[Jawlist] Weekly Science Report 3-20-26

Sun Mar 22 18:24:17 PDT 2026

*Weekly Science Report*

*March 20, 2025*

*“We have to create the future or others will do it for us.”*

Babylon 5

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*

The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518516-the-first-apes-to-walk-upright-may-have-evolved-in-europe/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQb43hjbGNrBBvjomV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjFZnErKVUimifCsUXie9Nklon4nKJ36_WDEeI08CsRxLilI1Kb66ozQ5db5_aem_MuQHWtBHniwkmxZx0ip1WA&sfnsn=mo

We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518316-weve-only-just-confirmed-that-homo-habilis-really-existed/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQi9KRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDczdSemtuS1ZHT2k2N2xvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnKDevNWSafaO5QJJiX6fzRTKp07ikmc_7kgOUw2e2JcsPQ58pVc-0EDH0xi_aem_F8H75E-dMsmpLGjr3OFBBA

What was on the menu for Stone Age cooks? The results are surprising

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/science/stone-age-cooks-menu-pottery-scli-intl?Date=20260315&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1773544642&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Arrowhead marks found in Central Asia could prove the existence of Homo
sapiens 80,000 years ago

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-arrowhead-central-asia-homo-sapiens.html?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQV-sdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6sfa-9PpCiTEijAyRaWbSmASMdoTV49O5s--LA3TSZmU01gmJxuIdlfen9ZQ_aem_hA3Gt_BMdH_lRvXiZXC8Nw&sfnsn=mo

Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the
Americas … again

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/19/archaeological-site-in-chile-upends-theory-of-how-humans-populated-the-americas-again?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaAQqEhljbGNrBCoSQmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs8RJaKLQKd3O1Nhn69G5gLPOHvvDTpKT0SnsgYkj7E2dJGx1tgTTY4tbrss_aem_RVyfQLmJfKgfb4cQhf0M_g&sfnsn=mo#Echobox=1773966284

Scientists Found a T. Rex Tooth Embedded in Another Dinosaur's Skull

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-t-rex-tooth-embedded-in-another-dinosaurs-skull

New AI tool used to identify dinosaur tracks makes accidental discovery
about the origin and evolution of birds
https://www.earth.com/news/ai-tool-identify-dinosaur-footprints-makes-unexpected-bird-origin-discovery/
  Neanderthals used antibiotics, new experiment suggests
https://www.popsci.com/health/neanderthals-antibiotic-birch-tar-medicine/

Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean
cartoon
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-fossil-ray-reveals-species-baby.html

Ancient DNA reshapes the story of early Pacific migrations
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-reshapes-story-early-pacific-migrations?utm_campaign=News+from+Science&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRzaAQoV3ZjbGNrBChXnmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqfQTKwEgkm6jR9IBh8_BFaScxeWuN1EIGuBYe2onM2Wuyc0oHQyasfQnMBz_aem_I3jQaxbGdg6XBdi9MYEToA&sfnsn=mo
  The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260303-listen-to-stone-age-chat-the-lost-languages-of-ancient-humans

Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric
Europe

https://www.sci.news/paleontology/straight-tusked-elephant-paleoecology-14625.html

*History*

Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4g7kn99q3o

Cesar Chavez Foundation ‘deeply shocked' over civil rights leader
allegations

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/cesar-chavez-allegations-inappropriate-behavior/4053216/

Scientists Deciphered 3,000-Year-Old ‘Oracle Bones’—and Found Evidence of
an Ancient Disaster

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70642727/oracle-bones-typhoons-china/

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in
1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-native-soldier-allied-with-the-british-killed-a-young-white-woman-in-1777-propaganda-transformed-her-into-a-martyr-of-the-american-revolution-180988313/

The Little-Known Story of the Enslaved Africans Who Found Freedom in the
European Fight Over North America

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-little-known-story-of-the-enslaved-africans-who-found-freedom-in-the-european-fight-over-north-america-180988252/

*Archaeology*

Europe's oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-oldest-handgun-may-date-to-14th-century-siege-at-german-castle

The Yamna reused sacred spaces in the north Pontic Steppe, study suggests

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-yamna-reused-sacred-spaces-north.html

The First Humans to Settle Down Were Wearing Their Food as Jewelry

https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/the-first-humans-to-settle-down-were-wearing-their-food-as-jewelry

5,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered at Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/20/settlement-discovered-lake-titicaca-bolivia/

Return to Serpent Mountain

https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2026/features/return-to-serpent-mountain/

Celtic Temple Site Excavated in Eastern France

https://archaeology.org/news/2026/03/20/celtic-temple-site-excavated-in-eastern-france/

Archaeologists Reconstruct 3,500-Year-Old Loom

https://archaeology.org/news/2026/03/19/archaeologists-reconstruct-3500-year-old-loom/

*Egyptology*

'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of
Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/cikai-korran-came-here-and-saw-visitors-from-india-graffitied-dozens-of-egyptian-tombs-2-000-years-ago

Upper Egypt site has now yielded more than 43,000 inscribed pot sherds, a
record-breaking trove of information

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-upper-egypt-site-yielded-inscribed.html

The Egyptians Used an Ancient Version of Wite-Out to Correct Their Mistakes
on This Papyrus Scroll 3,300 Years Ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-egyptians-used-an-ancient-version-of-wite-out-to-correct-their-mistakes-on-this-papyrus-scroll-3300-years-ago-180988331/

*General Science*

Big tech ‘leave poor farmers sidelined’ in AI revolution

*https://www.scidev.net/global/news/big-tech-leave-poor-farmers-sidelined-in-ai-revolution/
<https://www.scidev.net/global/news/big-tech-leave-poor-farmers-sidelined-in-ai-revolution/>*

Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5729433/ai-brain-monkey-neurons
*Physics, Earth and Space Sciences*   Senate Committee Clears New NASA
Authorization Bill, Calls for Moon Base
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-committee-clears-new-nasa-authorization-bill-calls-for-moon-base/
  Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern
Pacific Ocean
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/incoming-1-300-pound-nasa-satellite-will-crash-to-earth-on-march-10
  NASA shares photos of an extraordinary event witnessed by astronauts on
the space station
https://www.earth.com/news/nasa-extraordinary-event-photo-storms-red-sprites-from-iss-astronauts/
  NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report details
what went wrong
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/nx-s1-5727622/nasa-lunar-trailblazer-moon-new-report-what-went-wrong
  A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260311004836.htm

'Dark oxygen' discovery on the seafloor is 'fundamentally at odds with
thermodynamics' and should be retracted, experts say
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/dark-oxygen-discovery-on-the-seafloor-is-fundamentally-at-odds-with-thermodynamics-and-should-be-retracted-experts-say
  They Searched the Bermuda Triangle for a Legendary WWII Plane—and Found a
Piece of the Challenger Instead
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a70723998/shuttle-challenger-debris-discovery/
  Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for
the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick'

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/scientists-witness-birth-of-one-of-the-universes-strongest-magnets-for-the-first-time-thanks-to-a-general-relativity-magic-trick

'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare
star from ancient universe

https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/at-the-edge-of-what-we-thought-possible-astronomers-find-extremely-rare-star-from-ancient-universe

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover discovers even older lost rivers at Jezero
Crater

*https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-discovers-even-older-lost-rivers-at-jezero/*
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-discovers-even-older-lost-rivers-at-jezero/>

All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar
system. What do they tell us about the origins of life?

*https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/all-5-letters-of-dna-found-on-an-asteroid-speeding-through-our-solar-system-what-do-they-tell-us-about-the-origins-of-life*
<https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/all-5-letters-of-dna-found-on-an-asteroid-speeding-through-our-solar-system-what-do-they-tell-us-about-the-origins-of-life>

SpaceX reaches 10,000 simultaneous Starlink satellites in orbit following
Falcon 9 launch from California

*https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california/*
<https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california/>

'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

*https://phys.org/news/2026-03-miracle-europe-reconnects-lost-spacecraft.html*
<https://phys.org/news/2026-03-miracle-europe-reconnects-lost-spacecraft.html>

Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed
into Earth

*https://www.ksl.com/article/51468574/meteorite-hunters-scour-ohio-for-fragments-of-7-ton-space-rock-that-crashed-into-earth*
<https://www.ksl.com/article/51468574/meteorite-hunters-scour-ohio-for-fragments-of-7-ton-space-rock-that-crashed-into-earth>

Chinese Orbiter Crushes Starlink With a 2-Watt Laser From 36,000km Above
Earth

*https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/chinese-satellite-outpaces-starlink-2-watt-laser-from-orbit/*
<https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/chinese-satellite-outpaces-starlink-2-watt-laser-from-orbit/>

'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror
project and SpaceX's million AI satellites

*https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/this-is-really-intolerable-astronomers-protest-giant-orbiting-mirror-project-and-spacexs-million-ai-satellites*
<https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/this-is-really-intolerable-astronomers-protest-giant-orbiting-mirror-project-and-spacexs-million-ai-satellites>

*Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources*

EU-banned pesticides widely used in Latin America

https://www.scidev.net/global/news/eu-banned-pesticides-widely-used-in-latin-america/

Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/12/nx-s1-5737287/solar-panels-utilities-energy-saving

Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing
ahead alone

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5736150/deep-sea-mining-impact-critical-minerals

Minnesota joins 24 states suing EPA over repeal of greenhouse gas
endangerment finding

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-epa-lawsuit-greenhouse-gas-endangerment-finding/

Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for
copper mining

https://apnews.com/article/arizona-oak-flat-copper-mining-apache-024697a87552094c70abf8afa0ed8241

The freshwater hidden beneath the Great Salt Lake

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1120685

Indigenous wisdom can guide Indonesia's efforts to build a sustainable
ocean economy

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-indigenous-wisdom-indonesia-efforts-sustainable.html

*Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences*   Last-mile surveillance can
end neglected diseases—study
https://www.scidev.net/global/news/last-mile-surveillance-can-end-neglected-diseases-study/
  Q&A: Chronic lung disease an ‘invisible’ global crisis
https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/qa-chronic-lung-disease-an-invisible-global-crisis/

Breakthrough sickle cell gene therapy a distant hope in Africa

https://www.scidev.net/global/news/breakthrough-sickle-cell-gene-therapy-a-distant-hope-in-africa/

Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5615448/seawall-marine-wildlife-biodiversity-artificial-habitat-mangrove

New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5752354/new-autism-alternative-group-maha-ideological-agenda

More animals die from H5N1 avian flu at Ano Nuevo State Park in California

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/more-animals-die-h5n1-avian-flu-ano-nuevo-state-park-california

'Parasites of human societies': How did we end up so close to cats?

https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/parasites-of-human-societies-how-did-we-end-up-so-close-to-cats

Scientists Discover Bizarre New Tarantula Species Unlike Anything Seen
Before

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-bizarre-new-tarantula-species-unlike-anything-seen-before/

Platypus fur has a surprising feature seen only in bird feathers

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/platypus-fur-hollow-like-bird-feather

Scientists reveal why Black Death led to plant diversity plummeting across
Europe

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/black-death-plague-europe-plant-diversity-b2933087.html

Biomed engineering student at NJIT shines a light on rare colon cancer

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1120675

*Other*

FBI involved in search for retired Air Force major general missing for
nearly 2 weeks

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/us/retired-air-force-general-fbi-search

$3.5 Million Star Trek-Inspired XPRIZE Film Competition Launched In
Partnership With Roddenberry

https://trekmovie.com/2026/03/11/3-5-million-star-trek-inspired-xprize-film-competition-launched-in-partnership-with-roddenberry/

Inside Skinwalker Ranch, a Paranormal Hotbed of UFO Research

https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-skinwalker-ranch-a-paranormal-hotbed-of-ufo-research/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQR7T1jbGNrBBHtZWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu1Mw4TamY8MBlAU1T8vCcuadUf1yYNjhgIgwCqCWLXsD15qAWVWb4rUILX1_aem_lU11d0QjJJpt-MtUXm6Z3Q&sfnsn=mo

Additional Informational

Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3's Coronagraph

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Work_ongoing_to_restore_contact_with_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/track-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-in-real-time/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAArtemis&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=916124847

NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasas-dart-mission-changed-orbit-of-asteroid-didymos-around-sun/

Why do some planets have rings and others don't?

https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-do-planets-have-rings?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20260313&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20260313

Space Policy Edition: Is there really a space race between the US and China?

https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/spe-us-china-space-race?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20260313&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20260313

Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQVFSxjbGNrBBUNWGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHhGyqRSS9kbAliZpwUZwPjpzifdYvpKa186EuxGwGGWUzAAP1swYKqoV48hl_aem_jjXmNAdutJQp_ZIriHdc2A&sfnsn=mo

Extremophile survives the transient pressures associated with
impact-induced ejection from Mars

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/3/pgag018/8503064

NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-adds-mission-to-artemis-lunar-program-updates-architecture/

Lightning-generated waves detected at Mars

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb4898

Fiber-Optic Sensors Reveal How Farming Destroys Soil's Natural Structure

https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research-news/202603/t20260316_1152740.shtml

Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10233-z

Global ocean heat content over the past 3 million years

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10116-3

Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up

https://esahubble.org/news/heic2606/

NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/03/10/nasas-dragonfly-mission-begins-rotorcraft-integration-testing-stage/

The 18th European Space Conference: Dreaming of European boots on the Moon

https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2026-european-space-conference?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20260320&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20260320

Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/asteroid-bennus-rugged-surface-baffled-nasa-we-finally-know-why/

The Artemis II mission: What to expect

https://www.planetary.org/articles/artemis-ii-what-to-expect?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20260320&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20260320

Tianwen-3: China’s Mars sample return mission

https://www.planetary.org/articles/tianwen-3-china-mars-sample-return-mission?utm_campaign=downlink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20260320&s_src=downlink&s_subsrc=20260320

NASA’s Artemis II Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad 39B

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/03/20/nasas-artemis-ii-rocket-arrives-at-launch-pad-39b/
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