[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 4-22-22

Mon Apr 25 16:11:43 PDT 2022

*Weekly Science Report*

*April 22, 2022*

*“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify
the hunters.”*

African Proverb

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*

What was the agriculture like in southeast China in the Late Neolithic?

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-agriculture-southeast-china-late-neolithic.html

Ancient footprints in New Mexico raise questions about when humans
inhabited North America

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ancient-footprints-in-new-mexico-raise-questions-about-when-humans-inhabited-north-america?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a0f3e2cfb4f42e0a&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-theories-earlier-human-americas.html

Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-civilization.html?fbclid=IwAR3tRF0QkON36_oVMXmNsIMJY1uEvOBDcU-klt_4xXjcJnSUIlKTnD4GrU8

Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in
North Pacific Ocean

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-reveals-human-driven-distinctive-foraging-patterns.html?fbclid=IwAR0bieyFPPSotyc_5-N1PaehhHTMiLkzparLPDlxGQOI0bnDY1q5kCeon54

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs review: A must-read reconstruction
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433833-100-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-review-a-must-read-reconstruction/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1dNo58ini5k9w5j5g7jYWoUIh8rcnZGhaAttkYR75b3wC2iQJdXahkXJY#Echobox=1650560392

New computer predictive model is useful in identifying ancient
hunter-gatherer sites

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-ancient-hunter-gatherer-sites.html

How archery was vital to the survival of early humans

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/16/how-archery-was-vital-to-the-survival-of-early-humans?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1650115701

Pterosaur fossil suggests feathers may have evolved long before flight
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2316700-pterosaur-fossil-suggests-feathers-may-have-evolved-long-before-flight/#Echobox=1650471639

A population hub out of Africa explains East Asian lineages in Europe
45,000 years ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/948948

First European farmers' heights did not meet expectations

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-european-farmers-heights.html

Researchers find genetic 'fingerprints' of ancient migrations in modern-day
United Arab Emirates

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/researchers-find-genetic-fingerprints-of-ancient-migrations-in-modern-day-united-arab-emirates-1

Chemical traces in ancient West African pots show a diet rich in plants

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-chemical-ancient-west-african-pots.html

Prehistoric people created art by firelight, new research reveals

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/949708#:~:text=Our%20early%20ancestors%20probably%20created,unearthed%20in%20France%20has%20revealed.&text=by%2F4.0%2F)-,Our%20early%20ancestors%20probably%20created%20intricate%20artwork%20by%20firelight%2C%20an,unearthed%20in%20France%20has%20revealed
.

What Did Neanderthals Evolve From?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-did-neanderthals-evolve-from

Friendship ornaments from the Stone Age

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950686

*History*

Cherokee Nation Members Can Now Gather Plants on National Park Land

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cherokee-nation-members-can-now-gather-plants-on-national-park-land-180979965/

Mimi Reinhard, who typed up Schindler’s list, dies at 107

https://apnews.com/article/business-israel-middle-east-steven-spielberg-poland-c1efdb74160288ae7caacffdfa806b38?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1dpHr5LY8viAVeT3cRrJU3yC6SJ08ZbKfRn_iNi_PJmC1C8hHRy4zV73Q&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a5de78d4e7093a5a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Museums turn to immersive tech to preserve the stories of aging Holocaust
survivors

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/10/1089652445/museums-turn-to-immersive-tech-to-preserve-the-stories-of-aging-holocaust-surviv?sc=18&f=1001

Who was Ibn Rushd? The 'bridge' between Islamic and western philosophy

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/ibn-rushd-islamic-western-philosophy-bridge?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_58t41ts73s&fbclid=IwAR1HgU4GK_9r6gz9nhdgHoUMi81kszh9XGcSMXPfqXYDjh8475lsbVi4Th8

BURYING A BURNING

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/mississippi-civil-rights-murders/629367/?fbclid=IwAR0BERN2zLe3-mYPPel02l-dU-iKZdnkJZmLidCCjwAJmZVGA7hWbNcLoCI

Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/worry-less-about-crumbling-roads-more-about-crumbling-libraries/570721/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0COOsw46XyYuEL5sNKh-CLa6h5Ri4T95cbm8BAHA4bHg4CCe1jOrEDPF0

Holocaust Survivors Ask Israel Museum to Return One-of-a-Kind Haggadah

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/holocaust-survivors-sue-israel-museum-haggadah-180979928/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0_4LMTP-aOVYG6NL3OESgW7cG3Lwdx2dzBRYtqPKQoTiMLbVis_1rqTf4

The Gruesome Story of Hannah Duston, Whose Slaying of Indians Made Her an
American Folk “Hero”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gruesome-story-hannah-duston-american-colonist-whose-slaying-indians-made-her-folk-hero-180968721/

Discovery sheds light on why Pacific islands were colonized

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-discovery-pacific-islands-colonised.html

Scientists find evidence for biggest earthquake in human history

https://www.livescience.com/biggest-earthquake-found-chile

Digging Up the History of the Nuclear Fallout Shelter

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/digging-up-the-history-of-the-nuclear-fallout-shelter-180979956/

How Yellow Fever Intensified Racial Inequality in 19th-Century New Orleans

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-yellow-fever-intensified-racial-inequality-in-19th-century-new-orleans-180979934/

*Archaeology*

Fragment of Oldest-Known Maya Calendar Discovered in Guatemalan Pyramid

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-known-mayan-calendar-found-inside-guatemalan-pyramid-180979933/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2aHY6_frzlzxRNjaU5ozZ2YEEtfCR8lnN_2vssD5GiVlaFOBKohiE09tI

An Archaeology Institute Is Fighting the British Museum, Demanding Access
to Make Digital Scans of the Parthenon Marbles

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/institute-of-digital-archaeology-2096277/amp-page#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16500299893276&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

The Last Wild Lions of Europe

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/lions-europe/

Church of the Holy Sepulchre’s ancient altar rediscovered, researchers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/church-holy-sepulchres-ancient-altar-rediscovered-researchers-say-rcna24347?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2DCVnzd6G9NrDgwHNOzWVPrqNf5d4YavF1YGlGqAdYk3al4WDlyyGOOKM&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=af561d55a5055b29&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation2-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/15/iraq-ancient-buildings-destroyed-by-climate-change-salt-sandstorms?CMP=share_btn_tw&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=afe0abdeb3a4135e&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

‘Recovering Ancient Spiro’: Remembering one of Native America’s most
forgotten but important sites

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/recovering-ancient-spiro-remembering-one-of-native-americas-most-forgotten-but-important-sites/

Australia’s Oldest-Known Human Remains Will Be Reburied in the Outback

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australias-oldest-known-human-remains-will-be-reburied-in-outback-180979895/

Ancient people in India may have buried their dead in giant stone jars

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-stone-jars-i

World's first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, 'started up' in 178
B.C., scientists claim
https://www.livescience.com/antikythera-mechanism-start-date-found

Possible Royal Graves Dated to the Time of King Arthur Found in Great
Britain

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/possible-royal-graves-dated-to-the-time-of-king-arthur-found-in-great-britain-180979927/

UGA study shows resilience of early coastal communities in Georgia
https://research.uga.edu/news/uga-study-shows-resilience-of-early-coastal-communities-in-georgia/

Ancient skeletons reveal the history of worm parasites in Britain

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950215

Old City Construction Crews Find Old Shipyard, Artifacts Potentially Dating
Back To William Penn

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/04/21/old-city-construction-crews-find-old-shipyard-artifacts-potentially-dating-back-to-william-penn/

1,700-year-old sandal found on a remote mountain in Norway

https://www.livescience.com/iron-age-sandal-mountain-norway

Terahertz imaging reveals hidden inscription on early modern funerary cross

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-terahertz-imaging-reveals-hidden-inscription.html

*Egyptology*

*Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian
civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan*

https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575

Ancient Roman pottery workshop discovered in Egypt

https://www.livescience.com/pottery-workshop-discovered-ancient-egypt

The Treasurer's Tomb

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/459-2203/digs/10341-digs-egypt-treasurer-tomb

Egypt: Ruins of ancient temple for Zeus unearthed in Sinai

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-egypt-ancient-temple-zeus-unearthed.html

*General Science*

Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysteries

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computing?utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=wired&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab448014337e70ec&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

UK hosts 'world's first' hub for drones, future flying taxis

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-uk-hosts-world-hub-drones.html

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*

NASA’s astronauts aren’t ready for deep space
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/14/nasa-artemis-moon-explorer-astronauts-00025099

NASA advisers call for a visit to Uranus, plus more science during moon
landings

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093361091/nasa-advisors-call-for-a-visit-to-uranus-plus-more-science-during-moon-landings

Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315418-particle-physics-could-be-rewritten-after-shock-w-boson-measurement/#Echobox=1649429240-1

U.S. Space Command confirms interstellar meteor hit Earth

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-interstellar-meteor-to-hit-earth-solar-system-space-command/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=161009348&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_paramstabida8a288f64bb371fastart_with_session_counter3application_server_addressisolation1-us-west-2wssprodfireglass

Scientists come up with fresh take on moon mystery

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/11/world/far-near-sides-of-the-moon-difference-scn/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-04-12T06%3A00%3A36&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR1B0DH01abYAnIgcTZ_ngVVRySfE7dl09OJxYRm6e2p7iVazO_e5UPe4B4&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aabef5767fe3afea&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Women Are Creating a New Culture for Astronomy

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/women-are-creating-a-new-culture-for-astronomy/#Echobox=1649678800

New Tests Evaluate Mission Readiness of Astronauts Upon Landing

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-tests-evaluate-mission-readiness-of-astronauts-upon-landing

Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in
3.8-billion-year-old crystal

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-earliest-geochemical-evidence-plate-tectonics.html?fbclid=IwAR0gQGQAJrBIahNjKK2d7HGyphFhsU5Xa-3af0KOPYf7s-GUkXqfySbzwSk

China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01025-2#Echobox=1649880190

Scientists model landscape formation on Titan, revealing an Earth-like
alien world

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950644

Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-parallel-timelines.html

Europe Cancels Joint Moon Missions with Russia

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/europe-cancels-joint-moon-missions-with-russia/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

*The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide*

https://theconversation.com/the-information-age-is-starting-to-transform-fishing-worldwide-179352

New study suggests wildlife may be answer to phosphorus crisis

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-wildlife-phosphorus-crisis.html?fbclid=IwAR0uT2QfzMOCw4boqKR1gflNSL6uognUOuJPKObKHGOHIgzXdoBzbY6Gr-g

Students build a solar-powered greenhouse that produces 50% more energy
than it uses
<https://www.fastcompany.com/90736444/students-build-a-solar-powered-greenhouse-that-produces-50-more-energy-than-it-uses>

https://www.fastcompany.com/90736444/students-build-a-solar-powered-greenhouse-that-produces-50-more-energy-than-it-uses

Unesco names eight new geoparks as it marks 40th World Heritage Day

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/04/18/unesco-names-eight-new-geoparks-as-it-marks-40th-world-heritage-day/

Unesco launches emergency plan to save the world’s reefs

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/04/19/unesco-launches-emergency-plan-to-save-the-worlds-reefs/

This visionary inspired Amazon conservation—and a new Nat Geo expedition

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/perpetual-planet-this-visionary-inspired-amazon-conservation-and-a-new-nat-geo-expedition?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dps%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Dsp_Rolex%3Aadd%3Dfb20220422sp_rolex-amazonexpedition&kwp_0=2116206&kwp_4=6055029&kwp_1=2605963&fbclid=IwAR3RattRdWIxQCD2zDPjncfCD3PFEhJ3Ae4_XGM0SgvcDRNw5m0lHsJB_bQ

Over 1,000 scientists from around the world take to the streets in
week-long climate protests

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/3270236-over-1000-scientists-from-around-the-world-take-to-the-streets-in-week-long-climate-protests/?fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a417141e0f55acb9&start_with_session_counter=3&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950755

Cheaper hydrogen fuel cell could mean better green energy options

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cell-green.html

Antarctic Sea Ice Hit a Record Low; Now Scientists Think They Know Why

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-sea-ice-hit-a-record-low-now-scientists-think-they-know-why/

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*

Video shows dolphin attacking trainer during show at Miami Seaquarium

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin-attacks-trainer-miami-seaquarium-video/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=160915314&fbclid=IwAR1PAt1vVAsfV05J4mcoIj8PG54v2FuZhzKzmNG5Uuo8nnVrfXjO599y0Rw

Fernando Trujillo: Understanding the Amazon’s aquatic health through river
dolphins

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/article/fernando-trujillo-explorer-story?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20220414impact-exploreramazonfernandoEM22&linkId=160763743&fbclid=IwAR3wJkYaot91-kgu8bWgApJvNdX6pi9PzOyA0ixZgHFXFdKGZogy4m5BNLc&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=aacf90521e555c03&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Dolphin impaled with 'spear-like object' is found dead on Florida beach,
officials say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dolphin-impaled-spear-object-found-dead-florida-beach-officials-say-rcna24979?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR0t3E8sAFinTcT3RwNfvZElwrah4PyYEJeSTZEmnNQvuYRZyBfeyi8oVAc&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a49daf65ac0f9437&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass

Orca ecotype spotted at Bremer Bay off WA coast for first time

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-21/ecotype-killer-whales-spotted-bremer-bay/101003826

Dolphin stranded on Texas beach dies after crowd tries to ride the animal,
rescuers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/dolphin-stranded-texas-beach-dies-crowd-tries-ride-animal-rescuers-say-rcna24467?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a2fa75660b1b4c72&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-west-2.wss.prod.fire.glass

Using AI to detect cancer from patient data securely

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-ai-cancer-patient.html

*Other*

Nothing To report

Additional Informational

State of Michigan and National Park Service Announce Innovation Partnership
to Promote Accessibility to National Parks

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/mi-nps-accessibility-in-parks.htm

400 Years of African American History Commission to award $150,000 in
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Grants

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/ntf-grants-2022.htm

Atlantis 2021 - Lost continent discovered

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0918GD5HH?ref=em_1p_8_ti&ref_=pe_851800_632711010

TED Talk, My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead

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

National Park Service and Republic of Palau Announce Formal Partnership for
Sustainable Visitor Use and Tourism Planning

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/palau-partnership.htm

A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WHDDNGF?pd_rd_i=B08WHDDNGF&pd_rd_w=bLgCB&pf_rd_p=e87276dc-ecb8-4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pd_rd_r=b32185f3-e27b-4f6d-bce6-b2fe4c4c4a60&pd_rd_wg=szovr&ref_=pe_27745410_632569250_ssub

Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092QZBLN6?pd_rd_i=B092QZBLN6&pd_rd_w=bLgCB&pf_rd_p=e87276dc-ecb8-4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pd_rd_r=b32185f3-e27b-4f6d-bce6-b2fe4c4c4a60&pd_rd_wg=szovr&ref_=pe_27745410_632569250_ssub

Getting to the root of corn domestication; knowledge may help plant breeders

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/getting-root-corn-domestication-knowledge-may-help-plant-breeders/
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