Weekly Science Report

April 22, 2022

 
 
“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.”
African Proverb
 
 

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
 
What was the agriculture like in southeast China in the Late Neolithic?
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-agriculture-southeast-china-late-neolithic.html
 
Ancient footprints in New Mexico raise questions about when humans inhabited North America
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ancient-footprints-in-new-mexico-raise-questions-about-when-humans-
inhabited-north-america?
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Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-theories-earlier-human-americas.html
 
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-civilization.html?fbclid=IwAR3tRF0QkON36_oVMXmNsIMJY1uEvOBDcU-
klt_4xXjcJnSUIlKTnD4GrU8
 
Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-reveals-human-driven-distinctive-foraging-
patterns.html?fbclid=IwAR0bieyFPPSotyc_5-
N1PaehhHTMiLkzparLPDlxGQOI0bnDY1q5kCeon54
 
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs review: A must-read reconstruction
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433833-100-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-review-a-must-read-
reconstruction/?
utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1d
No58ini5k9w5j5g7jYWoUIh8rcnZGhaAttkYR75b3wC2iQJdXahkXJY#Echobox=1650560392
 
New computer predictive model is useful in identifying ancient hunter-gatherer sites
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-ancient-hunter-gatherer-sites.html
 
How archery was vital to the survival of early humans
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/16/how-archery-was-vital-to-the-survival-of-early-humans?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1650115701
 
Pterosaur fossil suggests feathers may have evolved long before flight
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2316700-pterosaur-fossil-suggests-feathers-may-have-evolved-long-
before-flight/#Echobox=1650471639
 
A population hub out of Africa explains East Asian lineages in Europe 45,000 years ago
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/948948
 
First European farmers' heights did not meet expectations
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-european-farmers-heights.html
 
Researchers find genetic 'fingerprints' of ancient migrations in modern-day United Arab Emirates
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/researchers-find-genetic-fingerprints-of-ancient-migrations-in-
modern-day-united-arab-emirates-1
 
 
Chemical traces in ancient West African pots show a diet rich in plants
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-chemical-ancient-west-african-pots.html
 
Prehistoric people created art by firelight, new research reveals
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/949708#:~:text=Our%20early%20ancestors%20probably
%20created,unearthed%20in%20France%20has%20revealed.&text=by%2F4.0%2F)-,Our%20early
%20ancestors%20probably%20created%20intricate%20artwork%20by%20firelight%2C%20an,unearthed
%20in%20France%20has%20revealed.
 
What Did Neanderthals Evolve From?
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-did-neanderthals-evolve-from
 
Friendship ornaments from the Stone Age
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950686
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

History
 
Cherokee Nation Members Can Now Gather Plants on National Park Land
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cherokee-nation-members-can-now-gather-plants-on-national-
park-land-180979965/
 
Mimi Reinhard, who typed up Schindler’s list, dies at 107
https://apnews.com/article/business-israel-middle-east-steven-spielberg-poland-
c1efdb74160288ae7caacffdfa806b38?
utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1dpHr5LY8viAVeT3cRrJ
U3yC6SJ08ZbKfRn_iNi_PJmC1C8hHRy4zV73Q&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=a5de78d4e70
93a5a&start_with_session_counter=2&application_server_address=isolation1-us-east-1.wss.prod.fire.glass
 
Museums turn to immersive tech to preserve the stories of aging Holocaust survivors
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/10/1089652445/museums-turn-to-immersive-tech-to-preserve-the-stories-of-
aging-holocaust-surviv?sc=18&f=1001
 
Who was Ibn Rushd? The 'bridge' between Islamic and western philosophy
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/ibn-rushd-islamic-western-philosophy-bridge?
utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_58t41ts73s&fbclid=IwAR1H
gU4GK_9r6gz9nhdgHoUMi81kszh9XGcSMXPfqXYDjh8475lsbVi4Th8
 
BURYING A BURNING
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murders/629367/?fbclid=IwAR0BERN2zLe3-mYPPel02l-dU-
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Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries
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L5sNKh-CLa6h5Ri4T95cbm8BAHA4bHg4CCe1jOrEDPF0
 
 
Holocaust Survivors Ask Israel Museum to Return One-of-a-Kind Haggadah
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/holocaust-survivors-sue-israel-museum-haggadah-
180979928/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0_4LMTP-
aOVYG6NL3OESgW7cG3Lwdx2dzBRYtqPKQoTiMLbVis_1rqTf4
 
The Gruesome Story of Hannah Duston, Whose Slaying of Indians Made Her an American Folk “Hero”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gruesome-story-hannah-duston-american-colonist-whose-slaying-
indians-made-her-folk-hero-180968721/
 
Discovery sheds light on why Pacific islands were colonized
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-discovery-pacific-islands-colonised.html
 
Scientists find evidence for biggest earthquake in human history
https://www.livescience.com/biggest-earthquake-found-chile
 
Digging Up the History of the Nuclear Fallout Shelter
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/digging-up-the-history-of-the-nuclear-fallout-shelter-180979956/
 
 
 
How Yellow Fever Intensified Racial Inequality in 19th-Century New Orleans
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-yellow-fever-intensified-racial-inequality-in-19th-century-new-
orleans-180979934/
 
 
 
 

Archaeology
 
Fragment of Oldest-Known Maya Calendar Discovered in Guatemalan Pyramid
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-known-mayan-calendar-found-inside-guatemalan-
pyramid-180979933/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR2aHY6_frzlzxRNjaU5ozZ2YEEtfCR8lnN_
2vssD5GiVlaFOBKohiE09tI
 
An Archaeology Institute Is Fighting the British Museum, Demanding Access to
Make Digital Scans of the Parthenon Marbles
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/institute-of-digital-archaeology-2096277/amp-page#amp_tf=From
%20%251%24s&aoh=16500299893276&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
 
The Last Wild Lions of Europe
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/lions-europe/
 
Church of the Holy Sepulchre’s ancient altar rediscovered, researchers say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/church-holy-sepulchres-ancient-altar-rediscovered-researchers-say-
rcna24347?
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Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/15/iraq-ancient-buildings-destroyed-by-climate-change-salt-
sandstorms?
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‘Recovering Ancient Spiro’: Remembering one of Native America’s most forgotten but important sites
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/recovering-ancient-spiro-remembering-one-of-native-americas-most-
forgotten-but-important-sites/
 
Australia’s Oldest-Known Human Remains Will Be Reburied in the Outback
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australias-oldest-known-human-remains-will-be-reburied-in-
outback-180979895/
 
Ancient people in India may have buried their dead in giant stone jars
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-stone-jars-i
 
World's first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, 'started up' in 178 B.C., scientists claim
https://www.livescience.com/antikythera-mechanism-start-date-found
 
Possible Royal Graves Dated to the Time of King Arthur Found in Great Britain
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/possible-royal-graves-dated-to-the-time-of-king-arthur-found-
in-great-britain-180979927/
 
UGA study shows resilience of early coastal communities in Georgia
https://research.uga.edu/news/uga-study-shows-resilience-of-early-coastal-communities-in-
georgia/
 
 
Ancient skeletons reveal the history of worm parasites in Britain
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950215
 
Old City Construction Crews Find Old Shipyard, Artifacts Potentially Dating Back To William Penn
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/04/21/old-city-construction-crews-find-old-shipyard-artifacts-
potentially-dating-back-to-william-penn/
 
1,700-year-old sandal found on a remote mountain in Norway
https://www.livescience.com/iron-age-sandal-mountain-norway
 
Terahertz imaging reveals hidden inscription on early modern funerary cross
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-terahertz-imaging-reveals-hidden-inscription.html
 
 
 
 

Egyptology
 
Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan
https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-
that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575
 
Ancient Roman pottery workshop discovered in Egypt
https://www.livescience.com/pottery-workshop-discovered-ancient-egypt
 
The Treasurer's Tomb
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/459-2203/digs/10341-digs-egypt-treasurer-tomb
 
Egypt: Ruins of ancient temple for Zeus unearthed in Sinai
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-egypt-ancient-temple-zeus-unearthed.html
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Science
 
Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysteries
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computing?utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-
type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=wired&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_params&tabid=ab448014
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1.wss.prod.fire.glass
 
UK hosts 'world's first' hub for drones, future flying taxis
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-uk-hosts-world-hub-drones.html
 
 
 

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

 
NASA’s astronauts aren’t ready for deep space
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/14/nasa-artemis-moon-explorer-astronauts-00025099
 
NASA advisers call for a visit to Uranus, plus more science during moon landings
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093361091/nasa-advisors-call-for-a-visit-to-uranus-plus-more-science-
during-moon-landings
 
Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315418-particle-physics-could-be-rewritten-after-shock-w-boson-
measurement/#Echobox=1649429240-1
 
U.S. Space Command confirms interstellar meteor hit Earth
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-interstellar-meteor-to-hit-earth-solar-system-space-command/?
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10aab7e&linkId=161009348&fireglass_rsn=true#fireglass_paramstabida8a288f64bb371fastart_with_session
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Scientists come up with fresh take on moon mystery
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/11/world/far-near-sides-of-the-moon-difference-scn/index.html?
utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-04-
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Women Are Creating a New Culture for Astronomy
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/women-are-creating-a-new-culture-for-astronomy/
#Echobox=1649678800

 
New Tests Evaluate Mission Readiness of Astronauts Upon Landing
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-tests-evaluate-mission-readiness-of-astronauts-upon-landing
 
Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-earliest-geochemical-evidence-plate-tectonics.html?
fbclid=IwAR0gQGQAJrBIahNjKK2d7HGyphFhsU5Xa-3af0KOPYf7s-GUkXqfySbzwSk
 
China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01025-2#Echobox=1649880190
 
Scientists model landscape formation on Titan, revealing an Earth-like alien world
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950644
 
Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-parallel-timelines.html
 
Europe Cancels Joint Moon Missions with Russia
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/europe-cancels-joint-moon-missions-with-russia/
 
 

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

 
The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide
https://theconversation.com/the-information-age-is-starting-to-transform-fishing-worldwide-179352
 
New study suggests wildlife may be answer to phosphorus crisis
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-wildlife-phosphorus-crisis.html?
fbclid=IwAR0uT2QfzMOCw4boqKR1gflNSL6uognUOuJPKObKHGOHIgzXdoBzbY6Gr-g
 
Students build a solar-powered greenhouse that produces 50% more energy than it uses
https://www.fastcompany.com/90736444/students-build-a-solar-powered-greenhouse-that-produces-50-
more-energy-than-it-uses
 
Unesco names eight new geoparks as it marks 40th World Heritage Day
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/04/18/unesco-names-eight-new-geoparks-as-it-
marks-40th-world-heritage-day/
 
Unesco launches emergency plan to save the world’s reefs
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/04/19/unesco-launches-emergency-plan-to-save-the-
worlds-reefs/
 
This visionary inspired Amazon conservation—and a new Nat Geo expedition
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/perpetual-planet-this-visionary-inspired-amazon-
conservation-and-a-new-nat-geo-expedition?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dps%3A%3Asrc
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jncfCD3PFEhJ3Ae4_XGM0SgvcDRNw5m0lHsJB_bQ
 
Over 1,000 scientists from around the world take to the streets in week-long climate protests
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/3270236-over-1000-scientists-from-
around-the-world-take-to-the-streets-in-week-long-climate-protests/?
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Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950755
 
Cheaper hydrogen fuel cell could mean better green energy options
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cell-green.html
 
Antarctic Sea Ice Hit a Record Low; Now Scientists Think They Know Why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-sea-ice-hit-a-record-low-now-scientists-think-they-know-
why/
 
 
 
 
 
 

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

 
Video shows dolphin attacking trainer during show at Miami Seaquarium
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Dolphin impaled with 'spear-like object' is found dead on Florida beach, officials say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dolphin-impaled-spear-object-found-dead-florida-beach-officials-
say-rcna24979?
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Orca ecotype spotted at Bremer Bay off WA coast for first time
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-21/ecotype-killer-whales-spotted-bremer-bay/101003826
 
Dolphin stranded on Texas beach dies after crowd tries to ride the animal, rescuers say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/dolphin-stranded-texas-beach-dies-crowd-tries-ride-animal-
rescuers-say-rcna24467?
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Using AI to detect cancer from patient data securely
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-ai-cancer-patient.html
 
 

Other
 
Nothing To report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Additional Informational
 
State of Michigan and National Park Service Announce Innovation Partnership to Promote Accessibility to National
Parks
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/mi-nps-accessibility-in-parks.htm
 
400 Years of African American History Commission to award $150,000 in National Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Grants
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/ntf-grants-2022.htm
 
Atlantis 2021 - Lost continent discovered 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0918GD5HH?ref=em_1p_8_ti&ref_=pe_851800_632711010
 
TED Talk, My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead
https://www.ted.com/talks/anjali_kumar_my_failed_mission_to_find_god_and_what_i_found_instead
 
National Park Service and Republic of Palau Announce Formal Partnership for Sustainable Visitor Use and Tourism
Planning
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/palau-partnership.htm
 
A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WHDDNGF?pd_rd_i=B08WHDDNGF&pd_rd_w=bLgCB&pf_rd_p=e87276dc-
ecb8-4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pd_rd_r=b32185f3-e27b-4f6d-bce6-
b2fe4c4c4a60&pd_rd_wg=szovr&ref_=pe_27745410_632569250_ssub
 
Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092QZBLN6?pd_rd_i=B092QZBLN6&pd_rd_w=bLgCB&pf_rd_p=e87276dc-ecb8-
4d8d-8a65-389f2526c357&pd_rd_r=b32185f3-e27b-4f6d-bce6-
b2fe4c4c4a60&pd_rd_wg=szovr&ref_=pe_27745410_632569250_ssub
 
Getting to the root of corn domestication; knowledge may help plant breeders
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/getting-root-corn-domestication-knowledge-may-help-plant-breeders/