Weekly Science Report 14th June 2019

Weekly Science Report
June 14, 2019

“Your job as a historian is to help people remember not just what they want to remember but
also what they need to remember.”
Lonnie Bunch

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

Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-is-revealing-the-origins-of-livestock-herding-in-africa-
114387

Rare example of prehistoric engravings of fish
https://www.seedordogne.com/caves/abri-du-poisson-les-eyzies-de-tayac-658047

History

Letters Written by Anne Frank’s Father, Otto, Will Be Digitized to Mark Diarist’s 90th Birthday
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/letters-written-anne-franks-father-otto-will-be-
digitized-mark-diarists-90th-birthday-180972400/?preview

The history of China’s Muslims and what’s behind their persecution
https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-chinas-muslims-and-whats-behind-their-persecution-
117365

‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love
and money
https://theconversation.com/world-heritage-site-selection-is-eurocentric-and-that-shapes-which-
historic-places-get-love-and-money-115898

Netherlands to restitute two paintings sold by Jewish businessman in Nazi era
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/netherlands-to-restitute-two-paintings-sold-by-jewish-
businessman-in-nazi-era

Pope Francis apologises to Roma for Catholic discrimination
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48490942

Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization’s
mysterious collapse
https://theconversation.com/trophies-made-from-human-skulls-hint-at-regional-conflicts-around-
the-time-of-maya-civilizations-mysterious-collapse-115025

Former Pitt professor reassessing view of MLK after he uncovers new FBI documents
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2019/06/01/david-garrow-martin-luther-king-jr-fbi-files-
bearing-the-cross-pulitzer-prize-pitt/stories/201905310145?
utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Pittsburgh_Post-
Gazette&fbclid=IwAR23O2bwBLXkrVYOS2_LBzGBZ0dJ7E3Vp43ffO1FM_fvlpouwP_eT0K10d
s

Fighting Germans and Jim Crow: Role of black troops on D-Day
https://apnews.com/3f2df9d9bd0d4a449ae60b422c72a1ab?
fbclid=IwAR013aEk0wlDEFnHbwvJzkTTXb5hwxcMQMGzqVp3GA-e4nsMl30QwNx2IYg

South America’s Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil War doctors
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/south-america-s-inca-civilization-was-better-skull-
surgery-civil-war-doctors

'Moscow Rules': How The CIA Operated Under The Watchful Eye Of The KGB
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/10/724099134/moscow-rules-how-the-cia-operated-under-the-
watchful-eye-of-the-kgb?sc=tw

A New Civil War Museum Speaks Truths in the Former Capital of the Confederacy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-museum-speaks-truths-former-capital-of-
confederacy-180972085/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Missing in the Smokies: Dennis Martin's disappearance still haunts park, 50 years later
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2019/06/06/dennis-martin-missing-smoky-mountains-
50-years-spence-field-mystery-smokies-search-east-tennessee/1272247001/

An Archbishop Could Become a Saint. But First, His Body Must Be Moved.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/nyregion/archbishop-sheen-remains.html?smid=fb-
nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3EKddkEJmTUbqx-
lj_SCsNDM735Uhbk1sEW2h60dlf5ehMvsJrHhQbyAo

Not Forgotten
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/obituaries/archives/medgar-evers-civil-rights

Lonnie Bunch III Takes Helm Of The Smithsonian: 'I Feel The Weight Of History'
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/730795443/lonnie-bunch-iii-takes-helm-of-the-smithsonian-i-feel-
the-weight-of-history?sc=tw

These Ancient Peoples Smoked the Chronic at Funerals
https://www.wired.com/story/ancient-cannabis/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_061219_d
aily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20061219%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Meet Elizabeth Kloepfer, Ted Bundy's Former Girlfriend
https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-elizabeth-kloepfer

Nicholas Winton, Savior of Children During Holocaust, Dies at 106
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nicholas-winton-savior-children-during-holocaust-dies-106-
n385436

Pope Francis advances sainthood cause for first African-American diocesan priest in the U.S
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/06/12/pope-francis-advances-sainthood-
cause-first-african-american-diocesan

‘They Aren’t Just Little Adults’: Inside The Smithsonian’s Push To Make Museums Fun For Kids
https://www.aam-us.org/wire/wamu/they-arent-just-little-adults-inside-the-smithsonians-push-to-
make-museums-fun-for-kids/

Taking Native Lands and Lives
https://www.aam-us.org/2019/05/29/taking-native-lands-and-lives/

Chef Leah Chase, civil rights activist and legendary 'Queen of Creole Cuisine,' dies at age 96
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/us/chef-leah-chase-death-trnd/index.html?
utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-06-
02T19%3A30%3A25&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Archaeology

Archaeology group looks for lost graves in Punta Gorda
https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/news/archaeology-group-looks-for-lost-graves-in-punta-gorda/
article_c26caa26-8b39-11e9-be0b-d365677c3af5.html?fbclid=IwAR0MuDbUm6W-
g6glnCHk3zLLI1fTVJAlUVtLMMkWMK-XGw6dQkTGYiIjHKA

Land managers say this important archaeological site in southern Utah was vandalized
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900071561/land-managers-say-this-important-archaeological-
site-in-southern-utah-was-vandalized.html

Recent archaeological finds on Keros bring new authoritative scholarship on Cycladic art
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/recent-archaeological-finds-on-keros-raise-questions-
about-our-knowledge-of-cycladic-art-and-culture

Angkor Wat archaeological digs yield new clues to its civilization’s decline
https://theconversation.com/angkor-wat-archaeological-digs-yield-new-clues-to-its-civilizations-
decline-116793

'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction
https://www.livescience.com/65641-yemen-blood-antiquities-investigation.html

Rising Seas Swallowed Countless Archaeological Sites. Scientists Want Them Back
http://discovermagazine.com/2019/june/return-to-aquaterra

The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists
https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/the-birdman-of-siberia-sensational-finds-in-
the-heart-of-russia-puzzle-scientists/

Life in a Busy Oasis
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/340-1905/letter-from/7568-life-in-a-busy-oasis

Tidal Basin listed as one of the nation's most endangered historic places
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/05/30/tidal-basin-listed-as-one-of-the-nations-
most.html

Roman amphitheaters act like seismic invisibility cloaks
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613550/roman-amphitheaters-act-like-seismic-invisibility-
cloaks/?fbclid=IwAR2KQvGLiL6y0gYKunHho2sVvEXTySI3cjQU6qR6d55dXqqrkNeCJ_ITw94

The underwater Indian village that emerges once a year
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48523964?
ns_source=facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews

The Invisible City beneath Paris
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-invisible-city-beneath-paris?
utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-
type=owned&utm_brand=tny

Artificial islands older than Stonehenge stump scientists
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/06/neolithic-island-older-than-stonehenge-
crannog-scotland/

International Protests Mount As Peru Moves Ahead With New Airport Near Machu Picchu
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/11/731798477/international-protests-mount-as-peru-moves-ahead-
with-new-airport-near-machu-pic?sc=tw

Nearly 700-year-old dugout canoe unearthed in mudflats on Maine’s coast
https://bangordailynews.com/2019/06/10/news/york/nearly-700-year-old-dugout-canoe-unearthed-
in-mudflats-on-maines-coast/?
fbclid=IwAR25Wk1dBWeSxwYjFCAUdYP7PSd02d3TJBNq7IWDL18-xOjua1b0ERGfoR8

Historic remains discovered on Blackfeet Nation given traditional burial
https://kpax.com/news/montana-news/2019/06/13/historic-remains-discovered-on-blackfeet-nation-
given-traditional-burial/

Aerial laser surveys have identified the archaeological remains of ancient cities in Cordoba, Spain
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/06/aerial-laser-surveys-have-identified-the-archaeological-
remains-of-ancient-cities-in-cordoba-spain/123936

A Tibetan Collection Fights a battle that Small Museums often face
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/arts/design/jacques-marchais-museum.html?smid=nytcore-
ios-share
Egyptology
Egypt tries to stop sale of Tutankhamun statue in London

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/egypt-tries-to-stop-sale-tutankhamun-statue-
london

General Science

Nothing to post

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

White Holes: Black Holes' Neglected Twins
https://www.space.com/white-holes.html?utm_source=notification

The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth of the solar system
https://theconversation.com/the-tell-tale-clue-to-how-meteorites-were-made-at-the-birth-of-the-
solar-system-116052

Mass anomaly detected under the moon's largest crater
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-mass-anomaly-moon-largest-crater.html

The True Price of Privatizing Space Travel
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/06/nasa-iss-private-astonauts/591421/?
utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2019-06-
11T15%3A29%3A28&utm_content=edit-
promo&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3ZVuWxe7g5xWNgNIMWZ42I2nkeBbNZxC9cdURy
uD0G4y1WCobv3xzFrdM

Fusion-Powered Spacecraft Could Be Just a Decade Away
https://www.space.com/fusion-powered-spacecraft-could-launch-2028.html?
utm_source=notification

Earth Is Now Approaching The Same 'Meteor Swarm' That Wiped-Out A Siberian Forest
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2019/06/11/earth-is-now-approaching-the-same-
meteor-swarm-that-wiped-out-a-siberian-forest/#7a0a1a641714

NASA Eyes Wild Space Tech Ideas to Mine the Moon (and Asteroids, Too!)
https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-asteroid-mining-concepts-niac-2019.html

Here’s What a $52 Million Ticket to the ISS Will Get You
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-a-52-million-dollar-ticket-to-the-iss-will-get-you/?

New Space Telescopes Could Look Like Giant Beach Balls
https://www.wired.com/story/new-space-telescopes-could-look-like-giant-beach-balls/?

The Future of Space Is 3D-Printed Rockets—And This Company Is Leading the Change
https://www.fastcompany.com/90318218/the-future-of-space-is-3d-printed-rockets-and-this-
company-is-leading-the-change?
cid=pso028%3A712%3As00%3A_&utm_source=paidSocial&utm_medium=facebook&utm_camp
aign=pso028%3A712%3As00%3A_

NASA Went to the Stock Exchange to Try to Sell the ISS
https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-went-to-the-stock-exchange-to-try-to-sell-the-iss/?

A New Fuel for Satellites Is So Safe It Won’t Blow Up Humans
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-fuel-for-satellites-is-so-safe-it-wont-blow-up-humans/?

NASA's Mars 2020 Will Blaze a Trail — for Humans
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-mars-2020-will-blaze-a-trail-for-humans

How a Group of Students Built and Launched a Rocket to Space
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-group-of-students-built-and-launched-a-rocket-to-space/?
aily_list1_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=Mailing
%20Name%20(14)%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl

Saturn’s Largest Moon Would Make an Unbelievable Vacation Spot
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/06/titan-saturn-lakes-vacation/591709/?
utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2019-06-
14T12%3A42%3A47&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-
promo&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3FlMUEAKvvkip_VgBxs_ww6JkVDlrQiZVUnpPw
oLO4_bcT04IOY0s5k1o

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy

Sources

A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/awih-awa052819.php

Hydrogen-power electric flying vehicle: Long road to liftoff
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-05-hydrogen-power-electric-vehicle-road-liftoff.html

Climate change is driving rapid shifts between high and low water levels on the Great Lakes
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-driving-rapid-shifts-between-high-and-low-water-
levels-on-the-great-lakes-118095

Climate change alters what’s possible in restoring Florida’s

Everglades
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-alters-whats-possible-in-restoring-floridas-everglades-
115618

3 Republican former EPA chiefs accuse Trump of 'undermining of science'
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-epa-chiefs-accuse-trump-undermining-science/story?
id=63631502

The secret to fighting climate climate could be in your back garden
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/ponds-can-absorb-more-carbon-than-woodland-here-s-
how-they-can-fight-climate-change-in-your-garden

Trump Administration Seeking To Overhaul Forest Management Rules
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731713229/trump-administration-seeking-to-overhaul-forest-
management-rules?sc=tw

Estimate the Energy of an Utterly Massive Wind Turbine
https://www.wired.com/story/estimate-the-energy-of-an-utterly-massive-wind-turbine/?

Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/06/rising-sea-levels-destroyed-evidence-of-shell-middens-at-
many-prehistoric-coastal-sites/123951
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
High-tech fishing gear could help save critically endangered

right whales
https://theconversation.com/high-tech-fishing-gear-could-help-
save-critically-endangered-right-whales-115974

Crispr gene-editing will change the way Americans eat – here's what's coming
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/30/crispr-gene-edited-food-technology-us-
produce?utm_source=Agri-Pulse%20Daily%20Harvest%202018&utm_campaign=a324ee42b6-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_31_09_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6978e27d37-
a324ee42b6-49111769

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/there-are-whales-alive-today-who-were-born-before-
moby-dick-was-written-660944/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

'Plant blindness' is obscuring the extinction crisis for non-animal species
https://theconversation.com/amp/many-plant-species-at-risk-of-extinction-and-were-blind-to-
danger-this-poses-to-life-on-earth-118208

For Senior Diala Noofoory, Studying Neuroscience Was Worth the Wait
https://sasn.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/senior-diala-noofoory-studying-neuroscience-was-worth-
wait

No more 'manels,' NIH head says in call to end all-male science panels
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/no-more-manels-nih-head-says-call-end-all-male-
n1017181?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2Dz-
2iZldXiKyPpnLLfSrGWx5oYp1wuUfwkBgm_XqIQCC8_LfAxMzq7xw

Patient dies from fecal transplant containing drug-resistant bacteria
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/patient-dies-fecal-transplant-containing-drug-
resistant-bacteria-n1017426

Why Are Gray Whales Dying? Researchers Cut Through The Blubber For Answers
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/728033320/why-are-gray-whales-dying-researchers-cut-through-
the-blubber-for-answers?sc=tw
Other

Initially threatened by change, people adapt to societal diversity over time
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/puww-itb052319.php

He got the FBI to test ‘Bigfoot’ hair in the 1970s — and this 93-year-old man is still searching for
Sasquatch
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/05/fbi-tested-bigfoot-hair-in-1970s-government-documents-
show.html

US House Committee Rejects Elimination of Tribal Scholarship Program
https://www.knau.org/post/us-house-committee-rejects-elimination-tribal-scholarship-program?
fbclid=IwAR3lYxf9lpfVCY2iOchAhopkgV843wjzXpMcAHEnOX6Tmf-jHeo7XmuEvxo

To Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/11/729314248/to-save-the-science-poster-
researchers-want-to-kill-it-and-start-over?sc=tw

Additional Informational

TED Talk, a World without Waste
https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_e_brandt_a_world_without_waste

TED Talk, The Next Global Agricultural Revolution
https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_friedrich_the_next_global_agricultural_revolution

TED Talk, How Supercharged Plants could slow Climate Change
https://www.ted.com/talks/joanne_chory_how_supercharged_plants_could_slow_climate_change

TED Talk, Inside the Black Hole Image that made History
https://www.ted.com/talks/sheperd_doeleman_inside_the_black_hole_image_that_made_history

NASA, The First Commercial Moon Landing Service Providers on This Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjVPyALZno&feature=youtu.be

Fossil Finders: The Hominid Gang
https://leakeyfoundation.org/fossil-finders-hominid-gang/

Taking Native Lands and Lives
https://www.aam-us.org/2019/05/29/taking-native-lands-and-lives/

Decolonisation: we aren’t going to save you
https://www.aam-us.org/2018/12/17/decolonisation-we-arent-going-to-save-you/

What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
https://www.history.com/news/what-were-the-zoot-suit-riots?
source=history&platform=facebook&postid=sf103599563&sf103599563=1&fbclid=IwAR1PnB9q
POMRtZJIM81eNkXUmbEx6vqao57LyR_sad1zhWDT0PqPCOUcRBI

TrendsWatch 2019: Take Care: Building resilience and sustainable practice
https://www.aam-us.org/2019/05/14/trendswatch-2019-take-care-building-resilience-and-
sustainable-practice/

TED Talk, The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
https://www.ted.com/talks/
juna_kollmeier_the_most_detailed_map_of_galaxies_black_holes_and_stars_ever_made

Frontline, the Last Survivors
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-last-survivors/

The Czech 'Church of Bones': Inside Sedlec Ossuary
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sedlec-ossuary/index.html

He Built Schools to Fight Injustice, and I Want You to Know His Story
https://www.npca.org/articles/2167-he-built-schools-to-fight-injustice-and-i-want-you-to-know-his-
story

Active, Dormant, & Extinct Volcanoes of the National Park System
https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/active-dormant-extinct-volcanoes-national-park-
system?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=photopost

UNESCO, Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural-property/

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