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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
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News Articles
Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies
A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Spain
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-surprisingly-early-neanderthals-modern-humans.html
Dogs may have helped ancient Middle Easterners hunt small game
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs-may-have-helped-ancient-middle-easterners-hunt-small-
game
Fire And Feces May Reveal An Early Human Presence In Alaska
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferraff/2019/01/12/fire-and-feces-may-reveal-an-early-human-
presence-in-alaska/#f206b16762c6
'Incredibly rare' find in Western Isles prehistoric forest
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46890793
Neanderthal hunting spears could kill at a distance
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ucl-nhs012319.php
Otago researcher contributes piece to the puzzle of baleen whales' evolution
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoo-orc012119.php
A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Spain
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uos-ase012119.php
This ancient stegosaurus-platypus mashup has everything
https://www.popsci.com/stegosaurus-platypus-mashup-triassic
History
Newseum to close at end of 2019; Johns Hopkins to buy building
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/newseum-to-close-at-end-of-2019-johns-hopkins-to-buy-
building/65-8ed066e8-95ac-446d-89d9-3ea6d748e27d?
fbclid=IwAR0tX9GYUFy80AVsQS6Kf0KGlzA004wiSMqQGf8D9DuI9zSIklSfUIuQtkk
Hitler-owned book hints at plans for North American Holocaust
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/americas/holocaust-canada-north-america-blueprint-scli-intl/
index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-01-
26T04%3A00%3A26&utm_source=fbCNN
Cultural heritage at risk: From Venice the technologies of the future
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/ucfv-cha112818.php?
fbclid=IwAR3xpEWwfP4xv8glfMOmLWx1229I0qxj-SsFnihEcF2seOLqoJt3LQwN1eU
Libraries’ Surprising Special Collections
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/libraries-surprising-special-collections-54792335/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Nazi's paintings now fund foundation for Jews
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nazi-s-paintings-now-fund-foundation-jews-n960876?
cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw
Seminole Tribe Pushes Smithsonian On Repatriation Policies
http://seminoletribune.org/seminole-tribe-pushes-smithsonian-on-repatriation-policies/
Notre Dame to cover 19th century Columbus murals due to portrayal of Native Americans
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/notre-dame-murals-columbus-
1.4987183
Sands of time
https://www.telegraphindia.com/science/sands-of-time/cid/1682294
Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/magazine/ancient-dna-paleogenomics.html
Iva d’Aquino Toguri Remains the Only U.S. Citizen Convicted of Treason Who Has Ever Been
Pardoned
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iva-daquino-toguri-remains-only-us-citizen-
convicted-treason-who-has-ever-been-pardoned-180961818/?
utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686942870/tony-mendez-the-argo-spy-who-rescued-americans-in-
iran-dies-at-78?sc=tw
Digital technology offers new ways to teach lessons from the Holocaust
https://theconversation.com/digital-technology-offers-new-ways-to-teach-lessons-from-the-
holocaust-102023
Inside the Kingdom of Hayti, ‘the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere’
https://theconversation.com/inside-the-kingdom-of-hayti-the-wakanda-of-the-western-hemisphere-
108250
Germany and France to establish joint culture institutes
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-and-france-to-establish-joint-culture-institutes
When Saharan sands glittered with gold: how the world's largest desert was a major medieval trade
route
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/when-saharan-sands-glittered-with-gold
Archaeology
Reports: Archaeologists find 30,000 artifacts along Detroit River
https://amp.freep.com/amp/2545900002?__twitter_impression=true
A new generation takes up the hunt for Dead Sea Scrolls
https://in.reuters.com/article/archaeology-deadsea-scrolls/a-new-generation-takes-up-the-hunt-for-
dead-sea-scrolls-idINKCN1PG1KW
Remains of 2 Beothuk people to be transferred from Scotland to Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/beothuk-remains-transfer-1.4986453
'Ancient' Scottish stone circle was built in 1990s
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/21/ancient-scottish-stone-circle-was-built-in-1990s?
__twitter_impression=true
Grave Belonging to Iron Age Warrior Discovered in Northern Iran
https://ifpnews.com/exclusive/grave-belonging-to-iron-age-warrior-discovered-in-northern-iran/
Algeria's ancient pyramid tombs still shrouded in mystery
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-algeria-ancient-pyramid-tombs-shrouded.html
Strange carvings greeted early West Virginia explorers
https://wvexplorer.com/2019/01/12/strange-carvings-greeted-west-virginia-explorers/
Ancient 'Tomb' Unearthed in Guatemala Turns Out to Be Maya Steam Bath
https://www.livescience.com/64495-ancient-maya-steam-bath.html
Rare ground-painting found in ancient Chinese tomb
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/16/c_137748712.htm
Archaeologists find clues for ‘important’ Ayyubid settlement
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeologists-find-clues-%E2%80%98important
%E2%80%99-ayyubid-settlement
How the Kerala floods unearthed a site filled with ancient terracotta figures
https://www.thehindu.com/society/how-the-kerala-floods-unearthed-a-site-filled-with-ancient-
terracotta-figures/article26026694.ece
Egyptology
Getty wraps up conservation effort at King Tutankhamen's tomb
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wraps-up-conservation-effort-at-king-tutankhamen-s-
tomb
Magnificent Dendera Temple to Be Turned Into An Open-Air Museum
https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/01/15/magnificent-dendera-temple-to-be-turned-into-an-open-air-
museum/
Damage to Ancient Carving of Egyptian Couple Was Meant to Hurt Them in the Afterlife
https://www.livescience.com/64514-ancient-egyptian-carving-afterlife.html
General Science
Nanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum alloy
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nanotechnology-enables-weld-previously-un-weldable.html
Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Earth's oldest rock was found by Apollo 14 astronauts -- on the moon
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/world/earth-oldest-rock-moon/index.html?
utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2019-01-
25T13%3A01%3A04&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social
Indian Ocean depths to be explored for the first time
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/indian-ocean-depths-be-explored-first-time-
n962071?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nw
Unlocking graphene's superconducting powers with a twist and a squeeze
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-graphene-superconducting-powers.html
Solar System Still Reels From Ancient Star Intrusion
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/03/22/scholz-star-flyby/#.XEylN1xKjIV
Watch Blue Origin Launch a Rocket Stuffed With NASA Gear
https://www.wired.com/story/watch-blue-origin-launch-a-rocket-stuffed-with-nasa-gear/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_012319_d
aily_list1_p3&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20012319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
The European Space Agency plans to start mining for natural resources on the moon
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/europe/mining-on-moon-trnd/index.html?
utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-01-
22T19%3A29%3A11&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social
Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by 'Planet Nine'
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-mystery-orbits-outermost-solar-planet.html
What the moon’s craters reveal about the Earth’s history
https://theconversation.com/what-the-moons-craters-reveal-
about-the-earths-history-109692
Do microbes control the formation of giant copper deposits?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/gsoa-dmc012519.php
A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoca-alu012519.php
Stellar winds, the source material for the universe, are clumpy
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/ps-swt012419.php
How to escape a black hole: simulations provide new clues about powerful plasma jets
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/dbnl-hte012419.php
Testing Hawking radiation in laboratory black hole analogues
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-hawking-laboratory-black-hole-analogues.html
http://time.com/collection-post/5502588/oceans-in-peril/?
utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialflowtw&utm_ca
mpaign=time&xid=time_socialflow_twitter
https://theconversation.com/can-genetic-engineering-save-
disappearing-forests-109793
Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uoe-fla012419.php
Envisioned 'octopus farms' would have far-reaching and detrimental environmental impact
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/nyu-ef012419.php
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-reversal-scientists-
cellular-cancer.html
Before Black Lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Killed Hundreds
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/20/685821214/before-black-lung-the-hawks-nest-tunnel-disaster-
killed-hundreds?sc=tw
Researchers Find A Web Of Factors Behind Multiple Sclerosis
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/21/684495345/researchers-find-a-web-of-
factors-behind-multiple-sclerosis?sc=tw
Gene drive technology makes mouse offspring inherit specific traits from parents
https://theconversation.com/gene-drive-technology-makes-mouse-offspring-inherit-specific-traits-
from-parents-110145
'Training gym' for lab-grown heart cells: Engineering researchers design new platform
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uotf-gf012219.php
Complete Axolotl Genome Could Reveal the Secret of Regenerating Tissues
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/complete-axolotl-genome-could-reveal-secret-
regenerating-tissues-180971335/
Other
The Unsolved Mystery of the Lubbock Lights UFO Sightings
https://www.history.com/news/lubbock-lights-ufo-sightings
When a Harvard Professor Talks About Aliens
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/oumuamua-interstellar-harvard-astrophysicist/
580948/?utm_campaign=the-
atlantic&utm_content=5c4c057d9ebbef0001902427_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebo
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What a 16th-century mystic can teach us about making good decisions
https://theconversation.com/what-a-16th-century-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-
decisions-109705
Advanced Extraterrestrials as an Approximation to God
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/advanced-extraterrestrials-as-an-approximation-
to-god/
Additional Informational
Humanity is more important than money — it’s time for capitalism to get an upgrade
https://ideas.ted.com/humanity-is-more-important-than-money-its-time-for-capitalism-to-get-an-
upgrade/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration- Video
https://www.ushmm.org/watch/ihrd-2019?
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