Weekly Science Report

September 6, 2019
 
“It will be great if human beings were great at being human and if all of mankind were made
up of all kind women and kind men.  It would be wonderful if common knowledge was
knowledge commonly known and if the light from being enlightened into every heart was
shown.  It would glorious if neighbors were neighborly and indifference a forgotten word.  It
would be awesome if we shared everything and being greedy was absurd.  It would be
spectacular if the golden rule was golden to every man and the good things that we ever did
was everything that we can.”
Author Unknown
 

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.
 
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 News Articles
 
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
 
Complex birdsongs help biologists piece together the evolution of lifelong learning
https://theconversation.com/complex-birdsongs-help-biologists-piece-together-the-evolution-of-
lifelong-learning-122009
 
Evolution doesn’t proceed in a straight line – so why draw it that way?
https://theconversation.com/evolution-doesnt-proceed-in-a-straight-line-so-why-draw-it-that-way-
109401
 
Lost Denisovan bone reveals surprisingly human-like finger
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02647-9
 
15,000-year-old Idaho archaeology site now among America’s oldest
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/08/coopers-landing-idaho-site-americas-oldest/
 
5000-year-old ‘Iceman’ may have benefited from a sophisticated health care system
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/5000-year-old-iceman-may-have-benefited-
sophisticated-health-care-system
 
 
 
 
 

History
 
1400-year-old warrior burial ground reveals German fighters came from near and far
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/1400-year-old-warrior-burial-ground-reveals-german-
fighters-came-near-and-far
 
The Met Is Hiring Its First Full-Time Curator of Native American Art
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/met-hiring-its-first-full-time-curator-indigenous-art-
180973055/
 
WW2 commemorations expose differences at heart of Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/30/truth-is-a-casualty-80-years-after-start-of-second-
world-war
 
Historic Recordings Revitalize Language For Passamaquoddy Tribal Members
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/748604202/historic-recordings-revitalize-language-for-
passamaquoddy-tribal-members?sc=tw
 
Cherokee Nation Names First Delegate To Congress
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/756048206/cherokee-nation-names-first-delegate-to-congress?
sc=tw
 
Virginia marks the dawn of American slavery in 1619 with solemn speeches and songs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-marks-the-dawn-of-american-
slavery-in-1619-with-solemn-ceremonies-speeches-songs/2019/08/24/adbc84ae-c66f-11e9-9986-
1fb3e4397be4_story.html
 
Humanitarian forensic scientists trace the missing, identify the dead and comfort the living
https://theconversation.com/humanitarian-forensic-scientists-trace-the-missing-identify-the-dead-
and-comfort-the-living-115623
 
Sudan's new government invites Jewish community's return
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudans-new-government-invites-jewish-communitys-return

Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' origins
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/06/dead-sea-scrolls-study-questions-origins?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1567799957
 
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/08/plantations-are-talking-more-about-slavery-
grappling-with-visitors-who-talk-back/#click=https://t.co/Y5SvIBGyOX
 
DNA Study Highlights Harappan Civilization
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7990-190905-india-harappan-dna
 

Archaeology
 
Former Grand Staircase-Escalante Lands Opened To Potential Drilling, Mining

https://www.kuer.org/post/former-grand-staircase-escalante-
lands-opened-potential-drilling-mining#stream/0
 
Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the
human age, the Anthropocene
https://theconversation.com/surveying-archaeologists-across-the-globe-reveals-deeper-and-more-
widespread-roots-of-the-human-age-the-anthropocene-122008
 
Ancient Tablets May Reveal What Destroyed Minoan Civilization
https://www.haaretz.com/amp/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-ancient-tablets-may-reveal-
what-destroyed-minoan-civilization-1.7809371
 
'Six-headed burial' of the Highland clan era probed by archaeologists
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/six-headed-burial-of-the-highland-clan-era-probed-by-
archaeologists-1-4996942
 
In search of the ‘white jaguar’: Archaeologists travel deep into the jungle to find a lost Maya city
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/search-white-jaguar-archaeologists-travel-deep-jungle-
find-lost-maya-city
 
Dragon artifacts found in Mongolian tomb
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/06/c_138370844.htm
 
Spectacular discoveries during excavation of unique flagship Gribshunden
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-spectacular-discoveries-excavation-unique-flagship.html
 
Someone Stole the Bones of an 18th-Century 'Witch.' Scottish Authorities Want Them Back.
https://www.livescience.com/scottish-witch-missing-bones.html
 
Incan Empire's 'Reign of Terror' Revealed in Four Ancient Skulls Found in Trash Heap
https://www.livescience.com/incan-reign-of-terror.html
 
A Warming Climate Threatens Archaeological Sites in Greenland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/warming-climate-threatens-archaeological-sites-
greenland-180973021/
 
Tragic Franklin expedition: Remarkable condition of HMS Terror
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/08/28/arctic-mystery-tragic-franklin-expedition-remarkable-
condition-of-hms-terror/
 
Remains of Possible Holocaust Victim Found in Czech Republic
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7991-190906-czech-republic-roma
 
Earliest spread of millet agriculture outside China linked to herding livestock
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/ku-eso090619.php

Egyptology
 
Nothing to report
 
 
 
 
General Science
 
Nothing to report

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Mysterious Underwater Thieves Steal 1,600-Lb. Observatory from Bottom of Baltic Sea
https://www.livescience.com/who-stole-underwater-baltic-observatory-germany-geomar.html?
utm_source=notification
 
India's Moon Mission Continues Despite Apparent Lander Crash
https://www.space.com/india-moon-mission-not-over-chandrayaan-2.html?utm_source=notification
 
Luxembourg's Bold Plan to Mine Asteroids for Rare Minerals
https://www.wired.com/story/luxembourg-asteroid-mining/?
bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-
c&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-
dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_082919&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list2_p
4
 
How America's Spooks Seek to Spy on Distant Satellites
https://www.wired.com/story/how-americas-spooks-seek-to-spy-on-distant-satellites/?
bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twitter-newsletter-
c&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-
dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_082919&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list2_p
1
 
Humanity May Be Alone In The Universe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/06/21/
humanity-may-be-alone-in-the-universe/?
utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_term=M
alorie%2F#f8da9b42e439
 
Exotic physics phenomenon is observed for first time
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-exotic-physics-phenomenon.html
 

Scientists couple magnetization to superconductivity for

quantum discoveries

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/dnl-
scm090619.php
 
Making sense of Saturn's impossible rotation
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-saturn-impossible-rotation.html
 
New insight into how much atmosphere Mars lost
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-insight-atmosphere-mars-lost.html
 
Radio emission from a neutron star's magnetic pole revealed by General Relativity
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-radio-emission-neutron-star-magnetic.html
 
Major steps forward in understanding neutrino properties
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-major-neutrino-properties.html
 
 
 

 
Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy
Sources
 
Submarine Hobbyists Help Researchers On Montana's Flathead Lake
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/02/755571204/submarine-hobbyists-help-researchers-on-montanas-
flathead-lake?sc=tw
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug

testing

https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?
cntn_id=299115&org=NSF&from=news

 
A Molecule Designed by AI Exhibits 'Druglike' Qualities

https://www.wired.com/story/molecule-designed-ai-exhibits-
druglike-qualities/?
bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&esrc=twi
tter-newsletter-
c&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_
brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-
dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_090319&utm_medium=email
&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p1
 
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/wifb-asw090419.php
 

Nivolumab combined with ipilimumab safe as first-line

therapy for lung cancer patients

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/iaft-
ncw090419.php
 
 

Other
 
World's smallest accelerometer points to new era in wearables, gaming
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-world-smallest-accelerometer-era-wearables.html
 
Sum of three cubes for 42 finally solved -- using real life planetary computer
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uob-sot090619.php
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Additional Informational
 
Hope in Dirt: Report of the Fort Apache Workshop on Forensic Sedimentology Applications to
Cultural Property Crime
https://traffickingculture.org/publications/hope-in-dirt/
 
The UNESCO Courier against Racism
https://en.unesco.org/courier/news-views-online/unesco-courier-racism
 
Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For 
https://www.amazon.com/Tough-Love-Story-Things-Fighting-ebook/dp/B07Q84GBXQ/ref=sr_1_3