[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 10-18-19

Sun Oct 20 19:02:33 PDT 2019

*Weekly Science Report*

*October 18, 2019*

*'If you do not see God in Humanity, it is futile to look for Him
elsewhere. "*

Mahatma Gandhi

Introduction

Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock
and the late 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*

*Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ from
Flores Island*

https://theconversation.com/fast-evolution-explains-the-tiny-stature-of-extinct-hobbit-from-flores-island-124747

What a Warrior’s Lost Toolkit Says About the Oldest Known Battle in Europe

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-warriors-lost-toolkit-says-about-oldest-known-battle-europe-180973353/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3dbCCIfC6rDtyxE779_usLvoF5Q93ahS7LZQOHbC9s_j4eiV5n5izEuAo

Huge Antarctic pterosaur found in fire-struck museum

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/huge-pterosaur-from-antartica-found-in-fire-struck-musuem-brazil/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20191016science-pterosaurantarcticafire::rid&sf221595926=1

Early Humans Reached Greek Island 200,000 Years Ago, Changing Picture of
Spread from Africa

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-early-humans-reached-island-200-000-years-ago-changing-theory-of-spread-from-africa-1.7994456?fbclid=IwAR3Y0-sb2LUXPFiF45R0MXxeIGhcRMf3UEsUr6HsU8O4gx66Lii9X7DjI9Q

Europe's largest meteorite crater home to deep ancient life

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-europe-largest-meteorite-crater-home.html

Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA may have helped early Melanesian people
survive

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-neanderthal-denisovan-dna-early-melanesian.html

Oddness of Australian creatures goes way back

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-oddness-australian-creatures.html

*History*

*Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by
the Kurds*

https://theconversation.com/turkish-attack-on-syria-endangers-a-remarkable-democratic-experiment-by-the-kurds-125105

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Rethinking How We Celebrate American History

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2019/10/11/indigenous-peoples-day-2019/?fbclid=IwAR3NqEoK61pCj0yyNMYgI2cBlOuhJ1zMTgyRd-3p9qeJ6j5q2Mkok5EtngE

Artist says new sculpture in St. Peter’s Square blends history and current
events

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/09/29/artist-says-new-sculpture-in-st-peters-square-blends-history-and-current-events/

How Ancient DNA Can Help Recast Colonial History

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/what-ancient-dna-says-about-puerto-ricos-history/598246/

Exonerated Jeju Massacre prisoners fight to right Korean history

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/10/15/Exonerated-Jeju-Massacre-prisoners-fight-to-right-Korean-history/9431569816973/?utm_source=onesignal

Elijah Cummings, longtime Baltimore congressman, dies age 68

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/elijah-cummings-house-oversight-committee-dies-dle/index.html

I was writing about colonial America’s first enslaved Africans

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/10/16/black-history-slavery-reporter-uncovers-genealogy-1619-project/3847926002/?csp=chromepush

Holocaust trial: Former Stutthof guard to go on trial in Germany

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50074422

Long-Lost Chapter of the World’s First Novel Found in a Tokyo Home

https://hyperallergic.com/522463/long-lost-chapter-of-the-worlds-first-novel-found-in-a-tokyo-home/

Deep learning enlightens scholars puzzling over ancient texts

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-deep-enlightens-scholars-puzzling-ancient.html

*Archaeology*

Ancient 'lost city' of the Khmer Empire uncovered in Cambodia

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cambodia-ancient-city-intl-hnk-scli/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-10-18T10%3A00%3A04&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3T9T3rTYNwmWuwMKtcU642ER91lksNTTLNC3myslkw5czaKjTQHxfKQqU

The Amelia Earhart Mystery Stays Down in the Deep

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/science/amelia-earhart-robert-ballard.html

Residents scramble to uproot from ancient Turkish town before dam waters
rise

http://news.trust.org/item/20191007143031-boyel/

Airborne laser scan reveals Arran's 1,000 ancient sites

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49989351

LP Museum hosting Endangered Heritage exhibit

https://www.heraldargus.com/news/lp-museum-hosting-endangered-heritage-exhibit/article_91574524-bf56-54e2-9a74-f578bb0882d4.html

Finland Agrees To Return Remains, Some Items Taken From Mesa Verde In 19th
Century

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/10/finland-agrees-return-remains-some-items-taken-mesa-verde-19th-century

How a falling window led to a major archaeological discovery in Ireland

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/cistercian-monastery-beamore-meath

‘World’s greatest archaeological dispute’ to be decided as Indian supreme
court wraps up Ayodhya hearing

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/ayodhya-india-babri-masjid-ram-temple-supreme-court-hearing-archaeology-a9153771.html

Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old street in Jerusalem built by Pontius
Pilate

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/tfg-au2101519.php

*Egyptology*

Egypt archaeologists make ‘most intriguing discovery yet in mysterious
underwater opening'

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1192346/egypt-discovery-underwater-nile-gebel-el-silsila-tony-robinson-channel-5-spt

Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50068575?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_source=facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&fbclid=IwAR0iGuLHbdqeJo_RYXeQbIrWD-AspULcxJuKrlWhRKLndXzVAzVjrar-tAM&fbclid=IwAR3rXdtCL8jKAt-2OE9B3n0gshlEiJvsdNvdNkLVgEEZHJpBkqqZMhIeRfQ&fbclid=IwAR0-4sepBfwjGW793nXXinWST9lYl9AomYRiJx_XK-z-ItKfZ2Xl9OG6IIU

Egyptian archeologists uncover ancient 'industrial area' filled with royal
artifacts

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-archeology-valley-kings-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

*General Science*

Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

NASA’s all-female spacewalk makes history: ‘One giant leap for WOMANkind!’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/18/nasa-live-spacewalk-christina-koch-jessica-meir/?fbclid=IwAR0eqs0DgB3HGtZlZf5lZMLC8Fr1fS-ef7Z6j6wOwrJDbIPA4rZcVXG5028#click=https://t.co/zxav0kt1OA

These are the new spacesuits for the first woman and next man on the moon

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/world/nasa-new-artemis-spacesuit-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-10-15T18%3A30%3A11

Space shock as 'unidentified object' feeding mysterious black hole leaves
experts baffled

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1190810/Space-news-black-hole-latest-NASA-solar-system-galaxy-spacex

Near-infinite specific thrust from drive that ignores physics

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/corkscrewing-bouncy-ion-drive-would-provide-thrust-in-different-universe/

New stable form of plutonium discovered

*https://phys.org/news/2019-10-stable-plutonium.html
<https://phys.org/news/2019-10-stable-plutonium.html>*

Scanning Earth is the mission because time is running out

*https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-scanning-earth-mission.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-scanning-earth-mission.html>*

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

Trees That Survived California Drought May Hold Clue To Climate Resilience

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/766200948/trees-that-survived-california-drought-may-hold-clue-to-climate-resilience?sc=tw

THIS TINY COUNTRY FEEDS THE WORLD

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/09/holland-agriculture-sustainable-farming/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20191016ngm-resurfnetherlandsfarming::rid&sf221592278=1

Grand County, Moab unite against plan to allow ORVs in Utah’s national parks

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2019/10/15/grand-county-moab-unite/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

A Boy's Mysterious Illness Leads His Family On A Diagnostic Odyssey

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/16/769462793/a-boys-mysterious-illness-leads-his-family-on-a-diagnostic-odyssey?sc=tw

The 'blob': Paris zoo unveils unusual organism which can heal itself and
has 720 sexes

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/17/europe/france-new-organism-zoo-intl-scli-scn-hnk/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-10-17T16%3A00%3A10

People are reporting sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, thought to be extinct

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/australia/tasmanian-tiger-intl-hnk-scli/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-10-16T12%3A30%3A14&fbclid=IwAR1OOoRH344ydfpwHtd-FDueNQ_NTIqIYTb7QuaFEXiFgW4uKb8dha76mDk

Humpback whales herd salmon with their fins, new photos reveal

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/10/humpback-whales-herd-fins-salmon/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20191016animals-whalessalmonherding::rid&sf221571784=1

Tennessee researchers join call for responsible development of synthetic
biology

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-tennessee-responsible-synthetic-biology.html

*Other*

UNESCO starts beekeeper training project

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191018_18/

Employees Report Threatening Anti-LGBT Harassment, Retaliation at National
Science Foundation

https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2019/10/employees-report-threatening-anti-lgbt-harassment-retaliation-national-science-foundation/160453/

Scientists Prove Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-Year-Old Bridge Design Actually
Works
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/da-vincis-unbuilt-super-long-istanbul-bridge-would-have-worked-180973356/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Additional Informational

Where strangers met: evidence for early commerce at LaSoye Point, Dominica

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/where-strangers-met-evidence-for-early-commerce-at-lasoye-point-dominica/5F062226C2687B369F5F4B7AC0DCF7A3

Mahendraparvata: an early Angkor-period capital defined through airborne
laser scanning at Phnom Kulen

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/mahendraparvata-an-early-angkorperiod-capital-defined-through-airborne-laser-scanning-at-phnom-kulen/CAC3E93D6046CC27D862C1E333FD0713

Holocaust Encyclopedia, Nuremberg Trials

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-trials?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=disability_awareness_month&utm_content=nuremberg_verdictstimeline10162019
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