Weekly Science Report

October 4, 2019
 
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
George Santayana
 

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
 
Grave Hints at Interaction Between Early Humans Living in
Great Lakes, American Southeast
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/grave-hints-
interaction-between-early-humans-living-great-lakes-
american-southeast-180973150/

 
Tiny 'Lizard-Like' Muscles Found in Developing Embryos Vanish Before Birth
https://www.livescience.com/disappearing-muscles-human-embryo.html?utm_source=notification
 
‘They are barbaric’: Turkey prepares to flood 12,000-year-old city to build dam
https://amp.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/12/they-are-barbaric-turkey-prepares-to-flood-12000-
year-old-city-to-build-dam
 
Should the Story of Homo’s Dispersal Out of Africa Be Rewritten?
https://www.sapiens.org/evolution/dispersal-hominin/
 
New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hypothesis-asteroid-contributed-mass-extinction.html?
fbclid=IwAR1UmPOwekoPDBRKyt7A1DC9ElLCe476HI0XPv7SocTXE56Y7NyBoGXw5OQ
 
Canada's first sabre-toothed cat fossil found in Medicine Hat
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sabre-toothed-cat-1.5305505?fbclid=IwAR2C-
V7pOToyLG8YuZYc2Nmixpf5IVE37dyEbsU5IVmAxaVLz2AszMXciXc
 
Oldest miniaturized stone toolkits in Eurasia
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/mpif-oms092719.php
 
45,000 years ago in Sri Lanka: The oldest microlith technology in a rainforest setting
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/p-4ya092519.php
 
Were hot, humid summers the key to life's origins?
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hot-humid-summers-key-life.html
 
 
 
 
 
 

History
 
New Scrutiny of Museum Boards Takes Aim at World of Wealth and Status
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/arts/design/whitney-art-museums-trustees.html
 
National Park Helps Preserve History
https://lcvalley.dailyfly.com/Home/ArtMID/1352/ArticleID/53728/National-Park-Helps-Preserve-
History
 
Untold History: The Survival of California's Indians
https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild/untold-history-the-survival-of-californias-indians
 
Long-lost masterpiece ‘the Holy Grail’ for curators and collectors alike
https://www.france24.com/en/20190925-discovery-cimabue-painting-mocking-christ-renaissance?
ref=fb
 
The civil rights leader ‘almost nobody knows about’ gets a statue in the U.S. Capitol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/20/civil-rights-leader-almost-nobody-knows-
about-gets-statue-us-capitol/
 
For the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, this has always been home
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/little-traverse-bay-bands-odawa-indians-has-always-been-
home?fbclid=IwAR1kG2vdgqLRwC1fOgJ2Tde2tZdb5PP5lKrnliDlKTAvTXP-s8kNlvLgW64
 
In a Syrian Town Under Siege, a Secret Library Kept Dreams Alive
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/books/review/syrias-secret-library-mike-thomson.html
 
Rebel Historian Who Reframes History Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/25/764364172/rebel-historian-who-reframes-history-receives-
macarthur-genius-grant
 
Crumbling museums ‘put treasures at risk’
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crumbling-museums-put-treasures-at-risk-9xtkpbcdq#
 
Renia Spiegel's Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It.
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/30/765165687/renia-spiegels-diary-survived-the-holocaust-people-
are-finally-reading-it?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbcli
d=IwAR1LG5_1ynTjLvvH_0osGI5UcWolb_ukuCz8bJ_KtjwOG-
IpKDJenhmnuYY&fbclid=IwAR2gd1PvjhoyX1shCA-
KdzYs1_4EMszpFL0WExW2h3uoCTfqSHHRPnkocGY
 
Oxford professor’s children refused visas to join her in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/01/oxford-professors-children-refused-visas-to-
join-her-in-uk?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Uv6AstRnNWI4fj1PW
n4m1Ml1tV_xk29ELtSpQlln49yY0but3n3ZfaoY#Echobox=1569911972
 
Spain’s Attempt to Atone for a 500-Year-Old Sin
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/09/spain-offers-citizenship-sephardic-jews/
598258/?utm_campaign=the-
atlantic&utm_content=5d92ba4ab1a00400017b5e0d_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebo
ok&fbclid=IwAR0NcvsIQGEJ2iwkaV8A0GmJsHWRWGspcClVvqoPNRkwYIeRRk0saKiQUGU
 
 
 
How well do you know the saints?
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/09/27/how-well-do-you-know-saints?
fbclid=IwAR0EmbsiA_I_Zi-9DBkpxPtMzCmbhcABgjCdpMVbd8nqrF_kzyTQJTVrFHw
 
Finland agrees to return Hopi remains taken in 19th century
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/2/finland-return-hopi-remains-taken-1895/?
fbclid=IwAR1xInWbdxcPaYzA1gmiWqjKtpwVqopNy2KuM3jqScj4Dw7Dc2xdDZ0ISpk
 
World's First Geologic Map Was Far Ahead of Its Time
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/07/cave-art-caribbean-mona-island-first-contact-
archaeology/gold-mining-egypt-turin-papyrus-map-archaeology/?
fbclid=IwAR0h_KzMwZlOvxb6TixNCt2Ccx7r5oxfzO7o8mfjBp-Ms-LAVWTfs834B-c
 
Heirs Of Hyderabad's Last King Can Claim Millions Held In U.K. Account, Court Rules
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/03/766701335/heirs-of-hyderabads-last-king-can-claim-millions-held-
in-u-k-account-court-rules?sc=tw
 
Gandhi Is Deeply Revered, But His Attitudes On Race And Sex Are Under Scrutiny
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766083651/gandhi-is-deeply-revered-but-his-attitudes-on-race-
and-sex-are-under-scrutiny?sc=tw
 

British troops massacred Indians in Amritsar – and a century

later, there’s been no official apology

https://theconversation.com/british-troops-massacred-indians-
in-amritsar-and-a-century-later-theres-been-no-official-
apology-123434

Archaeology
 
We Are Family
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/353-1909/trenches/7920-trenches-poland-neolithic-massacre
 
Medical examiner seeks 2nd opinion after state archaeologist disputes Native American remains
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/09/25/medical-examiner-seeks-
second-opinion-after-state-archaeologist-disputes-native-american-remains-the/2441657001/
 
Rising seas threaten hundreds of Native American heritage sites along Florida’s Gulf Coast
https://theconversation.com/rising-seas-threaten-hundreds-of-native-american-heritage-sites-along-
floridas-gulf-coast-118500
 
Space Archaeologist Probes History in Orbit
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-archaeologist-probes-history-in-orbit/?
fbclid=IwAR21_vKSWh5LryjAyzUUPigM9cWJoz8Luf4a6AXJcwJv46UAQbHyRJZkwkM
 
Northern Arizona organizations unite to preserve artifacts
https://www.apnews.com/e990f8b8a41b4581b131d0c288f1db65
 
Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/ancient-scrolls-charred-by-vesuvius-could-be-
read-once-again?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR11b_b1yti7XSFGCTQG
BGp6qORVD1drLZC01ZW1urw3idkJt6QT5hRkLQ8#Echobox=1570084350
 
Israeli archaeologists claim to discover ancient city

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-israeli-archaeologists-ancient-
city.html
 

Getty plans sweeping $100m initiative to promote the world’s

cultural heritage

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-plans-sweeping-
usd100m-initiative-to-promote-the-world-s-cultural-heritage
 

Restorers discover shield fragment is 1,700 years old, making

it the oldest German panel painting
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/shield-fragment-from-ad300-is-the-oldest-german-panel-
painting
 
One mound at a time: Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/native-american-artist-santiago-x-on-rebuilding-
indigenous-cities-one-mound-at-a-time
 
A digital archaeologist helps inaccessible collections be seen
https://theconversation.com/a-digital-archaeologist-helps-inaccessible-collections-be-seen-123672
 
 
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
Long-lost temple of Egyptian king who ruled 2,200 years ago found by scientists sparking ‘curse of
the pharaoh’ fears
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10056888/lost-temple-egyptian-pharaoh-found/
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
An unmanned ship that can travel 500 nautical miles without resupply ― the Corps is looking at it
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/09/19/the-corps-is-looking-at-an-
unmanned-ship-that-can-travel-500-nautical-miles-without-resupply/
 
Hypersonic 'space plane' promises four-hour London to Sydney flights by 2030s
https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/hypersonic-flight-air-breathing-rocket-scli-intl-gbr-scn/
index.html?__twitter_impression=true
 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Starship Plans for Private Trips to the Moon, Mars and Beyond

https://www.space.com/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-starship-
2019-update.html?utm_source=notification

 
SpaceX's Starship Project Not Affecting Crew Dragon Flights for NASA, Elon Musk Says

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-crew-dragon-nasa-
flights.html?utm_source=notification

 
Did a large meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago? Here’s new evidence
https://theconversation.com/did-a-large-meteorite-hit-the-earth-12-800-years-ago-heres-new-
evidence-122426
 
Scientists puzzled by really big planet orbiting really little star
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-star/scientists-puzzled-by-really-big-planet-orbiting-
really-little-star-idUSKBN1WB31U
 
Venus was potentially habitable until a
mysterious event happened
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/world/venus-
habitability-scn/index.html
 
Train For Your Mars Mission With Astronaut
Chris Hadfield
http://www.fastcompany.shared.ly/40562894/
train-for-your-mars-mission-with-astronaut-
chris-hadfield?ozpid=M2IwYmVm
 
NASA is close to finding life on Mars but the world isn't ready for the discovery, the agency's chief
scientist says
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/us/nasa-life-on-mars-jim-green-scn-trnd/index.html?
utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-09-
30T16%3A31%3A02&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR2tuwjcvsaooH0f7WK7
fpubf8E39KMJ2SREgRIabQRUKIm2Rhdrx98TY_g
 
NASA Is Now Accepting Proposals for Artemis Landers to Fly Astronauts to the Moon
https://www.space.com/nasa-lunar-lander-proposals-artemis-moon-program.html?
utm_source=notification

 
Planet Nine could be a primordial black hole, new research suggests
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-planet-primodial-black-hole.html?
fbclid=IwAR1M6GfzqHU9bpqN5lxeb45NilQkOeuK6QkF7hGtTf6YkuXfl1iRJGVctTA
 
Astrophysics, Bible Confirm Earliest Recorded Eclipse
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/10/30/earliest-recorded-eclipse/#.XZO0CUZKiiM
 
What created this 'ghost particle' from space found on Earth?
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/02/world/neutrino-ghost-particle-galaxy-scn/index.html
 
Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/acoe-nla100319.php
 
Astronauts replacing old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-astronauts-batteries-1st-spacewalks.html
 
NASA's Mars 2020 rover tests descent-stage separation
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-nasa-mars-rover-descent-stage.html
 
 

Astronomers observe how two suns collect matter in a binary

system

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-astronomers-suns-binary.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
 
Nuclear Technology Abandoned Decades Ago Might Give Us Safer, Smaller Reactors
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/02/26/molten-salt-nuclear-reactors/?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb#.XZPvpUZKjIV
 
Million-mile battery unveiled by ground-breaking research

https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-million-mile-battery-
unveiled-ground-breaking.html

 
The Interior Secretary Wants to Enlarge a Dam. An Old Lobbying Client Would Benefit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/climate/bernhardt-
shasta-dam.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytclimate
 
Disaster under the waves: the race to save the coral of the Caribbean
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-corals-scientists-widerim/disaster-under-the-
waves-the-race-to-save-the-coral-of-the-caribbean-idUSKBN1WB24O
 
Earth's Oceans Are Getting Hotter And Higher, And It's Accelerating
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/25/755859707/earths-oceans-are-getting-hotter-and-higher-and-it-s-
accelerating?sc=tw
 
Climate Change Could Erase Human History. These Archivists Are Trying to Save It
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5yg3g/climate-change-could-erase-human-history-these-
archivists-are-trying-to-save-it
 
National parks’ economic benefits put at over $100B annually
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/report-looks-into-u-s-national-parks-budgeting-
woes/
 
A new water-splitting technique to generate clean hydrogen
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-09-water-splitting-technique-hydrogen.html?
fbclid=IwAR1CVre3cstwJkZ5kVEbrGRAXPFanl6KvBBPbxanDq2ddrlYMgwpRkYLUag
 
Scientists booted from EPA panel form their own group
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/463225-scientists-booted-from-epa-panel-form-their-
own?fbclid=IwAR2a2KCGtkqk2znNajwA6BOaU-FpEj9cbG2fIvvNjP3o9qyJZk4a0I2QpUk
 
Irrigation For Farming Could Leave Many Of The World's Streams And Rivers Dry
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/02/766510790/irrigation-for-farming-could-leave-
many-of-the-worlds-streams-and-rivers-dry?sc=tw
 

315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49885450

Climate change is really about prosperity, peace, public health

and posterity – not saving the environment

https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-really-about-
prosperity-peace-public-health-and-posterity-not-saving-the-
environment-120476

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/paralyzed-man-robotic-suit-intl-scli/index.html?
utm_content=2019-10-
04T18%3A00%3A22&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&fbclid=IwAR3
Hr0FA-3jp23ZQTlhv4dmoZtSWA6SJ4Y4RWUyK3HN3g2YAYpZPKrjxlUc
 
Indonesia cancels Komodo island closure, saying tourists are no threat to dragons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/indonesia-cancels-komodo-island-closure-saying-
tourists-are-no-threat-to-dragons?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2B0js34pRSe0HaKxS4d
g9Iv-U48e9OKbBdbcdk10ahqOOu1mfTorK5l30#Echobox=1569931396
 
Why Are Gray Whales Moving to the Ocean Next Door?
http://discovermagazine.com/2016/april/13-why-are-gray-whales-moving-to-the-ocean-next-door?
utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR3UEqZ5J2ebiiIHnZ
dToJV13Z_zq6OOOm6m0fQ-AmF3TE4ougVRPx1n1uw
 
First video of viruses assembling
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/hjap-fvo100419.php
 
Targeting a rogue T cell prevents and reverses multiple sclerosis in mice
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-rogue-cell-reverses-multiple-sclerosis.html
 
Edible sensor helps TB patients take their meds: study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-edible-sensor-tb-patients-meds.html
 
Researchers unlock potential to use CRISPR to alter the microbiome
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-potential-crispr-microbiome.html
 
Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops
https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/67674
 
Caribbean fish love catastrophic hurricanes
https://theconversation.com/caribbean-fish-love-catastrophic-hurricanes-120801
 
An Alzheimer’s study used electrostimulation to evoke vivid memories – here’s what it
could mean
https://theconversation.com/an-alzheimers-study-used-electrostimulation-to-evoke-vivid-memories-
heres-what-it-could-mean-123253
 
Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns
https://theconversation.com/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine-raises-legal-and-ethical-concerns-
122504

Other
 
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor Aron Eisenberg dies at age 50
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/22/entertainment/aron-eisenberg-star-trek-actor-dies/index.html?
utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-09-
22T16%3A00%3A07&utm_medium=social
 
An India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill millions, threaten global starvation
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uoca-ain093019.php
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
Senate Spending Committee Advances Interior Funding Bill; Better Protects National Parks and
Supports Park Rangers
https://www.npca.org/articles/2317-senate-spending-committee-advances-interior-funding-bill-
better-protects
 
What to Know When Visiting an Archaeological Site
https://www.saa.org/quick-nav/saa-media-room/saa-news/2019/09/27/what-to-know-when-visiting-
an-archaeological-site
 
Cultivating Censorship at the National Park Service: New Acting Director Issues Controversial
Memo
https://blog.ucsusa.org/maria-caffrey/cultivating-censorship-at-the-national-park-service-new-
acting-director-issues-controversial-memo?
utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb&fbclid=IwAR2trw2UFAD1UKrR
NNx9JHJCgFCSs-Z60LdKxb3tmE9pACKYJXBpiyIxF4c