[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 11-27-20

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*November 27, 2020*



*“Racism is the rejection of our common humanity.”*

Antonio Guterres






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*



Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-neanderthal-thumbs-tools.html



Genetic research reveals Neanderthals could tolerate smoke, plant toxins

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-genetic-reveals-neanderthals-tolerate-toxins.html

*History*



Educators And Native Leaders Recommend Bringing Anti-Racism To The
Thanksgiving Table

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/938237004/educators-and-native-leaders-recommend-bringing-anti-racism-to-the-thanksgiving-?sc=18&f=1001



Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run
Libraries

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-lost-languages-found-manuscripts-egyptian-monastery-180964698/



Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade just featured a native land acknowledgment

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/us/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-land-acknowledgment-trnd/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-11-26T21%3A32%3A02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN



Archaeologists May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of the Disappearance of
Roanoke’s Lost Colony

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-mystery-lost-roanoke-lost-colony-1921594?utm_content=buffer69c36&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR0rsyQcQAVdz3-6Ay_A_g067h6aQLz3ZQFc2x4eArJtID1h-PS7tHFav2Y



Iraq’s cultural heritage negatively impacted by sectarian politics experts
say

https://amp.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/iraq-s-cultural-heritage-negatively-impacted-by-sectarian-politics-experts-say-1.1117905?s=09



Educators And Native Leaders Recommend Bringing Anti-Racism To The
Thanksgiving Table

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/938237004/educators-and-native-leaders-recommend-bringing-anti-racism-to-the-thanksgiving-?utm_content=buffer5c84d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09



On 88 acres of self-governed land in Tennessee, a dream deferred for
Choctaw people comes true

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/6419821002?__twitter_impression=true&s=09



Human remains found on Vancouver Island have opened a door into a lost world

https://www.macleans.ca/news/human-remains-found-on-vancouver-island-have-opened-a-door-into-a-lost-world/



New light shed on polar explorer's last hours

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-polar-explorer-hours.html



Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here's what
happened.

https://www.livescience.com/thanksgiving-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic.html



400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/400-years-ago-visitors-painted-cave-took-hallucinogens/



Secrets of the ‘lost crops’ revealed where bison roam

https://source.wustl.edu/2020/11/secrets-of-the-lost-crops-revealed-where-bison-roam/



How medieval Christian ideology changed the Polish environment forever –
new study

https://theconversation.com/how-medieval-christian-ideology-changed-the-polish-environment-forever-new-study-150324



Geoscientists discover Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New
Mexico lava tubes

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-geoscientists-ancestral-puebloans-survived-ice.html



To Reach the Gods

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/401-2011/digs/9114-digs-greece-healing-sanctuaries



The Silk Road Was More Than a Vast Trade Route

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-silk-road-was-more-than-a-vast-trade-route

*Archaeology*



How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-archaeology-cnn.html?s=09#click=https://t.co/pFCDnuMzmh



Tour a lost stone circle on the Isle of Lewis that has not been seen for
4,000 years
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/tour-lost-stone-circle-isle-lewis-has-not-been-seen-4000-years-3040292


Shipwreck revealed as waves erode sand from Crescent Beach

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/shipwreck-revealed-as-waves-erode-sand-from-crescent-beach/77-522bd594-e0bc-40c2-ab4d-d8a46fa0bf3f



A Record of Horseback Riding, Written in Bone and Teeth

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/science/horses-china-archaeology.html?referringSource=articleShare



Facebook is deleting evidence of war crimes, researchers say

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/11/25/21664951/facebook-ban-stolen-artifacts-aids-criminal-organizations?__twitter_impression=true&s=09



Why Scholars, Cultural Institutions Are Calling to Protect Armenian Heritage

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/metropolitan-museum-scholars-call-protection-cultural-heritage-nagorno-karabakh-180976364/?s=09



Melting ice patch in Norway reveals large collection of ancient arrows

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ice-patch-norway-reveals-large.html



Mythological masks unearthed in Turkey’s ancient city of Stratonikeia

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mythological-masks-unearthed-in-turkeys-ancient-city-of-stratonikeia/news



Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its
Public Debut

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/hegra-ancient-city-saudi-arabia-untouched-for-millennia-makes-its-public-debut-180976361/



Scientists find 2,600 year-old earthenware coated with carbon nanotubes in
Tamil Nadu

https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/scientists-discover-2-600-year-old-earthenware-coated-with-carbon-nanotubes-in-tamil-nadu/story-SdaPFZLfas1bFnFlSPkfdO.html



Bodies of rich man and slave discovered within Pompeii ruins

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/europe/pompeii-rich-man-slave-bodies-scli-intl/index.html



Students discover hidden 15th-century text on medieval manuscripts

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-students-hidden-15th-century-text-medieval.html



Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/wsu-abm112520.php



Rebuilding Notre Dame will be incredibly hard

https://www.livescience.com/documentary-rebuilding-notre-dame-cathedral.html

*Egyptology*



These mysterious Egyptian head cones actually existed, grave find reveals

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/these-mysterious-egyptian-head-cones-actually-existed-grave-find-reveals?utm_campaign=ACohen&utm_source=AAAS&utm_medium=Twitter



Ancient Egyptian temple reveals previously unknown star constellations

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-star-constellations.html



X-ray diffraction reveals details inside mummies without having to open
them up

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-x-ray-diffraction-reveals-mummies.html



Looted Ancient Egyptian Carving Repatriated

https://www.archaeology.org/news/9234-201125-egypt-looting-smuggling

*General Science*



Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies,
and new paradigm shifts

*https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/scp-t6w112520.php
<https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/scp-t6w112520.php>*



Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in architecture

*https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-exploring-artificial-intelligence-architecture.html
<https://techxplore.com/news/2020-11-exploring-artificial-intelligence-architecture.html>*

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*



Scientists Discover Outer Space Isn't Pitch-Black After All

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936219170/scientists-discover-outer-space-isnt-pitch-black-after-all?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR26LHlVTOXkFAbmbp_50JFT6PpKyHZ6a2R6fDbVYYUWb7sYrtzEUt54CA8



World-Renowned Arecibo Radio Telescope Set To Be Dismantled

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/936677582/world-renowned-arecibo-telescope-set-to-be-dismantled?sc=18&f=1001



The Space Force Is Now in Charge of the Secret X-37B Space Plane

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/05/space-force-now-charge-of-secret-x-37b-space-plane.html



Scientists claim controversial results of comets observations are consistent

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/fefu-scc112520.php



Is Space Mining the Eco-Friendly Choice?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/is-space-mining-the-eco-friendly-choice



First Evidence of a Recently Active Volcano on Mars

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/first-evidence-of-a-recently-active-volcano-on-mars



The case of the missing dark matter: new suspect found in galactic mystery

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-case-dark-galactic-mystery.html



Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-japan-spacecraft-asteroid-soil-samples.html



New transient ultraluminous X-ray source detected in the galaxy NGC 7090

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-transient-ultraluminous-x-ray-source-galaxy.html



What was early Earth like? Almost like Venus, research shows

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-early-earth-venus.html



Earth faster, closer to black hole in new map of galaxy

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-earth-faster-closer-black-hole.html

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit To Controversial Alaska Gold Mine

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/939010891/army-corps-of-engineers-denies-permit-to-controversial-alaska-gold-mine?sc=18&f=1001



Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-physicists-circuit-limitless-power-graphene.html



Our Thanksgiving Menu has Lost a Few Crops

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2020/11/24/our-thanksgiving-menu-has-lost-few-crops/



Microbes help unlock phosphorus for plant growth

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uow-mhu112420.php



Satellite images confirm uneven impact of climate change

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/fos--sic112520.php



Global collaboration is unlocking wheat's genetic potential

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ksu-gci112420.php



Even Mount Everest, the World’s Tallest Peak, Can’t Escape Microplastics

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/even-mount-everest-facing-microplastic-pollution-new-study-finds-180976389/



America’s Marine Sanctuaries

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-national-marine-sanctuaries-are-another-americas-best-ideas-180976298/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*



A Geneticist’s Dilemma

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/11/23/many-scientists-believe-that-dna-holds-cure-disease-that-poses-problem-some-native-americans/?arc404=true&utm_content=buffercec2a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
  Psychedelics as health and wellness aid? Not a hallucination
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/psychedelics-health-wellness-aid-not-hallucination-n1247631



Sound waves power new advances in drug delivery and smart materials

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ru-swp112320.php



Can we harness a plant's ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/cifs-cwh112420.php



Scientists reveal regions of the brain where serotonin promotes patience

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/oios-srr112420.php



How Do Octopuses Experience the World?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-do-octopuses-experience-the-world



It's not too late to save 102 species at risk of extinction

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-late-species-extinction.html

*Other*



Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55056570



We are approaching the fastest, deepest, most consequential technological
disruption in history

https://www.fastcompany.com/90559711/we-are-approaching-the-fastest-deepest-most-consequential-technological-disruption-in-history



Was the mysterious object that fell from the sky onto the Navajo Nation
from outer space? Or is there a more earthly explanation?

https://amp.azcentral.com/amp/6343676002?__twitter_impression=true&s=09

Additional Informational



Mystery at Mound F, Harappa

https://www.harappa.com/slideshows/mystery-mound-f-harappa



Museum Association of NY Announces Museum Partners for Building Capacity,
Creating Sustainability, Growing Accessibility

https://nysmuseums.org/MANYnews/9384191?s=09



A Walk-Through Lothal

https://www.harappa.com/slideshows/walk-through-lothal



The Astronomical Context of the Archaeology and Architecture of the Chacoan
Culture

https://www.academia.edu/3200419/The_Astronomical_Context_of_the_Archaeology_and_Architecture_of_the_Chacoan_Culture



"This is Where Our People Are": Reflections on Plymouth 400
<https://facingtoday.facinghistory.org/this-is-where-our-people-are-reflections-on-plymouth-400>

https://facingtoday.facinghistory.org/this-is-where-our-people-are-reflections-on-plymouth-400?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=organic



TED Talk, India’s Historic Opportunity to Industrialize using Clean Energy

https://www.ted.com/talks/varun_sivaram_india_s_historic_opportunity_to_industrialize_using_clean_energy?utm_content=2020-11-16&utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=social&s=09



Harappan Chimaeras as ‘Symbolic Hypertexts’. Some Thoughts on Plato,
Chimaera and the Indus Civilization

https://www.harappa.com/content/harappan-chimaeras



Middle Stone Age Populations Repeatedly Occupied West African Coast

https://www.shh.mpg.de/1911161/middle-stone-age-populations-repeatedly-occupied-west-african-coast?c=1606725



TED Talk, Could we harness the power of a Blackhole?

https://www.ted.com/talks/fabio_pacucci_could_we_harness_the_power_of_a_black_hole?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=2020-11-14



The Indus Script: Origins, Use and Disappearance

https://www.harappa.com/content/indus-script-origins-use-and-disappearance



National Parks Conservation Association, Final Words

https://www.npca.org/articles/2674-final-words?s=09



PBS Nova, Saving Notre Dame- Video

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/saving-notre-dame/?s=09



Cereal, Olive & Vine Pollen Reveal Market Integration in Ancient Greece

https://www.shh.mpg.de/1912178/market-integration-in-ancient-greece?c=1606725
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