[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 6-13-25

Sat Jun 14 13:35:39 PDT 2025

*Weekly Science Report*

*June 13, 2025*

*“It happened, and it can therefore happen again. Therein lies the core of
what we have to say.”*

Primo Levi, Auschwitz Survivor

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*

How scientists confirmed the existence of 200-million-year-old species
thought to be extinct

https://abcnews.go.com/US/scientists-confirmed-existence-200-million-year-species-thought/story?id=122773046

Anthropologists map Neanderthals' long and winding roads across Europe and
Eurasia

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-anthropologists-neanderthals-roads-europe-eurasia.html

Philippine islands had technologically advanced maritime culture 35,000
years ago, archaeologists discover

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-philippine-islands-technologically-advanced-maritime.html

Evidence of human habitation from up to 700,000 years ago found in Iran's
Qaleh Kurd cave

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857152#google_vignette

Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-teen-girl-years-cone-skull.html

Oldest known human fingerprint discovered on ancient Neanderthal artwork

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-oldest-human-fingerprint-ancient-neanderthal.html

Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden
links in our family tree

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/strange-pits-on-2-million-year-old-teeth-may-reveal-which-human-relatives-are-closely-related-to-each-other

14,000-year-old mummified ‘puppies’ weren’t dogs at all, new research shows

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/science/ice-age-wolf-pups

*History*

CIA releases 54 declassified documents related to RFK assassination

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-assassination-files-documents-cia-declassified/

This Exiled Romanov Princess Fled the Bloodshed of the Russian Revolution
and Reinvented Herself as a Fashion Icon

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-exiled-romanov-princess-fled-the-bloodshed-of-the-russian-revolution-and-reinvented-herself-as-a-fashion-icon-180986776/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories
at its sites

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429773/national-park-service-signs?utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR565AUM0W5Be7Z_FojwCtQJKlI-ib9-wluuFm9vs1CHGkGh30F10EgY-bfRgQ_aem_H3v8qIkxYWKRXlGllH0JuQ&sfnsn=mo

Stolen Paintings Linked to Retired Couple Who Supposedly Moonlighted as Art
Thieves Returned to New Mexico Museum After 40 Years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stolen-paintings-linked-to-retired-couple-who-supposedly-moonlighted-as-art-thieves-returned-to-new-mexico-after-40-years-180986765/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Tulsa’s new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921
Race Massacre

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/us/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-oklahoma?Date=20250602&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1748826180&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR61B4kvRHueghTD1NVhXYtDmdT6kp9__HN7fCSx2TihQHjNPC_UKeFdtsJ8rg_aem_VgHe_Tig5X83F9WRRV5vzA&sfnsn=mo

The Dead Sea Scrolls Changed Our Understanding of the Bible. Could Some of
Them Be Even Older Than We Thought?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-dead-sea-scrolls-changed-our-understanding-of-the-bible-could-some-of-them-be-even-older-than-we-thought-180986746/

Medieval murder: Records suggest vengeful noblewoman had priest
assassinated in 688-year-old cold case

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-medieval-vengeful-noblewoman-priest-assassinated.html

'Lost Colony' of Roanoke may have assimilated into Indigenous society,
archaeologist claims — but not everyone is convinced

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lost-colony-of-roanoke-may-have-assimilated-into-indigenous-society-archaeologist-claims-but-not-everyone-is-convinced

Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania's role
in Mediterranean globalization

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-terracotta-pieces-ideas-carpetania-role.html

Did China’s first emperor send expedition west in quest for ‘elixir of
life’?

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3313846/did-chinas-first-emperor-send-expedition-towards-west-quest-elixir-life

Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence
unsettles a nation’s founding myth

https://theconversation.com/were-the-first-kings-of-poland-actually-from-scotland-new-dna-evidence-unsettles-a-nations-founding-myth-258579

*Archaeology*

Yemen’s Al-Qahira Castle Survived Centuries of War and Neglect. Can It
Survive Its Own Restoration?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/yemens-al-qahira-castle-survived-centuries-of-war-and-neglect-can-it-survive-its-own-restoration-180986777/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Israel Portrays an Epic Drinking Contest
Between the God Dionysus and the Mythical Hero Hercules

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-israel-portrays-an-epic-drinking-contest-between-the-god-dionysus-and-the-mythical-hero-hercules-180986785/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Archaeologists Stumble Onto Sprawling Ancient Roman Villa During
Construction of a Road in France

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-stumble-onto-sprawling-ancient-roman-villa-during-construction-road-in-france-180986800/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Historians Set the Record Straight on This Misidentified 155-Year-Old
Shipwreck in Lake Michigan

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-set-the-record-straight-on-this-misidentified-155-year-old-shipwreck-in-lake-michigan-180986752/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Retiree Uncovers Wooden Artifact 2,000 Years Older Than Stonehenge

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-wood-artifact-in-britain-dates-back-to-neolithic-era-180982323/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=6112025&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6nFRm20BpYaRLVki6E5fLtx51wMBQayzQDTWZ3TjYKUeWPlY_ral7q-vRI6Q_aem_202Mn4LgBsF_nCH55vCpQQ&sfnsn=mo

Massive Fields Where Native American Farmers Grew Corn, Beans and Squash
1,000 Years Ago Discovered in Michigan

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Lost civilisation discovered beneath the Indian ocean could  ..

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/lost-civilisation-discovered-beneath-the-indian-ocean-could-be-older-than-the-harrappan-civilisation/articleshow/121395176.cms

Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious
Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andes

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-more-than-100-structures-linked-to-a-mysterious-pre-hispanic-civilization-in-the-remote-peruvian-andes-180986740/

3 ancient Maya cities discovered in Guatemala, 1 with an 'astronomical
complex' likely used for predicting solstices

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-ancient-maya-cities-discovered-in-guatemala-1-with-an-astronomical-complex-likely-used-for-predicting-solstices

A turning point in the Bronze Age: Study reveals diet and social
transformation in Central Europe around 1500 BC

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-bronze-age-reveals-diet-social.html

Lead isotope analysis debunks legend of Dutch basin made entirely from
Spanish treasure fleet silver

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-isotope-analysis-debunks-legend-dutch.html

1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex discovered under Syrian war ruins

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/syria-tomb-complex-byzantine-idlib-b2767020.html

Ottoman-era burial found in Israel may violate Islamic tradition

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ottoman-era-burial-found-in-israel-may-violate-islamic-tradition

One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather
shoe reveals

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/one-roman-soldier-had-enormous-feet-2-000-year-old-waterlogged-leather-shoe-reveals

Archaeologists in Turkey claim Church of the Holy Fathers found under lake

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857443#google_vignette

*Egyptology*

Tutankhamun’s Iconic Gold Death Mask Is Getting a New Home Near the
Pyramids of Giza

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tutankhamuns-iconic-gold-death-mask-is-getting-a-new-home-180986801/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

*General Science*

Nothing to report

*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   MUSK THREATENS TO DECOMMISSION DRAGON
AMID FEUD WITH TRUMP
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/musk-threatens-to-decommission-dragon-amid-feud-with-trump/
  NASA withdraws support for conferences
https://spacenews.com/nasa-withdraws-support-for-conferences/   A SECOND
LUNAR LANDING FAILURE FOR ISPACE
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/a-second-lunar-landing-failure-for-ispace/
  China's asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a 'solar wing'
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/chinas_asteroidandcomet_hunter_probe_unfurls/
  NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/nasa-raises-the-odds-that-an-asteroid-could-hit-the-moon-in-2032
  White House drops NASA nominee with Musk ties
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-extends-deadline-50/?id=122189223
  Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the
insides of alien worlds
https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/proposed-nasa-radio-probe-could-use-gravity-lumpiness-to-reveal-the-insides-of-alien-worlds
  JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest,
oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/jwst-spies-frigid-alien-world-on-bizarre-orbit-one-of-the-coldest-oldest-and-faintest-planets-that-weve-imaged-to-date
  NASA evaluating data indicating air leaks aboard space station have been
sealed off
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-evaluating-data-indicating-air-leaks-aboard-space-station-have-been-sealed-off/

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

‘Ticking time bomb’: Ocean acidity crosses vital threshold, study finds

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5340239-ocean-acidity-study-climate-change-carbon/

Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge
parks'

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5340710/copenhagen-climate-change-solutions-flooding

A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a
drought-ridden town

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-ancient-lagoon-water-drought-

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Axolotls May Hold the Key to
Regrowing Limbs, and Scientists Are Unraveling Their Secrets to Help Humans
Do the Same

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/axolotls-may-hold-the-key-to-regrowing-limbs-and-scientists-are-unraveling-their-secrets-to-help-humans-do-the-same-180986781/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed

A Large, Invasive Lizard Was Spotted in a California Park

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-large-invasive-lizard-was-spotted-in-a-california-park-180986763/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Dehorning Rhinos Curbs Poaching, New Study Finds

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dehorning-rhinos-curbs-poaching-new-study-finds-180986760/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

CRISPR-based technology leads to discovery of complex multigenic traits in
tomato plants

https://phys.org/news/2025-06-crispr-based-technology-discovery-complex.html

How humpback whales are playfully communicating with humans, according to
scientists

https://abcnews.go.com/US/humpback-whales-playfully-communicating-humans-scientists/story?id=122651507

Two Invasive Termites Are Interbreeding in Florida, Raising Concerns That
the Hybrid Pests Could Spread Around the World

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-invasive-termites-are-interbreeding-in-florida-raising-concerns-that-the-hybrid-pests-could-spread-around-the-world-180986739/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=98054053

Lion kills businessman at luxury safari lodge in Namibia after he stepped
out of tent to use toilet

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lion-kills-man-luxury-lodge-left-tent-use-toilet-namibia/

Koalas set to benefit from new genetic screening tool

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087318

Ancient DNA from Papua New Guinea reveals centuries of genetic isolation

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/ancient-dna-from-papua-new-guinea-reveals-centuries-of-genetic-isolation

*Other*

Nothing to report

Additional Informational

NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts

https://www.planetary.org/articles/nasa-2026-budget-proposal-in-charts?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20250613&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20250613

ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/ESA_s_new_asteroid_hunter_opens_its_eye_to_the_sky

Aurelia Institute Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/aureliainstitute/ted-talk?e=57e055f9a1

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_gets_world-first_views_of_the_Sun_s_poles

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/strange-radio-pulses-detected-coming-ice-antarctica

NASA Launching Rockets Into Radio-Disrupting Clouds

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-launching-rockets-into-radio-disrupting-clouds/
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