[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 2-12-21

[Steve Detwiler]

*Weekly Science Report*

*February 12, 2021*



*“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
world.”*

Nelson Mandela




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*



Ancient Jersey teeth find hints at Neanderthal mixing

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55882130



Ancient human species made ‘last stand’ 100,000 years ago on Indonesian
island

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/ancient-human-species-made-last-stand-100000-years-ago-indonesian-island?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook



Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/conch-shell-in-french-museum-found-to-be-17000-year-old-wind-instrument?fbclid=IwAR3e0-H2gQyvtu8C1Ob3g_Tla0v_ni5H9N86aHc299QKygIReDK0jdKxpk0



'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints About Human Evolution

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/12/966470891/minibrains-with-a-neanderthal-gene-offer-hints-about-human-evolution



Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-nah020921.php



On the origin of our species

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-oto020821.php



CO2 dip may have helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/eiac-cdm021021.php



Enormous ancient fish fossil discovered in search of pterodactyl remains

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-enormous-ancient-fish-fossil-pterodactyl.html



Why Did Ancient Indigenous Groups in Brazil Hunt Sharks?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-indigenous-groups-brazil-hunted-sharks-food-and-arm-weapons-180976941/













*History*



Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55648011?fbclid=IwAR1Mh4C_1nMbc-IZnCbiVKnfKfTixWnnVjCUni24TXG-syVmh2wHsjiG4wI



Stolen 500-year-old painting found in Naples cupboard

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55719685



*How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack*

https://theconversation.com/how-history-textbooks-will-deal-with-the-us-capitol-attack-153112



'Where is our humanity?': A Minnesota man is on a mission to keep Native
burial customs alive during the pandemic

https://www.startribune.com/where-is-our-humanity-a-minnesota-man-is-on-a-mission-to-keep-native-burial-customs-alive-during-the/600017108/?refresh=true&utm_content=buffer80ee2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09



Azerbaijan refuses to hand over 1,500 artworks after seizing 'cultural
capital' in Nagorno-Karabakh

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/azerbaijan-refuses-to-hand-over-1-500-artworks-to-armenia-backed-artsakh-government



Relatives of Manson 'family' murder victims outraged by DA's new policy

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/relatives-manson-family-murder-victims-outraged-da-s-new-policy-n1256183



'Misha and the Wolves' is a stranger-than-fiction documentary about a
woman's Holocaust story

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4332128001?__twitter_impression=true&s=09



Home Of Emmett Till Earns Landmark Designation In Chicago

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961915600/home-of-emmett-till-earns-landmark-designation-in-chicago?sc=18&f=1001



He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html?referringSource=articleShare



Florida tribes ‘deeply appalled’ by wetlands deal

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/florida-tribes-deeply-appalled-by-wetlands-deal-np01VSm7e0y9dwQA3prcKQ



'Blackbird' Sung In Mi'kmaq Seeks To Raise Awareness Of Indigenous Language

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/22/blackbird-mikmaq-indigenous-language



Dr. William Good, who battled Nazis in Poland, dies of COVID-19

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-26/dr-william-good-who-battled-nazis-in-poland-dies-of-covid-19



Nez Perce Tribe reclaims 148 acres of ancestral land in Eastern Oregon

https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/25/nez-perce-tribe-eastern-oregon-reclaims-ancestral-land/









Invaders nearly wiped out Caribbean’s first people long before Spanish
came, DNA reveals

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/12/invaders-nearly-wiped-out-caribbeans-first-people-long-before-spanish-came-dna-reveals/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201223history-caribbeanmigrants::rid=&sf241410331=1



Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder in Nazi Camp

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/europe/germany-nazi-secretary-Irmgard.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR2KEdovKa-DtPoBRtoMGfev-CQsB4ngS2pA_ATYjs99P_nZJYVcpLd9LWk



Christopher Plummer, actor of 'The Sound of Music' fame, dies at 91

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/celebrated-actor-christopher-plummer-dead-91-n1256883?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3-Oy7zu8Gi8Fg9nNYpKXjv_gox6wfWjUCMRruwRqolBwtUccWyNZH7NhQ



International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Wednesday. Why one Palm Beach
County man is speaking out.

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2021/01/26/holocaust-remembrance-day-wednesday-why-one-county-man-speaking-out/4254556001/?fbclid=IwAR3PA7zvSCldWJr1vR3wbRkTKhiXLO5EbBU3cjkHncCri1uI79i-ZmXrHAk



How the “Arduous March” created North Korea’s antique trade

https://www.nknews.org/2017/01/how-the-arduous-march-created-north-koreas-antique-trade/?s=09



Pope Francis appoints first woman to the Synod of Bishops

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-55966178?__twitter_impression=true&s=09



Armenian side expects UN’s support in preserving Artsakh's
historical-culture heritage

https://armenpress.am/eng/amp/1042843?__twitter_impression=true&s=09



Disease epidemic possibly caused population collapse in Central Africa
1600-1400 years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/gu-dep020421.php



Why Did Greenland's Norse Colonies Mysteriously Vanish? Walrus Bones Hold
the Clues

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-did-greenlands-norse-colonies-mysteriously-vanish-walrus-bones-hold-the



European beads found in Alaska predate Columbus, controversial study claims

https://www.livescience.com/blue-glass-beads-predate-columbus-in-alaska.html



King Richard III had the 'Princes in the Tower' murdered, historian finds

https://www.livescience.com/richard-iii-nephew-murders.html











*Archaeology*



Treasure Hunter Pleads Guilty to Digging in Yellowstone

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/yellowstone-treasure-utah-man-guilty.html



The stunning — and sacred — lands of Utah's Bears Ears could soon be
protected again

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-stunning-and-sacred-lands-of-utahs-bears-ears-could-soon-be-protected?utm_content=buffer46b98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&s=09



The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/07/harvard-study-reveals-ancient-mesoamericans-knowledge-about-earths-magnetism/



Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Ancient Church Built on the Site Believed
to Have Hosted the Last Supper

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-church-jerusalem-1933579



Cleaning Notre Dame 'With Light': Expert Says Lasers Will Help Restore
Cathedral To Former Glory

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/12/21/notre-dame-cathedral-lasers?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com



Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and
traces of 2,000-year-old street food

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/26/europe/pompeii-shop-archaeology-intl/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-12-26T17%3A00%3A28&utm_medium=social



In Mexico, amateur find of ancient 'goddess' stirs calls for more research

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-archaeology-idUSKBN29Y0HN



Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56029203



Beleagured Babylon: The battle to save a wonder of the ancient world

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-babylon-iraq-archaeology-b1799289.html



Erosion Reveals Possible Neolithic Village Site in Scotland

https://www.archaeology.org/news/9469-210212-orkney-neolithic-erosion



Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years
making fertile to protect it

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoe-aaf020921.php



Bones of St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles, belong to someone
else

https://www.livescience.com/st-james-relic-someone-else.html









*Egyptology*



Museum of Bible Returns 5,000 Artifacts With “Insufficient” Provenance to
Egypt

https://hyperallergic.com/617929/museum-of-bible-returns-5000-artifacts-with-insufficient-provenance-to-egypt/



Who was Hatshepsut?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/hatshepsut/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20201228history-resurfhatshepsut::rid=&sf241389092=1











*General Science*



Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami
at ancient Tel Dor, Israel
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-evidence-massive-paleo-tsunami-ancient-tel.html



Female physicist invents new fusion rocket that could take the first humans
to Mars 10 TIMES faster than space-proven thrusters

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9202081/Female-physicist-invents-new-fusion-rocket-humans-Mars.html?ito=social-facebook



Discovery of stars sheds new light on dark matter and galactic cannibalism

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/01/discovery-of-outer-stars-of-dwarf-galaxy-sheds-new-light-on-dark-matter?fbclid=IwAR2CviG-Yevds8BEW2zZhiMj923pAnnbMDUU124TjLX-bWQo0FAkvvwgbbo



NASA NG-15 Cygnus Cargo Ship Named After Mathematician Katherine
Johnson—Launch Date, and MORE!

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256591/20210201/nasa-ng-15-cygnus-cargo-ship-named-mathematecian-katherine-johnson%E2%80%94launch.htm



Astronomers Discover Mysterious Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-mysterious-radio-signal-proxima-centauri-180976602/



First photo of a black hole supports Einstein's theory of relativity

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/02/world/einstein-black-hole-shadow-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_content=2020-12-25T08%3A01%3A05&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social



Mars set for visits from UAE, China and U.S. spacecraft

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mars-set-visits-uae-china-u-s-spacecraft-n1257126
  First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-humans-tasmania-spectacular-auroras.html



The comet that killed the dinosaurs

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/hu-tct021221.php



Melting dusty ice may have carved Martian gullies

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-dusty-ice-martian-gullies.html





*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*



Denmark to build 'first energy island' in North Sea

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55931873?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=35D56518-6769-11EB-92D5-1BC24744363C&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64



World's biggest battery with 1,200MW capacity set to be built in NSW Hunter
Valley

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/05/worlds-biggest-battery-with-1200mw-capacity-set-to-be-built-in-nsw-hunter-valley-australia?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco



General Motors Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961777665/general-motors-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040?sc=18&f=1001



THESE CONSERVATION STORIES PROVE 2020 WAS NOT ALL BAD NEWS

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-conservation-storeis-prove-2020-was-not-all-bad-news-180976512/



Converting to Geothermal Energy May Help Save the Planet

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/converting-to-geothermal-energy-may-help-save-the-planet



Corn belt farmland has lost a third of its carbon-rich soil

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoma-cbf021221.php



The keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-keys-major-boost-hybrid-wheat.html











*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Infectious disease
detectives: Researchers track and analyze smallpox epidemics over three
centuries
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/infectious-disease-detectives-researchers-track-and-analyze-smallpox-epidemics-over-three-centuries/



SpaceX flight gives St. Jude hospital a cosmic funding boost

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-88ce8fb3a186304ed7eeb0e3c4d3a0c5



Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-ice/



Manatee spotted in Florida river with ‘Trump’ etched into its back

https://www.wapt.com/article/trump-manatee-florida/35183373#
<https://www.wapt.com/article/trump-manatee-florida/35183373>



Mass die-off of birds in south-western US 'caused by starvation'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/26/mass-die-off-of-birds-in-south-western-us-caused-by-starvation-aoe?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1608983730



Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future
treatments and medicines

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--ttc021121.php



New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--nsp021221.php



A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-ama021221.php



New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/miot-nsm021221.php



Whales’ Long, Loud Calls Reveal Structure beneath Ocean Floor

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whales-long-loud-calls-reveal-structure-beneath-ocean-floor/







*Other*



Citizen science is booming during the pandemic

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/22177247/citizen-science-amateur-backyard-birding-astronomy-covid-pandemic?s=09



Leaked Government Photo Shows ‘Motionless, Cube-Shaped’ UFO

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a34908126/leaked-ufo-photo-motionless-cube-shaped-object/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&fbclid=IwAR3mjeRzy0H1spuzH3QzhfbboRmtI-OAbMue5-IMqWXjqQx9UwKvmpU-rzU



Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, only one-third of
academic jobs

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mu-ggw021121.php

























Additional Informational



Unearthing History: 2021 Virtual History Series, March 4 to October 7

https://www.avonctlibrary.info/2021/01/23/unearthing-history-2021-virtual-history-series/?fbclid=IwAR275BNSStfLVt1Bv-Xvz3FtMjad47FFG_k_9nvadH9TwR1UoMYr5vpzBH8



Holocaust Encyclopedia, Martin Niemöller’

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists?parent=en%2F10764&gclid=Cj0KCQiAx9mABhD0ARIsAEfpavTw4VuqkevHsE0ASCHrDMZBTR6_9FcUAwwzUbV-lBNmlXEbRBYB5TgaAobQEALw_wcB
’’



Holocaust Encyclopedia, GENOCIDE OF EUROPEAN ROMA (GYPSIES), 1939–1945

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/genocide-of-european-roma-gypsies-1939-1945?utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=otd&utm_content=deportationofromatoauschwitzbegins20210129



NACCHO Book Review: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical
Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

https://jphmpdirect.com/2021/01/07/naccho-book-review-medical-apartheid-the-dark-history/amp/?s=09



NASA Mars Perseverance Website

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/



Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation
from Space Report

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24938/thriving-on-our-changing-planet-a-decadal-strategy-for-earth?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=eb0b84fc-085c-476d-b3a7-7ae13610f2c7&utm_campaign=General



Future of U.S. Science Policy, Legacy of Science: The Endless Frontier
Discussed in New Publication

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/12/future-of-us-science-policy-legacy-of-science-the-endless-frontier-discussed-in-new-publication?utm_source=Paid-Campaign&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Frontiers&fbclid=IwAR1vO7RUNHpHOmxhcAnG7vDQVv-_iSVlBTLdpK3nQHtOTlMjxQt7Gedff8I



Tribally-driven Bison Restoration Comes to the Glacier/Waterton World
Heritage Site Webinar, Feb 25

https://usicomos.org/webinars/?s=09



Working through the Past: German Efforts to Face Their Nazi History
Webinar, Feb 23

https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/vemeyerhoffdig0221?fbclid=IwAR0tliqRliKCRwFXsHc0btBtsV-CM-0gwFKoM4wdUx4SnzRKmvFM0q3QfnU



Coalition Supports Rep. Haaland for Secretary of the Interior

https://heritagecoalition.org/coalition-supports-rep-haaland-for-secretary-of-the-interior/?fbclid=IwAR0kvswq8zwkol3zvQzzm1ry1zrW_TOyBAQW7nKQrc_V2EWV-2G0QSOMPoQ



Protecting Cliff Dwellings from Wildfire

https://www.nps.gov/articles/protecting-cliff-dwellings-from-wildfire.htm?utm_source=article&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=experience_more&utm_content=large



TED Talks, a Concrete idea to reduce Carbon Emissions- Video

https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_scrivener_a_concrete_idea_to_reduce_carbon_emissions?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-2-08&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3WoVHzSy97wSToK_0M_l-DOsVefnEIZs3Xg83foN00IUx-SuMpSmIGlrY



Archives, Libraries and Museums, Cleaning and Disinfection Considerations
Guide

https://www.oclc.org/realm/resources/cleaning-considerations.html



Online Holocaust Denial Report Card: An Investigation of Online Platforms'
Policies and Enforcement

https://www.adl.org/holocaust-denial-report-card



SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to York Theatre Company

https://www2.archivists.org/news/2021/saa-foundation-awards-disaster-recovery-grant-to-york-theatre-company



National Endowment for the Arts, New Grant Spotlight: The pARTners Project

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2021/new-grant-spotlight-partners-project?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=partnersproject_BLOG_TW&s=09



February 2021 AOM: Tayos: The Exploratory Saga Of The Most Fantastic Caves

https://grahamhancock.com/chionettia1/



Protect the Facts Campaign

https://www.againstholocaustdistortion.org/?fbclid=IwAR3cLB9UrIYc9JAQ79MSeWbYJpknJGjEAtc_sKRA-1N7wS0sRbZOk5YiHTo



American Institute for Conservation, On Intentional Destruction of Cultural
Heritage Sites Position Statement

https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/administration/governance/position-paper-on-intentional-destruction-of-cultural-heritage-sites.pdf



UNESCO research shows women career scientists still face gender bias

https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-research-shows-women-career-scientists-still-face-gender-bias



UNESCO: Protection of Cultural Property Introduction- Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL4kxuIyo7c
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