[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 7-31-20

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*July 31, 2020*



*“As Valarie Kaur has put it, that’s not just a moral position, it’s a
strategic one: only by understanding what has shaped someone’s worldview
(and acknowledging their experience) can one ever hope to change it.
Engagement is not endorsement.  It is a source of intelligence.”*

Ian Marsh





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*



Mexico Caves Reveal Ancient Ochre Mining

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/mexico-caves-reveal-ancient-ochre-mining/



Ancient peoples in Patagonia who adapted to changing climate offer insights
for today

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ancient-peoples-patagonia-climate-insights.html



5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-years-history-domestic-cats-central.html



New Evidence That Grandmothers Were Crucial for Human Evolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-evidence-that-grandmothers-were-crucial-for-human-evolution-88972191/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia



First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago

https://www.livescience.com/first-north-americans-30000-years-ago.html



Neanderthal foot sheds light on prehistoric inhabitants of the Galilee

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/did-neanderthal-and-modern-humans-happily-coexist-in-prehistoric-israel-635803



What could drive humans to extinction?

https://www.livescience.com/amp/human-extinction-causes.html?s=09



Neanderthal gene linked to increased pain sensitivity

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02202-x



Woolly Mammoth Skeleton With Intact Ligaments Found in Siberian Lake

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mammoth-remains-intact-ligaments-emerge-siberian-lake-180975431/?fbclid=IwAR0rzj3D9nrIATMZf7GjTU598WPtGRj5gUrRB1hODgkTJgMzskOmCoTHNEM







*History*



Northern California Esselen Tribe regains ancestral land after 250 years

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/28/northern-california-esselen-tribe-regains-land-250-years?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco



Kanye West criticizes Harriet Tubman at his political rally

https://apnews.com/c4645f9e0c206471414b8c1dd7d5ab49



C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Leader And Champion Of Nonviolent Action, Dies At
95

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892223763/c-t-vivian-civil-rights-leader-and-champion-of-nonviolent-action-dies-at-95?sc=18&f=1001



Turkey Converts Istanbul's Iconic Hagia Sophia Back Into A Mosque

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/10/889691777/turkish-court-ruling-clears-way-for-hagia-sophia-to-be-converted-to-a-mosque?sc=18&f=1001



The Hidden History of Anna Murray Douglass

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidden-history-anna-murray-douglass-180968324/



Badger-Two Medicine gets protection bill

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/badger-two-medicine-gets-protection-bill/article_b8f84895-4054-5fd1-8d76-cbb6be23bc4d.html?utm_content=bufferec155&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



Concentration camp guard convicted in one of the last Nazi trials in history

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/23/europe/nazi-guard-germany-conviction-intl/index.html



California may grant repatriation rights to unrecognised Native American
tribes

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/california-nagpra-repatriation-native-american-tribes?utm_content=bufferc9e12&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR3Ht8zA8MRcr7a-Ij2IWHfCLCvLAFcbZSlkSCKVbWpClyojhR63flogSRg



Legacies of historical human activities in Medieval forest dynamics of the
Italian peninsula

*https://phys.org/news/2020-07-legacies-historical-human-medieval-forest.html
<https://phys.org/news/2020-07-legacies-historical-human-medieval-forest.html>*


A new DNA study offers insight into the horrific story of the
trans-Atlantic slave trade
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/26/us/dna-transatlantic-slave-trade-study-scn-trnd/index.html



Passion for purple revives ancient dye in Tunisia

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-passion-purple-revives-ancient-dye.html



Jewish doctors in Nazi-occupied Poland stopped an epidemic in its tracks.
Here’s how.

https://www.livescience.com/warsaw-ghetto-typhus.html



Where Are The Thousands Of Nazi-Looted Musical Instruments?

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/29/812891442/where-are-the-thousands-of-nazi-looted-musical-instruments?sc=18&f=1001



Trump's absence at John Lewis services once again highlights struggle to
honor prominent critics

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/27/trumps-absence-at-john-lewis-services-once-again-highlights-struggle-to-honor-prominent-critics-383097



Nicholas Black Elk and the quest for justice

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/07/24/nicholas-black-elk-and-quest-justice



‘Act of genocide.’ Eugenics program tried to ‘breed out’ Black people in
NC, report says

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article244411987.html



'They Were Always There': The Power Of Including Indigenous Perspectives

https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/27/lessons-learned-indigenous-history?utm_content=buffere8c98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



In Selma, A 'Final Crossing' For John Lewis Across The Edmund Pettus Bridge

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/26/895149942/in-selma-a-final-crossing-for-john-lewis-across-the-edmund-pettus-bridge?sc=18&f=1001



Olivia De Havilland, One Of Hollywood's Longest Living Legends, Dies At 104

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/26/223736571/olivia-de-havilland-one-of-hollywoods-longest-living-legends-dies-at-104?sc=18&f=1001



Smallpox and other viruses plagued humans much earlier than suspected

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02083-0



In Jerusalem's Old City, The Devout Adjust To Worship In The Coronavirus Era

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/25/894595265/in-jerusalems-old-city-the-devout-adjust-to-worship-in-the-coronavirus-era?sc=18&f=1001



*Archaeology*



Russian bones confirmed to be last tsar Nicholas II and Romanov family

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-forest-bones-confirmed-to-be-last-tsar-of-russia-and-the-romanov-family/a-54223877



Ancient Aztec palace ruins found in Mexico City

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/07/14/ancient-aztec-palace-ruins-found-in-mexico-city.html



The most ancient evidence of horsemanship in the bronze age

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ancient-evidence-horsemanship-bronze-age.amp



Penn Museum to Remove Skull Collection of Enslaved People

https://hyperallergic.com/577941/penn-museum-to-remove-skull-collection-of-enslaved-people/?fbclid=IwAR18m3ymQ3f2B2Zx5O4AwLiejY8CuhOnFIQW95U-R7tzsdy4aV4rlZ-rezo
  3,000-year-old head may be face of God
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-clay-head-may-depict-god.html



The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/science/alexandrian-glass-rome.html#:~:text=Between%20the%20first%20and%20ninth,up%20to%20nearly%2020%20tons
.

Ancient aqueduct identified in western Iran

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450710/Ancient-aqueduct-identified-in-western-Iran



Ruins dating back 5,000 years discovered in China

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2020-07/29/content_76324108.htm



Search for a mass grave from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre ends without
finding human remains

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/tulsa-massacre-excavation-ends-trnd/index.html



Villages in the Sky

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/378-2005/features/8594-wyoming-rockies-settlements



Returned chunk of Stonehenge solves long-standing monument mystery

https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-souvenir-solves-monument-mystery.html



Aztec Palace and House Built by Hernán Cortés Unearthed in Mexico City

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aztec-palace-unearthed-180975319/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia















*Egyptology*



Little ancient Egyptian mummies hold surprises inside … and they aren't
human

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-grain-mummy.html



Where is Cleopatra's tomb?

https://www.livescience.com/where-is-cleopatra-tomb.html

















*General Science*



New printing process advances 3D capabilities

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uoml-npp073120.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uoml-npp073120.php>*





*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Interstellar space travel will have language complications for astronauts

https://www.space.com/interstellar-space-travel-language-complications.html



The United Arab Emirates successfully launches its first spacecraft bound
for Mars

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/19/21330417/uae-hope-spacecraft-emirates-mars-mission-launch-success



U.S. Space Force Accuses Russia Of In-Orbit Testing Of Anti-Satellite Weapon

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/894905696/u-s-space-force-accuses-russia-of-in-orbit-testing-of-anti-satellite-weapon?sc=18&f=1001



ALMA finds possible sign of neutron star in supernova 1987A

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/nrao-afp073020.php



Machine learning finds a surprising early galaxy

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/nion-mlf073020.php



NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/nsfc-nsd073120.php



SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-america-crewed-spaceship-decade-splashdown.html



Surprising number of exoplanets could host life

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-exoplanets-host-life.html



Testing Chernobyl fungi as a radiation shield for astronauts

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-chernobyl-fungi-shield-astronauts.html











*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



FSU engineering researchers harness wind data to help meet energy needs in
Florida

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/fsu-fer073020.php



Canadian ice caps disappear, confirming 2017 scientific prediction

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-canadian-ice-caps-scientific.html



Team finds special engines and fuels could cut air emissions and water use

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-07-team-special-fuels-air-emissions.html





*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



Copper’s Virus-Killing Powers Were Known Even to the Ancients

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/copper-virus-kill-180974655/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0fSuGbkY4vgWfrti_lhJgnIyBl8PZt7ngw_uwf_vL9QsWuNIei1Zhx1S0



Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/891854646/whales-get-a-break-as-pandemic-creates-quieter-oceans?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr



We discovered a new species, but war means it may now remain hidden forever

https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-a-new-species-but-war-means-it-may-now-remain-hidden-forever-128746



A Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Was Headed For A Wheelchair. Then Gene
Therapy Arrived

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/27/893289171/a-boy-with-muscular-dystrophy-was-headed-for-a-wheelchair-then-gene-therapy-arri?sc=18&f=1001

*Other*



Post-pandemic brave new world of agriculture

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uoq-pbn072920.php



Navajo Nation Sees Farming Renaissance During Coronavirus Pandemic

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/895735482/navajo-nation-sees-farming-renaissance-during-coronavirus-pandemic?sc=18&f=895735482

























Additional Informational



Politifacts, Don’t fall for this video: Hydroxychloroquine is not a
COVID-19 cure

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/stella-immanuel/dont-fall-video-hydroxychloroquine-not-covid-19-cu/?fbclid=IwAR0FNdg5gNBLCYmidIbugC5eOodj0FNICOzCbALaeDbvAICQdvZPFPN33qI



TRANSCRIPT: 'What A Gift John Lewis Was': Obama Eulogizes His Friend And
Hero

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/897409894/transcript-what-a-gift-john-lewis-was-obama-eulogizes-his-friend-and-hero?sc=18&f=1001



John Lewis’ Last Words

https://www.ajc.com/john-lewis/john-lewis-last-words/GGQ6MKJTIBHGHJ7RQXZVLQFHUA/?fbclid=IwAR104myZV3Kc2UDGLbBhHDdFEd8aYlfoiC4OJ6RQ_vDG4fqbiipCUp11OW0



How One Woman Changed Human Rights History

https://medium.com/@unfoundation/how-one-woman-changed-human-rights-history-84fd8f67d54b
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