[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 10-6-17

Mon Oct 9 09:10:20 PDT 2017

*Weekly Science Report*

*October 6, 2017*

*“These virtues do not have ineffable meaning, but offer a sense of
morality-a way to be, and a way to behave, as a member of the human
family.”*

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Kingdom of Jordan on being Muslim

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*

Ancient Fossils Reveal the First Humans Emerged 170,000 Years Earlier than
We Thought

http://www.newsweek.com/first-modern-humans-homo-sapiens-emerged-africa-674163

Scandinavia's earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-scandinavia-earliest-farmers-exchanged-terminology.html

Evidence suggests life on Earth started after meteorites splashed into warm
little ponds

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-evidence-life-earth-meteorites-splashed.html

Neanderthal DNA may influence these human traits

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neanderthal-dna-may-influence-human-traits/

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid
inbreeding

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/fos--pha100517.php

Ancient humans left Africa to escape drying climate

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoa-ahl100417.php

Ornamented artifact may indicate long-distance exchange between Mesolithic
communities

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/p-oam092817.php

Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoc-mth092717.php

Mapping the thylacine's mysterious loss from mainland

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uoa-mtt092817.php

Exploding stars could have kick-started our ancestors’ evolution

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149763-exploding-stars-could-have-kick-started-our-ancestors-evolution/

*History*

Hemingway’s First Short Story Found in Key West

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/books/hemingway-first-story-found-in-florida.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Puerto Rico’s museums on the mend

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/puerto-rico's-museums-on-the-mend

Were Pagan Temples All Smashed Or Just Converted Into Christian Ones?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/10/07/were-pagan-temples-all-smashed-or-just-converted-into-christian-ones/#28ae39194f9f

*American women died in Vietnam, too*

https://theconversation.com/american-women-died-in-vietnam-too-84405?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1506966896

Nashville Holocaust survivor finally forgives her mom for doing the right
thing

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/10/07/nashville-holocaust-survivor-finally-forgives-her-mom-doing-right-thinshares-story-hiding-nazis-chil/729609001/

Did Teddy Evans fatally undermine Scott of the Antarctic?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uons-dte100517.php

3,200-Year-Old Stone Inscription Tells of Trojan Prince, Sea People

https://www.livescience.com/60629-ancient-inscription-trojan-prince-sea-people.html

A Territorial Land Grab That Pushed Native Americans to the Breaking Point
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/territorial-grab-pushed-native-americans-breaking-point-180965142/

How the American Women Codebreakers of WWII Helped Win the War
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-women-codebreakers-wwii-helped-win-war-180965058/

Czar's Treasures? Mystery 'Antiques' Sent to US at End of Cold War

https://www.livescience.com/60563-mystery-antiques-sent-to-us.html

*Archaeology*

Ancient Statue Damaged by ISIS Now on Display in Damascus

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.815115

US court to decide on terror victims’ claim on lent artefacts

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/us-court-to-decide-on-terror-victims'-claim-on-lent-artefacts

Antikythera shipwreck yields statue pieces and mystery bronze disc

https://www.nature.com/news/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-statue-pieces-and-mystery-bronze-disc-1.22735

Archaeologists find Santa Claus's tomb, in ancient Turkish church

http://www.wionews.com/world/archaeologists-find-santa-clauss-tomb-in-ancient-turkish-church-20997

In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-gaza-hamas-ancient-treasure.html

Athenia: Is this the wreck of the first British ship torpedoed in WW2?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41503664

Bones reveal social differences between the people buried in dolmens and
those in caves

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uotb-brs100317.php

Painted Worlds

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/268-1709/features/5815-peru-panamarca-moche

Disposable Gods

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/269-1709/from-the-trenches/5822-trenches-lebanon-phoenician-ceramic-heads

Connecting Two Realms

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/266-1707/letter-from/5653-letter-from-peru-spiral-temples

Mysterious Stone Tools Unearthed at Bronze-Age Site in Wales

https://www.livescience.com/60606-stone-tools-unearthed-at-bronze-age-site.html

*Egyptology*

Archaeologists Find Rare Pet Cemetery In Ancient Egypt

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/10/04/archaeologists-find-rare-pet-cemetery-in-ancient-egypt/#6c081a236165

*Egypt’s Final Redoubt in Canaan*

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony

*Egypt unearths 4,300-year-old Pharaonic obelisk in Giza*

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/05/c_136659045.htm

*General Science*

'You have to be a computer genius': Trump likened the Navy's new catapult
technology to learning the seat controls in a new car

*https://www.yahoo.com/news/computer-genius-trump-likened-navys-010052132.html?utm_content=bufferab410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
<https://www.yahoo.com/news/computer-genius-trump-likened-navys-010052132.html?utm_content=bufferab410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer>*

Silicon Isn't Just for Computers. It Can Make a Pretty Good

*https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-kidneys?mbid=nl_100617_daily
<https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-kidneys?mbid=nl_100617_daily>*

Scientists pinpoint the singularity for quantum computers

*https://phys.org/news/2017-10-scientists-singularity-quantum.html
<https://phys.org/news/2017-10-scientists-singularity-quantum.html>*

Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble to build working device
with gold nanoparticles

*https://phys.org/news/2017-10-bacteria-synthetic-gene-circuit-self-assemble.html
<https://phys.org/news/2017-10-bacteria-synthetic-gene-circuit-self-assemble.html>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

*Dear Elon Musk: Your dazzling Mars plan overlooks some big nontechnical
hurdles*

https://theconversation.com/dear-elon-musk-your-dazzling-mars-plan-overlooks-some-big-nontechnical-hurdles-84948

The world’s oldest scientific satellite is still in orbit

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171005-the-worlds-oldest-scientific-satellite-is-still-in-orbit?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter

The Higgs Boson's Twin Could Reveal Our Universe’s Dark

https://www.wired.com/story/hidden-higgs-dark-sector?mbid=nl_100117_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-mars-yields-clues-cradle-life.html

SpaceX rocket launches 10 Iridium NEXT satellites

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-rocket-launches-10-iridium-satellites/

New Observations Deepen Mystery of “Alien Megastructure” Star

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-observations-deepen-mystery-of-ldquo-alien-megastructure-rdquo-star/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

*Why people around the world fear climate change more than Americans do*

https://theconversation.com/why-people-around-the-world-fear-climate-change-more-than-americans-do-82630

Heating Dirt Could Cause a Runaway Rise in Carbon Emissions

https://www.wired.com/story/soil-atmosphere-feedback-loop?mbid=nl_100717_daily

New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-nanomaterial-hydrogen-fuel-seawater.html

How Danish architects are creating world's first carbon-neutral city

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-danish-architects-are-creating-worlds-first-carbon-neutral-city/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

25 species, including Pacific walrus, denied endangered protection by Trump
administration

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/10/04/trump-administration-denies-endangered-species-protection-pacific-walrus-and-two-dozen-oth-25-specie/732704001/

Searching for Lost Memories Under Thousands of Microscopes

https://www.wired.com/story/searching-for-lost-memories-under-thousands-of-microscopes?mbid=nl_093017_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

Preventing autoimmune disease after a viral infection

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-autoimmune-disease-viral-infection.html

Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-liquid-biopsy-liver-cancer-earlier.html

*Other*

Nothing to report

Additional Informational

Life as an Infectious Diseases Physician Scientist: Science is Humanity’s
Lifeline

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/216/suppl_5/S611/4160387/Life-as-an-Infectious-Diseases-Physician-Scientist?utm_content=buffere8079&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Archaeologists Are Hot on the Trail of These 16 Spectacular Mysteries

https://www.livescience.com/60628-spectacular-archaeology-mysteries.html
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