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Weekly Science Report 15th July 2022
Weekly Science Report 15th July 2022
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
Getting the fossil record right on human evolution
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-fossil-human-evolution.html?fbclid=IwAR1JZ5MoNygqgMOP3N-
XT8AMtx1q_VWiGYNpltKNDPUUGQzD29We5OEI8AM
Identity of mystery fossils found in Chinese cave revealed by DNA analysis
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/asia/human-evolution-dna-red-deer-cave-china-scn/index.html
Ancient DNA adds to evidence for Native Americans' east Asian ancestry
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328757-ancient-dna-adds-to-evidence-for-native-americans-east-
asian-ancestry/#Echobox=1657811765-1
This Is the Oldest Human-Made Object in the Smithsonian Collections
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-is-kanjera-tool-180980330/?
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Research into oldest known burial field in the Netherlands sheds new light on traditional gender roles
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-oldest-burial-field-netherlands-traditional.html
Ancient DNA yields surprising findings on world's earliest seafarers
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-dna-yields-world-earliest.html
A 76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in New York City
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109937791/dinosaur-skeleton-auction-nyc?sc=18&f=1001
Face of a 7,500-year-old woman reveals Gibraltar's earliest humans
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/face-7500-year-old-woman-reveals-
gibraltar-earliest-humans
Dinosaur teeth from Diamantinasaurus unearthed in outback Queensland
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-15/dinosaur-teeth-discovery-outback-queensland/101237172?
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Early stone tools were not rocket science
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-early-stone-tools-rocket-science.html
Human bones used for making pendants in the Stone Age
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-human-bones-pendants-stone-age.html
History
Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/1109091043/black-marines-were-dogged-on-this-base-in-the-1940s-now-
theyre-honored-there
Georgia Guidestones: Rural monument that some call satanic damaged in bombing, police say
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-explosion-police-say-
monument-damaged-bombing/7823958001/
Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in 2 Polish mass graves
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ashes-8000-world-war-ii-victims-mass-graves-poland-bialuty-forest-
rcna38219
The Schoolteacher Who Saved Her Students From the Nazis
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-schoolteacher-who-spirited-her-students-away-from-the-nazis-
180980393/
Nazi-Looted Painting Returned to 101-Year-Old Dutch Woman
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/painting-looted-by-nazis-returned-to-101-year-old-woman-
180980316/?
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MP_Z_-RBf7ph8dT7Pk1C5nuOBD2Q
La Malinche was a young linguist forced to serve the Spanish conquerors
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1110472870/la-malinche
This Eid al-Adha, the new rules for hajj have left many frustrated
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110580296/saudi-arabia-travel-rules-hajj-frustrated-pilgrimage?
sc=18&f=1001
'Legacy of Violence' documents the dark side of the British Empire
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/1110853580/legacy-of-violence-documents-the-dark-side-of-the-british-
empire?sc=18&f=1001
Mysterious 'lord of the universe' deity from ancient Palmyra finally identified
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-palmyra-god-identified
Native American boarding school survivors tell of abuses
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/native-american-boarding-school-survivors-tell-abuses-2022-07-09/?
utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
Emmett Till's family says authorities are protecting the woman accused in his death
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110560092/emmett-till-family-arrest-white-woman-1955-warrant
The long-lost Adolf Eichmann recordings shown in new documentary
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-709621
How America’s rejection of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany haunts our refugee policy today
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/27/14412082/refugees-history-holocaust?
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Troubling stories surface as U probes its history with Native people
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/06/30/university-minnesota-probes-history-with-native-people?
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The Wilmington Massacre Was a White Supremacist Insurrection in North Carolina
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wilmington-massacre-insurrection-history
Bradford Freeman, last surviving member of 'Band of Brothers,' dies at 97
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bradford-freeman-last-surviving-member-band-brothers-dies-97-
rcna36705
How the Mexican revolution of 1910 helped shape U.S. border policy
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109822069/how-the-mexican-revolution-of-1910-helped-shape-u-s-border-
policy?sc=18&f=1001
6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/1109722326/4th-july-independence-day-immigrants?sc=18&f=1001
As a soldier, he escaped Nazi captors. At 97, he finally got his medals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/06/william-kellerman-wwii-medal-nazi/
Time capsule library in Norway seeks to leave hope for future generations
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norway-time-capsule-hope-future-generation/
500-year-old icon looted from divided Cyprus repatriated
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-greece-turkey-5b7d199532ccd1fa1dda02441a5d8513?
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KFRH4Ity_tpvHKrdcpCheeXvlbX_gTuf-vjiy_f8
Fierce and female, these 7 warriors fought their way into history
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/fierce-and-female-these-7-warriors-
fought-their-way-into-history?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20220713hist-
womenwarriors&linkId=172933647&fbclid=IwAR0X_E6DTBHqGSAsLil0JbMbvbTtFguy28AgBwirDKWgGDJs
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Unique New Museums Make Their Debut In 2022
https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystoller/2022/07/02/unique-new-museums-make-their-debut-in-2022/?
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"Greatest athlete in the world" Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of two 1912 Olympic events
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-thorpe-reinstated-sole-winner-two-1912-olympic-events/?ftag=CNM-00-
10aab6a&linkId=173330002&fbclid=IwAR3MHWWrg_e3GGl0idAUVgOfUpvJA2n92b-cCq9viKB-t8LtrN4Zp7-
nKYE
Did a Viking Woman Named Gudrid Really Travel to North America in 1000 A.D.?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-viking-woman-named-gudrid-really-travel-north-america-1000-
years-ago-180977126/
Emmett Till's family says 'white pedestal' theory has denied them justice for decades
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111380028/emmett-till-warrant-family-arrest-lynching?sc=18&f=1001
Archaeology
Archaeologists Begin First-Ever Excavation of Tomb Linked to King Arthur
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-begin-first-ever-excavation-of-king-arthurs-
tomb-180980362/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2VuijWrgoQ6xf-
5jOxkihxebg3PzoL1f9M-LJ-_nACIiLMRg9yLEo2g68
Church of the Holy Sepulchre excavation unveils remains from Constantine's time
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-711881
Researchers Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Roman City ‘of Monumental
Proportions’ in Northern Spain
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/researchers-discover-unknown-roman-city-spain-2147331?
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%207%2F15&utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D
A Roman-era ‘superhighway’ is disappearing. Italy has a plan to save it.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/reviving-europes-first-superhighway?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20220711travel-
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Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-have-discovered-2550-year-old-etching-last-
king-babylon-180978285/?
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m3KOZSNePK_VIi8sJ3KbuHrNpaEU
Dutch 'Indiana Jones' recovers one of the most-sacred Catholic artefacts ever stolen
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11005195/Dutch-Indiana-Jones-recovers-Jesus-blood-relic-
stolen-French-church.html
Campaign to save Jamestown from sea level rise is well underway
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-jamestown-flooding-0709-20220709-
rla5ffyqynem3if6w6hbgnaz2u-story.html
'Everywhere they dig': looters hunt Albanian antiques
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-looters-albanian-antiques.html
Bronze Age enclosure could offer earliest clues on the origins of Cardiff
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2635719-bronze-age-enclosure-could-offer-earliest-clues-on-the-origins-
of-cardiff#:~:text=Experts%20believed%20the%20settlement%2C%20dubbed,High%20School%2C
%20actually%20predates%20it.
Egyptology
New Research Reveals Surprising Origins of Egypt’s Hyksos Dynasty
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-foreign-takeover-ancient-egypt-was-uprising-not-invasion-
180975354/
'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/lost-golden-city-luxor-discovered-archaeologists-egypt
General Science
Nothing to report
Other
The four bases of anti-science beliefs—and what to do about them
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-bases-anti-science-beliefsand.html
Stunned by UFOs, ‘exasperated’ fighter pilots get little help from Pentagon
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3545072-stunned-by-ufos-exasperated-fighter-pilots-get-little-
help-from-pentagon/
WATCH: Humanoid 'aliens' wash up on Australian beaches, baffling local residents
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alien-australia-beach-humanoid-ocean-confuse-residents-
space?utm_source=gazette.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=csg_news_feed
Additional Informational
The Unknown Gilgamesh
https://grahamhancock.com/whitemany17/?
fbclid=IwAR03_oRFHVXrxKB3NVPmWv9ha1eGw6L68HNMO9kPzBEKyLQ4guDWoUP6Vag
U.S. Africa Command, international partners unite in support of autonomous solar-powered aircraft
https://www.africom.mil/article/34517/us-africa-command-international-partners-unite-in-support-of-
autonomous-solar-powered-airc?
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Interior Department Announces Programs Included in Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative to
Advance Environmental Justice
https://doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-programs-included-biden-harris-
administrations-justice40?
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European Union proposes law to bring back nature
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/european-union-proposes-law-bring-back-nature?s=09
Why this Ceres mission could change the search for alien life
https://www.planetary.org/articles/ceres-sample-return-mission-alien-life?fbclid=IwAR1q6n7zj5CE7b-
hPIDmpJ1yW04ZCOV5i3FcokvJtKrCxV2LGj69pKg81kY
Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/06/02/gateways-propulsion-system-testing-throttles-up/?
utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=JimFree&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=167689851&fbclid=IwA
R3BYKz02R_I5dwN0WssME3u0C2XBstv3MXFbp9pziHaM0YPWjHEldoDHHI
SarahKapnicknamedNOAAchiefscientist
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/sarah-kapnick-named-noaa-chief-scientist
DNI HAINES SPEAKS AT THE ACTIVATION OF THE NATIONAL SPACE INTELLIGENCE CENTER
https://www.odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/news-articles/news-articles-2022/item/2304-dni-haines-speaks-at-
the-activation-of-the-national-space-intelligence-center
Secretary Haaland Announces 2022 Native Language Summit During White House Council on Native
American Affairs Tribal Session
https://doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-announces-2022-native-language-summit-during-
white-house-council?
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Summer 2022 recommended reading from MIT
https://news.mit.edu/2022/books-mit-authors-0708?
fbclid=IwAR1gaujCNATFo9QMqUPeaSRTR02Z9ciADMu7svkGsELyB8DGxZnJPsuHd14
Follow CAPSTONE’s Four-Month Journey to the Moon in Real Time
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/capstone-eyes
NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-
universe-yet
These smart technologies are transforming healthcare
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/smart-technologies-transforming-healthcare?
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This is the technology driving the world's renewables revolution
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/renewable-energy-technology-iea-investment?
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Tooth-telling brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa
https://www.scu.edu.au/engage/news/latest-news/2022/tooth-telling-brings-to-light-earliest-humans-from-
southern-africa.php