[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-30-18

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 30, 2018*



*“An understanding society cannot fall into the hands of racism.  Stand
together and build a foundation of peace. Yesterday’s lessons are
tomorrow’s warnings.”*

Robert Badinter




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!



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News Articles   *Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies*



Study suggests multiple instances of inter-breeding between Neanderthal and
early humans

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-multiple-instances-inter-breeding-neanderthal-early.html



Prehistoric cave art reveals ancient use of complex astronomy

https://m.phys.org/news/2018-11-prehistoric-cave-art-reveals-ancient.html



9,000-year-old mask stuns archaeologists, raises eyebrows

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/neolithic-stone-mask-discovery-archaeology-forgery/



New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/caos-nas112918.php



Evidence of Sodom? Meteor blast cause of biblical destruction, say
scientists

https://www.timesofisrael.com/evidence-of-sodom-meteor-blast-cause-of-biblical-destruction-say-scientists/


The 'Swiss Army knife of prehistoric tools' found in Asia, suggests
homegrown technology
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181119160256.htm


Who Made Saudi Arabia’s Acheulean Tools?
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7175-181130-saudi-arabia-acheulean



Ancient populations from different Caucasus regions had strong social
connections

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/arsc-apf112918.php



The whole of Africa was the cradle of humankind

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-africa-cradle-humankind.html



Prehistoric Whale Jaw Bone Sheds Light on the Evolution of Baleen
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/prehistoric-whale-jaw-bone-sheds-light-evolution-baleen-180970917/



North America’s Earliest Smokers May Have Helped Launch the Agricultural
Revolution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/americas-earliest-smokers-may-have-helped-launch-agricultural-revolution-180970904/







*History*



Mission Unstoppable: Inside the All-Female Trek to the North Pole

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-all-female-trek-to-north-pole/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112918_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



How Stalin Hid Ukraine's Famine From the World

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/red-famine-anne-applebaum-ukraine-soviet-union/542610/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=5bfb45994b7385000179ce71_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook



Anne Frank House in Amsterdam renovated to tell story to new generation

https://edmontonsun.com/travel/europe/anne-frank-house-in-amsterdam-renovated-to-tell-story-to-new-generation/wcm/675c8b54-032b-4964-9928-045c1631f96a



San Diego Gallery Charged with Trafficking Over $1.3 Million Worth Of Ivory
Items

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671869408/san-diego-gallery-charged-with-trafficking-over-1-3-million-worth-of-ivory-items?sc=tw



In Gesture to India, Pakistan To Open Cross-Border Pathway To Sikh Holy Site

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/30/672021657/in-gesture-to-india-pakistan-offers-easy-access-to-sikh-holy-site?sc=tw



Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,
dies at 103

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/obituaries/olivia-hooker-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-dies-at-103/2018/11/22/f5c03934-ee71-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.0f9a95f48a59&__twitter_impression=true



American tourist killed after encounter with hostile tribe on isolated
Indian Ocean island, police say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/21/american-believed-dead-after-encounter-with-remote-indian-tribe-hostile-outsiders/?fbclid=IwAR1T6V-hHfUxd50TQM6fwlPJWKT5KPjESFLQmR9h3FT9iXi69n7bvjpxtAQ&utm_term=.19cacba22d4a



Cut off from the world, an Indian island remains a mystery

https://apnews.com/1bda3efee48540baa45f0ea5860743ea



Police face-off with tribe in missionary killing

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/police-face-off-with-tribe-in-missionary-killing/ar-BBQ6wEq?ocid=se



'Give Africa its art back', Macron's report says

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/give-africa-its-art-back-macron-s-report-says



Pope says world mustn't turn a blind eye to migrants, the poor

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-poor/pope-says-world-mustnt-turn-a-blind-eye-to-migrants-the-poor-idUSKCN1NN0EG



UNESCO launches Holocaust education website

https://www.apnews.com/a9daf1e88364433999117e1bffe5eceb





400 years after Pilgrim landing, natives finally being heard

https://apnews.com/ffc3dee7f4d1421785dcfb6be995e6c4?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=APEastRegion&utm_source=Twitter



Last surviving crewman from historic Coast Guard rescue dies

https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20181115/last-surviving-crewman-from-historic-coast-guard-rescue-dies



Vatican considers limit on museum visitors amid safety fears

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/vatican-considers-limit-on-museum-visitors-amid-safety-fears?__twitter_impression=true



Texas Students Will Soon Learn Slavery Played A Central Role In The Civil
War

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668557179/texas-students-will-soon-learn-slavery-played-a-central-role-in-the-civil-war?sc=tw



Who Owns Oklahoma?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/murphy-case-supreme-court-rules-muscogee-land/576238/?utm_term=2018-11-20T11%3A00%3A35&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2PYBNXQ11vEZY8K3FpZ0vgsmV8CkoysWKJJhH_zvpW5U11-wcqiFmp5kM



Why Are Fewer People Majoring in History?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-people-major-history-180970913/?no-cache%2F%3Futm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3RwURrwdwgUG2y55LpICkzSXNKcVfjHMPbmDkUMJoTGaJZnFQtUUkReoo



First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian
ancestry in region

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/first-ancient-dna-from-mainland-finland-reveals-origins-of-siberian-ancestry-in-region/



The Thanksgiving before the 'first' Thanksgiving

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/first-thanksgiving-berkeley-virginia-pilgrim-archaeology/



>From Biblical to revival: Jordan's desert winemakers

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-biblical-revival-jordan-winemakers.html



*Archaeology*



A lost ancient city built by Trojan War captives has been found, Greek
officials say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/history/2018/11/13/lost-ancient-city-built-by-trojan-war-captives-has-been-found-greek-officials-say/?__twitter_impression=true



Native American Secrets Lie Buried in Huge Shell Mounds

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/science/native-americans-shell-middens-maine.html



Arizona historical sites bulldozed and destroyed - AZ Parks director
suspended

https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/arizona-historical-sites-bulldozed-and-destroyed-az-parks-director-suspended-Cv3aL1uAGkKFJY9x9q3e7g/



Utah mayors, council members back Bears Ears over the Trump administration
in new court filing

https://fox13now.com/2018/11/19/utah-mayors-council-members-back-bears-ears-over-the-trump-administration-in-new-court-filing/



Stanford anthropologist calls for change at UNESCO and its World Heritage
program

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/11/19/stanford-scholar-examines-unescos-world-heritage-program/



Archaeologists find the oldest burials in Ecuador

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-archaeologists-oldest-burials-ecuador.html



Archaeologists Are Looking for Dead Sea Scrolls Inside 2 Newfound Qumran
Caves

https://www.livescience.com/64200-dead-sea-scrolls-caves-discovered.html



Hidden history of Rome revealed under world's first cathedral

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nu-hho112718.php



Exploring the watery remains of France's sunken Roman port of Olbia

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-exploring-watery-france-sunken-roman.html



Viking city: excavation reveals urban pioneers not violent raiders

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/nov/20/artefacts-reveal-vikings-were-more-urban-pioneers-than-violent-raiders-ribe



Evidence may push back history of Tehran by 6,600 years

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/429636/Evidence-may-push-back-history-of-Tehran-by-6-600-years



Polish archaeologists unveil large Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/polish-archaeologists-unveil-large-neolithic-settlement-southern-jordan



Archaeology: Modern society can learn from how the Hopewell conducted
themselves

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20181118/archaeology-modern-society-can-learn-from-how-hopewell-conducted-themselves



‘Great Escape’ pilot’s rare Spitfire discovered intact on Norwegian
mountain 76 years after being shot down by Nazis

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spitfire-norway-mountain-great-escape-pilot-found-second-world-war-nazi-raf-espionage-alastair-gunn-a8646841.html



How engineers are straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-straightening-tower-pisa.html



Canaanites Performed Primitive Brain Surgery 3,500 Years Ago in Northern
Israel

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-primitive-brain-surgery-3-500-years-ago-discovered-in-northern-israel-1.6699993



Pontius Pilate’s Name Is Found on 2,000-Year-Old Ring

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/middleeast/pontius-pilate-ring.html



*Egyptology*



British Museum's Rosetta Stone could be 'back in Egypt', says new Giza
museum

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/british-museum-rosetta-stone-egypt-a3981736.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true



Ancient quarry ramp system may have helped workers build Egypt’s Great
Pyramids

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/11/ancient-quarry-ramp-system-may-have-helped-workers-build-egypts-great-pyramids/122082



8 coffins uncovered at archaeological area of Dahshour

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61104/8-coffins-uncovered-at-archaeological-area-of-Dahshour





*General Science*



Locals Kill One of Elon Musk's Plans for a Tunnel Under LA

*https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-boring-company-sepulveda-tunnel/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112918_daily_list3_p5&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
<https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-boring-company-sepulveda-tunnel/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112918_daily_list3_p5&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl>*



Engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-11-first-ever-plane.html





*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Cosmology Is in Crisis Over How to
Measure the Universe
https://www.wired.com/story/cosmology-is-in-crisis-over-how-to-measure-the-universe/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112218_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112218%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  SpaceX Is Launching a Piece of Art Into Orbit
https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-is-launching-a-piece-of-art-into-orbit/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112818_daily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112818%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  The View From the Control Room: How InSight Landed on Mars
https://www.wired.com/story/the-view-from-the-control-room-how-insight-landed-on-mars/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112718_daily_list3_p4&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112718%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  SpaceX's Next Launch Will Spark a Space Internet Showdown

https://www.wired.com/story/spacexs-next-launch-will-spark-a-space-internet-showdown/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112718_daily_list3_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112718%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
  NASA program to launch astronauts to space station facing delays but 2019
still on target
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/29/nasa-program-send-astronauts-space-station-facing-more-delays/2143813002/
  NASA will go from 'Moon to Mars' with new partnerships
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/us/nasa-moon-mars-partnerships-bn/index.html?utm_content=2018-11-30T02%3A15%3A05&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=image
  Jeff Bezos Wants Us All to Leave Earth—for Good
https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-bezos-blue-origin/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112418_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112418%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl


Trump going for full-blown Space Force, White House memo reveals

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-going-for-full-blown-space-force-white-house-memo-reveals/ar-BBQgI8X?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5FDHP
  Black hole 'donuts' are actually 'fountains'

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nion-bh112918.php



To image leaky atmosphere, NASA rocket team heads north

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nsfc-til113018.php



Mars new home 'a large sandbox'

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-mars-home-large-sandbox.html



This new atomic clock is so exact, it could be used to detect dark matter

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-12-atomic-clock-exact-dark.html



Newly discovered supernova may rewrite exploding star origin theories

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-newly-supernova-rewrite-star-theories.html





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Stop Worrying About Buying Carbon Offsets for Your Flights

https://www.wired.com/story/airline-emissions-carbon-offsets-travel/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112218_daily_list3_p4&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112218%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Pardon Me, Turkey, Is This Stool Taken? Scientists Turn Poultry Poop Into
Fuel

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/11/19/667853037/pardon-me-turkey-is-this-stool-taken-scientists-turn-poultry-poop-into-fuel



The Climate Apocalypse Is Now, and It’s Happening to You

https://www.wired.com/story/the-climate-apocalypse-is-now-and-its-happening-to-you/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112918_daily_list1_p4&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Brazil Pulls Its Offer To Host Major U.N. Climate Summit

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671899163/brazil-pulls-its-offer-to-host-major-u-n-climate-summit?sc=tw


Scientists say controversial plan to cool the planet is doable

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-say-controversial-plan-cool-planet-doable-ncna941636?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma



Climate change: Bug covered 'bionic mushroom' generates clean energy

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-46127318



Seaweed could make cows burp less methane and cut their carbon hoofprint

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612452/how-seaweed-could-shrink-livestocks-global-carbon-hoofprint/amp/



Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-11-plummeting-solar-power.html



‘Scary’: Expansive UH study concludes threat to humanity from climate
change ‘much larger’ than previously thought

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/19/expansive-uh-study-threat-climate-change-much-larger-than-previous-reports-suggest/



Thin, Flexible New Solar Cells Could Soon Line Your Shirt

https://www.wired.com/story/thin-flexible-new-solar-cells-could-soon-line-your-shirt/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111918_daily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20111918%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Part of the Answer to Climate Change May Be America’s Trees and Dirt,
Scientists Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/climate/climate-change-natural-solutions.html





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   The Era of Cheap and Easy STD
Treatment Is Over. What Went Wrong?
https://www.wired.com/story/gonorrhea-syphilis-easy-std-treatment-is-over/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_112818_daily_list1_p3&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20112818%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl


Sotheby's And Bonhams Bow To Pressure, Ban The Sale Of Rhino Horn Artifacts

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/26/671012239/sothebys-and-bonhams-bow-to-pressure-ban-the-sale-of-rhino-horn-artifacts?sc=tw



First gene-edited babies claimed in China

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-gene-edited-babies-china.html



Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to autism risk, study says

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/11/19/health/air-pollution-autism-vancouver-study/index.html?__twitter_impression=true



These DNA Startups Want to Put All of You on the Blockchain

https://www.wired.com/story/these-dna-startups-want-to-put-all-of-you-on-the-blockchain/?CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_111718_daily_list1_p2&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL%20111718%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl



Trump administration approves seismic tests that could harm thousands of
Atlantic dolphins and whales

https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/11/30/trump-administration-approves-seismic-tests-that-could-harm-many-thousands-atlantic-dolphins-whales/?fbclid=IwAR1JxksGkotbu9whGaxRw4tRFH-XW7rQPzpwPoo9P7S-lFKn1KNYy97lDsM&utm_term=.613edd2a56a8



The future of fighting cancer: Zapping tumors in less than a second

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/dnal-tfo112818.php



Next step towards replacement therapy in type 1 diabetes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/hzm--nst112718.php



Sickle cell anemia treatment safely lowers disease burden in African
children

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-sickle-cell-anemia-treatment-safely.html



Immunotherapy keeps some advanced head and neck cancer patients alive for
over three years

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-immunotherapy-chemotherapy-subtype-neck-cancer.html





*Other*



‘Enough Is Enough’: Science, Too, Has a Problem With Harassment

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/science/gender-harassment-science-universities.html



Megachurch pastor tells church to stop going to yoga, because of its
'demonic roots'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/12/james-river-pastor-yoga-demonic-roots/1975401002/



























Additional Informational



World Jewish Congress & UNESCO About the Holocaust Website

https://aboutholocaust.org/



Fourth National Climate Assessment

https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/



TED Talk, How a fleet of wind powered drones is changing our understanding
of the ocean

https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastien_de_halleux_how_a_fleet_of_wind_powered_drones_is_changing_our_understanding_of_the_ocean



How Much Will the Space Force Cost Report

https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-much-will-space-force-cost?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=bd3cbe5371-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_19_06_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-bd3cbe5371-189939825
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