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
Newly Discovered Bat-Like Dinosaur Reveals the Intricacies of
Prehistoric Flight
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/newly-
discovered-bat-dinosaur-reveals-intricacies-prehistoric-flight-
180972128/#mVwwJxs8JOaIdQks.01
An extinct bird species has evolved back into existence, study says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/an-extinct-bird-species-has-evolved-back-into-existence-study-
says/
What Was It Like When The First Humans Arose On Earth?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/15/what-was-it-like-when-the-first-humans-
arose-on-earth/?
fbclid=IwAR1AGQGYkUl_f4ZOlrPFZXkSCd3TG5eAkDhRV6EJXPTO3FGflHJ3RPe89qg#1057
00a06997
Prehistoric Medicine: How Archaic Humans Cured Themselves
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/05/10/human-ancestors-and-many-animals-use-
medicine/?utm_source=dscfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dscfb&fbclid=IwAR2kV-
MvJanb5Q4nvcsCawmlPCnmaFT0CUDtUDEkjocG-ZzPHotEl2wrFK4#.XNwR5o5KiiM
Oldest Scandinavian human DNA found in ancient chewing gum
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-oldest-scandinavian-human-dna-ancient.html?fbclid=IwAR09-
eLCbCg0NYRnprAphpBEbjWFXCsaojD5PxrtzhZF_5AcD9LcBdq1yS0
The Teeth of Early Neanderthals May Indicate the Species’ Lineage Is Older Than Thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/teeth-early-neanderthals-may-indicate-species-
older-thought-180972184/?fbclid=IwAR2oV1aEecIWCkJVFNlreqZxacdVahLT_miJ-Ec-
bEwBEHXjsGwxJn4rRaM#BtRPtxfrwGLVbT6V.01
History
'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39768321?
ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook&f
bclid=IwAR306-bGerVmnnR0yoOArtGfeCBtBrICo7Q3UGY92yVsMgrZKr6kzFbzKRo
What is the Nakba? Day of catastrophe for Palestinians, explained
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-is-nakba-palestine-israel-conflict-explained-1948?
fbclid=IwAR3BvzkMP5ZrfA_M3LLkZxmYY9VVSf6x1qbQ5NSV9XDvVVgAAakjLeMlTpA
Jews, money and antisemitism: How the hate myth was born
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/jews-money-anti-semitism-hate-myth-was-born-jewish-
museum-london?
fbclid=IwAR3FZ9hEAKO2kjhcgtWL5ORUCPBAas3Uewm9qjkQdaWEgnZp7KZ2qbRmW-o
One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
https://apnews.com/e84da6ba6781413e8cdedff30e661432?fbclid=IwAR1iS_5040zmsPs9QhDi4l-2-
mHWapryOAm5wN0S6Hv8Ym_CrEnsFKSMVLE
Native American representation on Capitol Hill concerns House lawmakers
http://www.rollcall.com/news/native-american-representation-capitol-hill-concerns-house-
lawmakers?fbclid=IwAR22PPSyxUu2NhLVZBuJlZfBvdWQ_rLJDwYi-K-
e3Rj90BhJmboDGNmS1Ko
More than 150 years after her death, a former slave finally has the memorial she deserved
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/10/us/students-enslaved-woman-gravestone-trnd/index.html?
utm_term=link&utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2019-05-
10T13%3A30%3A55&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3lCMz2Pdyjdf_tKjjftcmk78AQ_e5jM5
MSCNIo1Vi_7-BLTwq22B4UHZM
Hollywood murder mystery: Arrest made in TV director's 1985 killing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barry-crane-hollywood-murder-mystery-edwin-hiatt-arrested-in-tv-
directors-1985-cold-case-killing/?ftag=CNM-00-
10aab6a&linkId=67225897&fbclid=IwAR2vUk6S0o9Inn-
h5D_1oaQimmwOY13iCs0x2WuK_EippXJEwPF5RwK_BBk
These Jewish World War II Veterans Would Be Legends, if People Knew Their Stories
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/magazine/canadian-jewish-veterans-world-war-ii.html
For the first time ever, ‘All the Rembrandts’ are on display in Amsterdam
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/for-the-first-time-ever-all-the-rembrandts-are-on-display-in-
amsterdam?utm_source=pbsofficial&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=newshour
A New Spy Museum That Tackles Torture And Other Tough Questions
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/11/721381228/a-new-spy-museum-that-tackles-torture-and-other-
tough-questions?sc=tw
World War II Veteran and Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye Sr. Dies At 97
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/12/722629025/world-war-ii-veteran-and-navajo-code-talker-fleming-
begaye-sr-dies-at-97?sc=tw
Hundreds of Bodies, One Nurse: German Serial Killer Leaves as Many Questions as Victims
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/world/europe/germany-serial-killer-nurse.html?smid=fb-
nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3p6PlxzwGufYTXrlICX4H073dZBWmpXueuDEi4se6AramM
hedSVHh_f1I
The Secret Art Collection of a Reclusive Italian Tycoon Is Unveiled
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/arts/design/cerruti-collection-castello-di-rivoli.html?
fbclid=IwAR0uXsW9CncZtcN-7Cc0wJK8wr3x02FUG1tykYy5LxB5gRaknOOSpi_ziCU
HISTORY'S FORGOTTEN PIONEER: THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN DOCTOR
https://www.ozy.com/flashback/historys-forgotten-pioneer-the-first-native-american-doctor/93585?
utm_source=SM&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_name=Organic
Trauma lives on in Native Americans by making us sick – while the US looks away
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/09/trauma-lives-on-in-native-americans-
while-the-us-looks-away
1,000-Year-Old Pouch From Bolivia Contains Traces of Five Mind-Altering Drugs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1000-year-old-pouch-bolivia-contains-traces-five-
psychoactive-drugs-180972123/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia
Life for this Bavarian princess was no fairy tale
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2019/05-06/empress-
elisabeth-of-austria/?
cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20190515hist-
austriasisiempress::rid=&sf212707259=1&fbclid=IwAR0b9-
OKcebXbtftP2wHcd4kRyqJ2lWpqQalVZtEPIiVr7DIskKxopj0rfI
Brazil National Museum: 'Little surprises' salvaged from the ashes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48023691?
fbclid=IwAR0BiWQULr35hm2NmQDzbWWbQgS4a1FVz7bU9TOJXl4MgMwzxatUlB7Hhfs
Architect unveils striking proposal for 'green' Notre Dame
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/france-notre-dame-green-scli-intl/index.html
https://theconversation.com/misery-and-memory-in-glendora-
mississippi-how-poverty-is-reshaping-the-story-of-emmett-
tills-murder-113164
The ‘Oskar Schindler’ of Japan remembered in Philly
https://whyy.org/articles/descendants-of-jews-saved-by-the-chiune-sugihara-pay-tribute-to-his-son/
Archaeology
MERCER STUDY BUILDS CASE FOR OCMULGEE MOUNDS AS FIRST NATIONAL PARK
AND PRESERVE IN EASTERN U.S.
https://news.mercer.edu/mercer-study-builds-case-for-ocmulgee-mounds-as-first-national-park-and-
preserve-in-eastern-u-s/?fbclid=IwAR38AItE108FQ5wE3sV6Ei1Bxs-
j22GDbCzX9WmLMoo30vaRf2TiQkaqXuI
Antiquities looted in Syria and Iraq are sold on Facebook
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47628369
3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/05/21/609084578/3d-scans-help-preserve-
history-but-who-should-own-them?fbclid=IwAR06wsFbadIXu0SrfbpjiFRK5P8YmnRT-
Nhj7_l9Wy5oxRKQHZq59M1A8Lo
City of Tulsa to oversee search for mass graves connected to Tulsa Race Massacre
https://kfor.com/2019/05/10/city-of-tulsa-to-oversee-search-for-mass-graves-connected-to-tulsa-
race-massacre/?
fbclid=IwAR1o1WRImhmyHv63yFUvzMBDyaIH3EYHtvuokXgykKu8R3E0xW8y4UzbQZ4
Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the
program
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-takes-over-fourth-of-july-celebration-changing-its-
location-and-inserting-himself-into-the-program/2019/05/10/40f428c0-733d-11e9-9eb4-
0828f5389013_story.html?utm_term=.16426bc45eac
'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/15/archaeologists-outraged-over-plans-for-machu-
picchu-airport-chinchero?
CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1557902186
Thieves damage Danger Cave, one of North America's most significant archaeological sites
https://kutv.com/news/local/thieves-damage-danger-cave-one-of-north-americas-most-significant-
archaeological-sites
Britain's equivalent to Tutankhamun found in Southend-on-Sea
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-
southend-on-sea
ASI identifies Indian artefacts seized from smuggler Subhash Kapoor
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/asi-identifies-indian-artefacts-seized-from-smuggler/
article27072785.ece
You can help archaeologists sift through ancient SC site before rising seas destroy it
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article229060574.html
Archaeologists find secret chamber decorated with centaurs and a sphinx inside Nero's palace in
Rome
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/09/archeologists-find-secret-chamber-decorated-
centaurs-sphinx/
Ancient burial site off Manasota Key is 1,000 years older than estimated
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190516/ancient-burial-site-off-manasota-key-is-1000-years-
older-than-estimated?fbclid=IwAR1bT_x91sF--
i4R_6rdqJu4oWNVoGI9Rjq2gI92e6HNruniQrEMY_P4l68
Egyptology
How Egypt’s ancient city of divine cats was rediscovered
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2019/05-06/bubastis-
egyptian-sacred-city-of-cats/?fbclid=IwAR2J5c2Pla1U_3_IyW4V4feH3GLeIca2P_M-
hWjHafMfaNOj8h-uOkmKEq8
By destroying this female pharaoh's legacy, her successor preserved it forever
https://www.popsci.com/hatshepsuts-legacy?
src=SOC&dom=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1Z0ZJEnTjwJ13ah
sRZllNHAH4UyWJSuT4oUViY_y2JxmfqJ2-0ezt7ry8
General Science
They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia. Now They Say It Was a Fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/us/mined-minds-west-virginia-coding.html
Energy-free superfast computing invented by scientists using light pulses
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-energy-free-superfast-scientists-pulses.html
Technology That Could End Humanity—and How to Stop It
https://www.wired.com/story/technology-could-end-humanity-how-stop-it/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_051319_d
aily_list3_p1&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20051319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
An AI Pioneer Explains the Evolution of Neural Networks
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pioneer-explains-evolution-neural-networks/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_051319_d
aily_list3_p4&source=DAILY_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIRED%20NL
%20051319%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences
Gray whales starving, washing up dead in startling numbers along SF coast
https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Gray-whales-starving-washing-up-dead-in-
13837032.php?
fbclid=IwAR30aKArmwzFcNtoSrGOPGfqx_ebRXljfm4LwCg5t7oMxcDVUtVvfRw5l30
Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction
https://www.reuters.com/article/un-environment-biodiversity/scientists-warn-a-million-species-at-
risk-of-extinction-idUSL5N22H0W2
The Dying Scientist and His Rogue Vaccine Trial
https://www.wired.com/story/infectious-rogue-vaccine-trial/?
CNDID=41291302&CNDID=41291302&bxid=MjM5NjgxMjIxODk5S0&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f5
2ce4da5de4e5031836&hashb=9085a9ae56cc45a4e9bae24e2eaeaade6e04a43e&mbid=nl_050919_e
ngagement_list1_p1&source=ENGAGEMENT_NEWSLETTER&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing
=Engagement%20NL%20050919%20(1)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl
7 ways the ‘biological century’ will transform healthcare
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/how-the-biological-century-will-transform-healthcare
These are 7 of the most exciting breakthroughs in healthcare today
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/healthcare-technology-precision-medicine-
breakthroughs
Other
Meet the College Professor Teaching 'Trek' to Millennials
https://www.startrek.com/news/meet-college-professor-teaching-trek-millennials?fbclid=IwAR3da-
gXz-ncq1YCviWgpRJWh4-K2XZnsjuLneLEYX8pv3-l2yzOM-88p-0
Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious?
https://theconversation.com/are-yoga-and-mindfulness-in-schools-religious-115620
Additional Informational
How museums are responding to an era of alternative facts
https://www.aam-us.org/wire/bostonglobe-com/how-museums-are-responding-to-an-era-of-
alternative-facts/