Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of Control

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/10/514385071/frederick-douglass-on-how-slave-owners-used-food-as-a-weapon-of-control?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170210

1,000 Years Ago, Corn Made This Society Big. Then, A Changing Climate
Destroyed It

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/10/513963490/1-000-years-ago-corn-made-this-society-big-then-a-changing-climate-destroyed-the?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170210

Teenagers Who Vandalized Historic Black Schoolhouse Are Ordered to Read
Books

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/us/black-school-racist-sexist-graffiti.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Teens get suspended sentences for Auschwitz gate vandalism

http://www.timesofisrael.com/teens-get-suspended-sentences-for-auschwitz-gate-vandalism/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Where Did Chief Joseph Get His Mesopotamian Tablet?

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/where-did-chief-joseph-get-his-mesopotamian-tablet/

Shifting monsoon altered early cultures in China, study says

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/teia-sma020617.php

Cartography expert: Ancient Greeks in Ionia first used GPS method to
navigate

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/22876-cartography-professor-ancient-greeks-in-ionia-first-used-gps-method-to-navigate.html

Advanced geometry used by prehistoric architects in US Southwest

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2017/advanced-geometry-used-by-prehistoric-architects-in-us-southwest

The Dark Origins Of Valentine's Day

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133693152/the-dark-origins-of-valentines-day?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170212

*Archaeology*

Excavations in Turkey's southwest reveal Anatolian food culture

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nid=109377&NewsCatID=375&utm_content=bufferc51ec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Skeletons may be first colonists in St. Augustine

http://staugustine.com/local-news/2017-02-07/skeletons-may-be-first-colonists-st-augustine

Hundreds of ancient earthworks resembling Stonehenge found in Amazon
rainforest

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/06/hundreds-ancient-earthworks-resembling-stonehenge-found-amazon/

Archaeologists find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-archaeologists-12th-dead-sea-scrolls.html

Bureau of Land Management Auctions Off Sacred Land Near Chaco Canyon

http://savingantiquities.org/bureau-land-management-auctions-off-scared-land-near-chaco-canyon/

Iraq welcomes return of foreign archaeological missions

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/iraq-nasiriyah-khyber-british-exploration-mission.html#ixzz4Y62ZcE8O

Feathered Headdress Figurine Found in Untouched 1,700-Year-Old Tomb

http://www.seeker.com/feathered-headdress-figurine-found-in-untouched-1700-year-old-tomb-2254910026.html

Hundreds of ancient earthworks built in the Amazon

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uoe-hoa020617.php

Found in the Remains of a Former Gilded Age Mansion, an Ancient Roman
Artifact Reveals Its Secrets
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remains-abandoned-gilded-age-mansion-ancient-roman-artifact-reveals-its-secrets-180962071/

Round Temples Found in Northern Sudan

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5270-170210-sudan-dogi-gel

Ancient Tomb Surveyed Near Japan’s Fukushima Power Plant

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5269-170210-japan-kiyotosakuoketsu-tomb

Archaeologists, engineers race to save ancient tomb from being submerged

https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2017/02/06/archaeologists-engineers-race-to-save-ancient-tomb-from-being-submerged

Ottoman fountains to be restored in Turkish UNESCO World Heritage site
Safranbolu

https://www.dailysabah.com/tourism/2017/01/29/ottoman-fountains-to-be-restored-in-turkish-unesco-world-heritage-site-safranbolu

*Egyptology*

'Monumental' building complex discovered at Qantir in Egypt's Nile Delta

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/257745/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Monumental-building-complex-discovered-at-Qantir-i.aspx

*General Science*

Tech companies pull ads from Breitbart

*http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-companies-boycott-breitbart/
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-companies-boycott-breitbart/>*

The ‘March for Science’ is gaining mainstream momentum

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/02/09/the-march-for-science-is-gaining-mainstream-momentum/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.2ae7d269b14b

Black dress made of material that could revolutionize the way we live

*http://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-dress-made-of-graphene-cutecircuit-nobel-prize-technology-wearables/
<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-dress-made-of-graphene-cutecircuit-nobel-prize-technology-wearables/>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

Japan's troubled 'space junk' mission fails

https://www.yahoo.com/news/japans-troubled-space-junk-mission-fails-061945200.html

What Lies Ahead for Earth’s Shifting Continents Just Might Surprise You

http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/environment/what-lies-ahead-earth-s-shifting-continents-just-might-surprise-n717276?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

A 'bridge of stars' connects two of our closest galaxies

http://www.popsci.com/bridge-stars-connects-two-our-closest-galaxies

This woman visited every country on Earth in record time

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/10/travel/woman-globe-trot-trnd/index.html?sr=fbcnni021017woman-globe-trot-trnd0130PMVODtopLink&linkId=34351709

Halley's comet? Nope. New discovery is 100,000 times bigger

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/10/astronomers-find-object-similar-halleys-comet-but-100000-times-bigger/97737272/

Antarctic expedition to hunt for "missing" meteorites

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/antarctic-expedition-will-hunt-for-missing-meteorites/

New support for British spaceports

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38920584

Ancient undersea landslide discovered in Australia

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38902672

Super-Fast Spacecraft Could Slow Down Using Alpha Centauri's Starlight as
Brakes

http://www.seeker.com/breakthrough-starshot-proxima-centauri-physics-interstellar-hawking-mi-2250504927.html

Private Space Company Sues to Stop DARPA's Robotic Satellite Serviceman

http://www.seeker.com/orbital-atk-suing-darpa-satellite-servicing-technology-2254816823.html

Hubble sees spiral in Andromeda

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-hubble-spiral-andromeda.html

New Study Pins Down Jupiter's Birthday

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-study-pins-down-jupiters-birthday/

Three New Uranium-Based Minerals Discovered in Utah

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a25163/three-new-uranium-related-minerals-discovered-in-utah/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Inside the race to produce a fish-free fish food

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/taking-fish-fish-food/?mbid=social_twitter

After More Than A Century, Bison Return To Canada's Oldest National Park

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/07/513935921/after-more-than-a-century-bison-return-to-canadas-oldest-national-park?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170207

Study: Restoring Wetlands Could Help Fix Climate Change

http://www.voanews.com/a/climate-change-wetlands/3701799.html

Wind energy to be created using lamp-posts

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-38883539

Major global warming study again questioned, again defended

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/global-warming-climate-change-study-again-questioned-again-defended/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=34278019

Solar Panels Grown On The Moon Could Power The Earth

http://www.popsci.com/for-nearly-infinite-power-build-self-replicating-solar-panels-on-moon

Sea-level change in Southeast Asia 6,000 years ago has implications for
today

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-sea-level-southeast-asia-years-implications.html

Researchers invent process to produce renewable car tires from trees, grass

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-renewable-car-trees-grass.html

Arctic 2.0: What Happens after All the Ice Goes?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/arctic-2-0-what-happens-after-all-the-ice-goes/

Cleaner Robot Pulled From Fukushima Reactor Due to Immense Radiation

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a25155/cleaner-robot-pulled-from-fukushima-reactor-due-to-radiation/

9 Weird Ways We Can Harness the Wind's Energy

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g2944/9-alternative-wind-turbine-designs/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/02/03/the-usda-abruptly-removes-animal-welfare-information-from-its-website/?utm_term=.a1c5c66ba983

NOAA investigating violent deaths of dolphins

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/09/federal-officials-investigate-violent-dolphin-deaths/20129553/

Self-Driving Cars Will Create Organ Shortage — Can Science Meet Demand?

http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/can-science-curb-donor-organ-shortage-self-driving-cars-will-n719386?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Are solar storms causing mysterious sea animal beachings?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-solar-storms-causing-mysterious-sea-animal-beachings/

Scientists turn food poisoning microbe into powerful cancer fighter

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/scientists-turn-food-poisoning-microbe-powerful-cancer-fighter

Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to cure ‘all diseases’ gets off the ground

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/mark-zuckerberg-plan-cure-diseases-gets-off-ground-030231579.html

This Technology Could Finally Make Brain Implants Practical

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603602/this-technology-could-finally-make-brain-implants-practical/?set=603623

*Other*

A New Type of Food Pantry Is Sprouting In Yards Across America

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/11/508931473/a-new-type-of-food-pantry-is-sprouting-in-yards-across-america?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170111

Richard Hatch, star of Battlestar Galactica, dies at 71

http://www.blastr.com/2017-2-7/richard-hatch-star-both-battlestar-galactica-shows-dead-71

San Francisco is taxing the rich to pay for free community college

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/10/pf/college/san-francisco-free-community-college/index.html?sr=fbCNN021017san-francisco-free-community-college1129PMStoryLink&linkId=34378316

Why some scientists fear contact with space aliens

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/science/why-some-scientists-fear-contact-with-space-aliens/ar-AAmJnNu

Additional Informational

An introduction to sphinxes depicted on seals

https://www.academia.edu/10155711/An_introduction_to_sphinxes_depicted_on_seals

Results of Louvre-Lens Symposium
<http://www.iccrom.org/results-of-louvre-lens-symposium/>

http://www.iccrom.org/results-of-louvre-lens-symposium/

Association of Climate Change Officers Website

https://accoonline.org/

Olmec Yogis with Hindu Beliefs: Did they migrate from ancient China?

https://grahamhancock.com/dmisrab10/
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