Weekly Science Report

May 4, 2018

“Humanity's thirst for natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt our
patterns of consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food and land
will inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and
environmental depletion we must all cooperate.”
Dalai Lama

Introduction

Steve Detwiler created this publication with the support of Graham Hancock and 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

Neandertals, Stone Age people may have voyaged the Mediterranean

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/neandertals-stone-age-people-may-have-voyaged-mediterranean
Ice Age Artists at Chauvet Cave Made Charcoal From Pine to Draw

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE--1.6029115

Homo sapiens spread to Asia earlier than once believed

http://discovery.economist.com/features?aid=5694790160&csid=socialpr&utm_source=Facebook-
Instagram&utm_medium=PaidSocial&utm_campaign=Globally-Curious&utm_content=GLOBAL-RT-
Hub+web-1v90d&cid1=d/sn/fb/n/n/n/paid/n/n/SMB/n/content/n/
evergreen&cid3=UM&dclid=CPrxjo6B0toCFRS_Twod6FAKvg

Wooden Statue Found in Late 1890s Likely Dates Back More Than 11,000 Years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/statue-found-late-1890s-likely-dates-back-more-11000-years-
180968895/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Here's the face of a man who lived in Japan about 27,000 years ago

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201804210040.html

Is this 100,000-year-old hashtag the first humanmade symbol—or just a pretty decoration?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/100000-year-old-hashtag-first-human-symbol-or-just-pretty-
decoration

How to hunt a giant sloth—according to ancient human footprints

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-giant-slothaccording-ancient-humanfootprints.html

Did neolithic man practise surgery on cows?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/19/did-neolithic-man-practice-trepanning-on-cows?
CMP=share_btn_fb

700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/stone-tools-rhinoceros-luzon-philippines-ancient-hominins-
science/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20180502news-
firsthumansphilippines&utm_campaign&sf188529944=1

History
Augmented Reality Is Transforming Museums

https://www.wired.com/story/augmented-reality-art-museums?
mbid=nl_042418_daily_list1_p1&CNDID=41291302

Ancient Amazonians lived sustainably – and this matters for conservation today

https://theconversation.com/ancient-amazonians-lived-sustainably-and-this-matters-for-conservation-today-
93455

Archaeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as colonists wrote

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/archeology-caribbean-carib-people-cannibalism-colonial-
history-wrong

What Will The Holocaust Museum Look Like Without Survivors?

https://wamu.org/story/18/04/24/will-holocaust-museum-look-like-without-survivors/

In Donald Trump, Israelis hear echoes of an ancient emperor

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-israelis-hear-echoes-ancient-emperor-155859705.html

Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-73444

Guide to the Classics: Virgil’s Aeneid

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-virgils-aeneid-85459

A History Nerd Will Get to Spend the Summer Guiding Visitors Through 4,000 Years of History
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/best-summer-job-working-4000-years-worth-history-
180968908/

Indus Valley people did not have genetic contribution from the steppes: Head of Ancient DNA Lab testing
Rakhigarhi samples

http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/indus-valley-genetic-contribution-steppes-rakhigarhi

In latest JFK files, some tantalizing nuggets — and stuff that makes you go 'huh?'

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article209931519.html

Unraveling the Genetic History of a First Nations People

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mapping-history-first-nations-people-through-their-genes-
180968899/#AFs03slfxJyrzq04.01
This New Virtual Reality Experience Drops You In Hiroshima Right After It’s Been Bombed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/new-virtual-reality-experience-drops-you-hiroshima-right-after-
its-been-bombed-180968903/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Israel’s Mossad spy agency shrouded in mystery and mystique

https://apnews.com/f9494cfb335d453eab17ec0d93d2bf99/Israel's-Mossad-spy-agency-shrouded-in-
mystery-and-mystique

Holocaust row: Abbas accused of anti-Semitism

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43967600

Germany to fund museum investigations into provenance of colonial-era artefacts

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-to-fund-museum-investigations-into-provenance-of-
colonial-era-artefacts

Nazis pressed ham radio hobbyists to serve the Third Reich – but surviving came at a price

https://theconversation.com/nazis-pressed-ham-radio-hobbyists-to-serve-the-third-reich-but-surviving-came-
at-a-price-90510

Museum 25th Anniversary Marks Bold Vision and Campaign Extension

https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/museum-25th-anniversary-marks-bold-vision-and-
campaign-extension?utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-
hotizontal-link-
2&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETzMxS
WVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU9Ydz
BGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D

Museums Still Can’t Agree on How to Talk About the 1945 Atomic Bombing of Japan

https://www.history.com/news/atomic-bomb-hiroshima-nagasaki-museum-controversy-los-alamos?
utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=152
4050136

The Doctored 'Memoir' of a Jewish Boy Kidnapped by the Vatican

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/edgardo-mortara-doctored-memoir/554948/?
utm_source=atltw

In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-a-reversal-speaker-ryan-says-the-house-chaplain-will-remain-in-
his-post/ar-AAwHXTU?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=LENOVODHP17
Expert disease detective unravels mysterious illness that killed famed 12th century sultan

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-expert-disease-unravels-mysterious-illness.html

New Director Of Air And Space Museum Is The First Woman To Hold The Job

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/30/607076266/new-director-of-air-and-space-museum-is-the-first-woman-to-hold-
the-job?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=201
80501

Rare Interviews With Hitler’s Inner Circle Reveal What Truly Happened on “The Day Hitler Died”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rare-interviews-adolph-hitler-inner-circle-smithsonian-channel-
180957283/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Archaeology

Archaeologists find hundreds of ancient tombs in SW China

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/29/c_137145345.htm

Mysterious mummy found in Iran could be father of last shah

https://www.apnews.com/a950f574657c4996ad211c15387beaef

Peru child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43928277
Mysterious shipwreck discovered in Great Lakes believed to be nearly 200 years old

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mysterious-shipwreck-discovered-in-great-lakes-believed-to-be-nearly-200-years-
old/ar-AAwhNtP?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=LENOVODHP17

Thessaloniki subway dig unearths secrets of 'city under the city'

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/thessaloniki-subway-dig-unearths-secrets-of-city-under-the-city/article/
520915

Ancient graffiti preserved by lava, researching depression in the UK

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/04/28/ancient-graffiti-preserved-lava-researching-depression-uk-
campus-briefs/560115002/

Medieval grave reveals rare 'coffin birth' and neurosurgery

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/medieval-grave-reveals-rare-coffin-birth-and-neurosurgery/ar-
AAwm5lU?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580

Those ancient artifacts that were illegally smuggled to Hobby Lobby are headed home to Iraq

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/those-ancient-artifacts-that-were-illegally-smuggled-to-hobby-lobby-are-
headed-home-to-iraq/ar-AAwDoOM?li=BBnbfcL

Some of Hobby Lobby’s Smuggled Artifacts May Come From Lost Sumerian City
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-seized-hobby-lobby-may-come-lost-sumerian-city-
180968931/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Shackleton's lost ship 'Endurance' to be target of new expedition

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-scour-seafloor-shackleton-s-doomed-ship-endurance-
ncna865041

1,500-Year-Old Massacre Unearthed in Sweden

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1500-year-old-massacre-unearthed-sweden-180968904/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Egyptology

Chariots! Swords! Action!

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180422/chariots-swords-action

Grand Egyptian Museum Conference Building on fire

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/48938/BREAKING-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-Conference-Building-on-
fire

How 2 Massive Carvings Found Near Egypt Pyramid Were Rescued from Looters

https://www.livescience.com/62468-massive-carvings-rescued-egypt-looting.html

General Science

Five myths about artificial intelligence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-artificial-intelligence/
2018/04/27/76c35408-4959-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.51714b3994d0

A 100-Drone Swarm, Dropped from Jets, Plans Its Own Moves

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603337/a-100-drone-swarm-dropped-from-jets-plans-its-own-moves/?
utm_campaign=technology_review&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

How Many G's Will the Hyperloop Pull in Its Next Test?

https://www.wired.com/story/how-many-gs-will-the-hyperloop-pull-in-its-next-test/?mbid=social_fb_sci

The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways

https://www.wired.com/story/the-lab-making-robots-walk-through-fire-and-ride-segways/?
CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042618_daily_list3_p3

Amateur mathematician partially solves 60-year-old problem

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-amateur-mathematician-partially-year-old-problem.html
This Conductive Paint Turns Walls Into Giant Touchscreens
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-conductive-paint-turns-walls-into-giant-touchscreens-
180968922/#v3ZZMO4Os5xrfL8x.01

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Space agencies intent on mission to deliver Mars rocks to Earth

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43907326#

Why robotic bees may be the next visitors to Mars

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/why-robotic-bees-may-be-next-visitors-mars-ncna864391?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-star-catalogue-will-change-everything-we-know-about-
milky-way-180968891/?no-cache/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox observed in many-particle system for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-einstein-podolsky-rosen-paradox-many-particle.html

NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks Under Pressure

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/27/606349244/nasa-mars-mission-faces-setback-after-
heat-shield-cracks-under-pressure?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20
180427

Man in moon may soon be Chinese

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/25/WS5adfb705a3105cdcf651a458.html
NASA Expands Plans for Moon Exploration: More Missions, More Science

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-expands-plans-for-moon-exploration-more-missions-more-science

Why parts of Earth have barely changed in 3 billion years

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-earth-billion-years.html

Trump raises the specter of a Space Force as he congratulates Army’s football team

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raises-the-specter-of-a-space-force-as-he-congratulates-the-
armys-football-team/2018/05/01/b17d6966-4d5b-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html?
utm_term=.38b6955f6acc

Taming the multiverse—Stephen Hawking's final theory about the big bang

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-multiversestephen-hawking-theory-big.html

Physicists find signs of a time crystal

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-physicists-crystal.html

Three black teens are finalists in a NASA competition. Hackers spewing racism tried to ruin their odds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/three-black-teens-are-finalists-in-a-nasa-competition-then-
hackers-spewing-racism-tried-to-ruin-their-odds/2018/05/02/a702f53e-4d72-11e8-84a0-
458a1aa9ac0a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b99d9c49231

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

World's first ocean plastic-cleaning machine set to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-
launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html?
utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1524430264

Bill Gates Backs Plan for Earth-Monitoring Cameras

https://www.pcmag.com/news/360534/bill-gates-softbank-airbus-back-earth-monitoring-project

Earth Day: it is about equity as well as the environment

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2018/04/21/earth-day-it-is-about-equity-as-well-as-the-
environment/

11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day

https://www.popsci.com/earth-day-cut-down-on-waste

Trump in Earth Day message notes need for ‘market-driven economy’ to protect environment

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384335-trump-in-earth-day-message-notes-need-for-market-driven-
economy-to

US won't restore Yellowstone grizzly bear protections

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wont-restore-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections/ar-AAwr6xx?ocid=se

The EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral. It’s Actually a Lot More Complicated
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/epa-declares-burning-wood-carbon-neutral-180968880/
#VfmjKVH8LjLYj7ZK.01

US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from treating roads in winter

https://theconversation.com/us-rivers-are-becoming-saltier-and-its-not-just-from-treating-roads-in-winter-92648
Biggest coal-burning power plant in the West is most likely shutting down

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biggest-coal-burning-power-plant-west-most-likely-shutting-down-
n864981

Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil refinery - sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa-icahn-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-epa-grants-biofuels-
waiver-to-billionaire-icahns-oil-refinery-sources-idUSKBN1I10YB?utm_campaign=trueAnthem
%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ae7148804d3015de535a1be&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_sour
ce=facebook

Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Ocean After World War II Could Threaten Waters Worldwide
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decaying-weapons-world-war-II-threaten-waters-
worldwide-180961046/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

2 top Pruitt aides leave EPA amid ethics investigations

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/2-top-pruitt-aides-leave-epa-amid-ethics-investigations-
n870486?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Researchers develop water-based battery to store solar and wind energy

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-04-water-based-battery-solar-energy.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

A New Startup Wants to Use Crispr to Diagnose Disease

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-startup-wants-to-use-crispr-to-diagnose-disease/?
CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_042818_daily_list1_p3

The Dying Scientist and His Rogue Vaccine Trial

https://www.wired.com/story/infectious-rogue-vaccine-trial/?
CNDID=41291302&mbid=nl_050218_daily_list3_p1

This Kangaroo Rat Was Just Spotted For the First Time in 30 years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kangaroo-rat-native-baja-california-isnt-extinct-after-all-
180968926/#U0jqYFAe3EA0YIGc.01
Other

An Indian Politician Claimed Ancient Hindus Invented the Internet

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/india-ancient-internet/558725/?
utm_source=atlfb_test15_1

Should We Try to Colonize Other Worlds or Stay and Fix Earth?

https://thesciencepage.com/should-we-try-to-colonize-other-worlds-or-stay-and-fix-earth-2/

Additional Informational

The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): Overview

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-armenian-genocide-1915-16-overview

Stealing Her Legacy Back From the Nazi Past

https://medium.com/@HolocaustMuseum/surprise-youre-jewish-f141d5ecf633
Commemorating the Museum’s 25th Anniversary

https://engage.ushmm.org/2018-25th-highlights.html?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-feature-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETz
MxSWVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU
9YdzBGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D

The Big Questions of Holocaust History

https://www.ushmm.org/watch/big-questions?
utm_source=mkto&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1805MKTEM03879-event-text-
button&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpjNFlUbGpPV1F5WW1JMCIsInQiOiJwTHR1U21oNEc3M0YyblVaU1ErU2NETz
MxSWVVRUtsUHpwQ1lHYnplcUpyb0xlVlNoUnVNc1c4SGI2N1JWQW50Vkd2bTZHNkRybDc4SzdcL2hPcU
9YdzBGQWwxdlVuSHh2SnVTT1p1TDQ0b0V4QkI3N1piclVHVktoV3Y4QzM5UGcifQ%3D%3D

Buried, eaten, sacrificed: Archaeological dog remains from Trans-Baikal, Siberia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226718300060