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Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
* "This “Molecular Coffee” is Brewed Entirely Without Beans; But it's unclear what it's actually made of" (2019-02-08, futurism.com/this-molecular-coffee-is-brewed-entirely-without-beans) [archive.is/WoMUA]
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* "Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Babies 'Likely' Boosted Their Brainpower; The first two humans with genetically boosted cognition and memory may already be born" (2019-02-21, futurism.com/scientist-gene-hacked-babies-boosted-brains) [archive.is/B80Pq]
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* "Russian satellite spots baffling bursts of light on EARTH that science can’t explain" (2019-02-12, rt.com/news/451256-russian-satellite-light-explosions/) [archive.is/QPYkc]
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* "NASA Reveals Method to Discover Alien Life in 'The Next Several Decades; Researchers warn that the hunt for traces of alien life may also yield false positive results, as certain processes could mask or mimic the markers that scientists are looking for" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/science/201902131072377894-alien-life-traces-search/) [archive.is/fJFVg]
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* "Doom From Space: NASA Predicts 'Apocalyptic' Valentine's Day in 2019; While the US space agency provided directions to people who might wish to spot the 'apocalypse asteroid', it also noted that doing so would be impossible without a telescope due to the space rock’s relatively small size" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/science/201902131072393992-valentine-day-asteroid-view/) [archive.is/o3Kxs]
* "NASA Finds 22-Mile Wide Crater Under Greenland Ice ; The newly-discovered object is located only 114 miles away from a similar one discovered in November" (2019-02-12, sputniknews.com/science/201902121072333808-nasa-second-crater-greenland/) [archive.is/9fLdf]
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* "NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought Is there life beyond Earth?" (2019-02-01, futurism.com/nasa-et-life) [archive.is/d6n46]
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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]
* "A Snapshot of Our Mysterious Ancestor Homo erectus" (2019-01-30, theconversation.com, via ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/homo-erectus-0011468) [archive.is/9emlQ]
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* "Swedes Seethe Over Documentary Claiming Their Ancestors Were Dark-Skinned; The first Swedes were dark-skinned hunters and collectors, who moved to Scandinavia from the south at the end of the Ice Age. There, they were quickly joined by another immigration wave, this time from the east, resulting in stone age Europe's most diverse population, a new documentary by Sweden's national SVT broadcaster has claimed" (2019-02-18, sputniknews.com/viral/201902181072533012-sweden-documentary-dark-skin/) [archive.fo/3r2mv]
* "Documentary about dark-skinned ‘first Swedes’ sparks horror on Twitter" (2019-02-18, rt.com/news/451766-swedes-outraged-ancestors-documentary/) [archive.is/XIEM5]
* "How Europeans evolved white skin" (2015-04-02, sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin) [archive.is/Ji8jT]: Most of us think of Europe as the ancestral home of white people. But a new study shows that pale skin, as well as other traits such as tallness and the ability to digest milk as adults, arrived in most of the continent relatively recently. The work, presented here last week at the 84th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, offers dramatic evidence of recent evolution in Europe and shows that most modern Europeans don’t look much like those of 8000 years ago.
The origins of Europeans have come into sharp focus in the past year as researchers have sequenced the genomes of ancient populations, rather than only a few individuals. By comparing key parts of the DNA across the genomes of 83 ancient individuals from archaeological sites throughout Europe, the international team of researchers reported earlier this year that Europeans today are a mix of the blending of at least three ancient populations of hunter-gatherers and farmers who moved into Europe in separate migrations over the past 8000 years. The study revealed that a massive migration of Yamnaya herders from the steppes north of the Black Sea may have brought Indo-European languages to Europe about 4500 years ago.
Now, a new study from the same team drills down further into that remarkable data to search for genes that were under strong natural selection—including traits so favorable that they spread rapidly throughout Europe in the past 8000 years. By comparing the ancient European genomes with those of recent ones from the 1000 Genomes Project, population geneticist Iain Mathieson, a postdoc in the Harvard University lab of population geneticist David Reich, found five genes associated with changes in diet and skin pigmentation that underwent strong natural selection.
First, the scientists confirmed an earlier report that the hunter-gatherers in Europe could not digest the sugars in milk 8000 years ago, according to a poster. They also noted an interesting twist: The first farmers also couldn’t digest milk. The farmers who came from the Near East about 7800 years ago and the Yamnaya pastoralists who came from the steppes 4800 years ago lacked the version of the LCT gene that allows adults to digest sugars in milk. It wasn’t until about 4300 years ago that lactose tolerance swept through Europe.
When it comes to skin color, the team found a patchwork of evolution in different places, and three separate genes that produce light skin, telling a complex story for how European’s skin evolved to be much lighter during the past 8000 years. The modern humans who came out of Africa to originally settle Europe about 40,000 years are presumed to have had dark skin, which is advantageous in sunny latitudes. And the new data confirm that about 8500 years ago, early hunter-gatherers in Spain, Luxembourg, and Hungary also had darker skin: They lacked versions of two genes—SLC24A5 and SLC45A2—that lead to depigmentation and, therefore, pale skin in Europeans today. [end excerpt]
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* "Sacred Powers Fade Along With the Rock Art of the San People at Ha Baroana" (2019-02-14, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places/ha-baroana-0011475) [archive.is/YNKeU]
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* "Kebokwe’s Cave: A Supernatural Site That Was Feared, Now a Sacred Place for Worship" (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/kebokwes-cave-botswana-0011464) [archive.is/KkXSP]
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* "Was the Lost African City of Kweneng Linked to Gold Trading?" (2019-02-07, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/lost-african-city-kweneng-0011445) [archive.is/NT9MT]
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* "No Queen of Sheba Involved! Great Zimbabwe Ruins and Those Who Fought for the Truth" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/great-zimbabwe-0011433) [archive.is/xEMtM] [begin excerpt]: Unbelievable Wealth Discovered -
The famous eight Zimbabwe Birds, once erroneously attributed to the Phoenicians, were carved from soapstone on the tops of columns the height of a person. Other artifacts found at the site include: figurines, pottery, iron gongs, elaborately worked ivory, iron and copper wire, bronze spearheads, copper ingots and crucibles, to name a few. Glass beads and porcelain from China and Persia are among the foreign artifacts found, which confirm the international trade links.
More than 4,000 gold and 500 copper mines were found around the site, and thousands of gold necklaces have been discovered among the ruins.
Causes for the decline and ultimate abandonment of the site, around 1450, have been attributed to a decline in trade, the exhaustion of the gold mines, political instability, as well as famine and water shortages due to climatic change. [end excerpt]
- image caption: The famous soapstone birds.
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* "Life Before the Clovis: Portable Rock Art as Evidence of Pre Ice Age Humans in North America" (2018-10-31, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/portable-rock-art-0010925) [archive.is/keGSd]
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* "Extensive Study Claims Stone Age Sailors Spread the Concept of Megalithic Sites Like Stonehenge" (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/stone-age-sailors-0011467) [archive.is/4KZeI]
* "Was Stonehenge created by French sailors? New study suggests long-running mystery could be solved" (2019-02-13, rt.com/uk/451360-stonehenge-mystery-french-huntergatherer-sailor/) [archive.is/Lsj6y]
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* "Tamoanchan – In Search of the Lost Cradle of Mesoamerican Civilizations" (2019-02-09, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/tamoanchan-0011452) [archive.is/NadQy]
- image caption: A view of the great megalithic walls surrounding the Acropolis of Chimalacatlan. Some of the stones measure over 3 meters long, with an estimated weight of between 5 to 8 tons.
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Ruins at Mitla, Oaxaca, México, circa 1874.
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* "80 Days of Cuitlahuac: The Unforgettable Impact of a Late Aztec Emperor" (2018-07-28, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/cuitlahuac-0010456) [archive.is/i0sWR]
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* "The Black Stone Sarcophagus is Open and Investigators Found More Than They Bargained For!" (2018-07-20, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/black-stone-sarcophagus-0010402) [archive.is/E30fT]
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* "Fabled Biblical City Finally Found Near Jerusalem After Years of Digging; The archaeologists working at the site of what may or may not be the ruins of the biblical city of Ai used the description of the battle from the Book of Joshua to help pinpoint the location" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/middleeast/201902131072386605-bible-city-location-excavation/) [archive.is/moJQs]
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* "Dwelling in the Land of Nod – Was it a Real City?" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/human-origins-religions/land-nod-0011435) [archive.is/jNsgp]
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* "Ptolemaic Era Shipyard Unearthed Near Roman Fortress in Egypt" (2019-02-13, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/egyptian-ship-0011470) [archive.is/bjGne]
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* "Experts May Have Identified the Long Lost Tomb of Romulus, Founder of Rome" (2019-02-15, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/romulus-tomb-0011485) [archive.is/vnj5i]
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* "Archeological walls of Palmyra withstand wars and natural calamities" (2019-02-12, sana.sy/en/?p=158196) [archive.is/iFHHa]
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* "Well-preserved fresco of Narcissus found in the ruins of Pompeii" (2019-02-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e7a4d7a4e32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/5oNmN]
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* "Was Moloch really Ba’al, the Ancient God Who Demanded Child Sacrifice?" (2019-02-10, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/identity-moloch-0011457) [archive.is/HWUM5]
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* "Controversial Documentary Claims Philosopher May Have Been the Real ‘Son of God’ " (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/jesus-greek-0011466) [archive.is/SYY2J]
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* "Two Roman Coffins with Celtic Motifs, One Containing an Adult and Infant, Found in England" (2019-02-09, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/two-roman-lead-caskets-found-quarry-britain-0011454) [archive.is/nwTrc]
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* "The Glastonbury Giant: Who Did the Mystery Bones of A Nine Foot Skeleton Belong To?" (2019-02-07, by J.P. Robinson, via ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/glastonbury-giant-0011444) [archive.is/dxucf]
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* "Niall of the Nine Hostages, One of the Most Fruitful Kings in History" (2019-01-30, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/niall-nine-hostages-0011410) [archive.is/rxidf]
* "16th century images of Irish people" (2013-12-12, irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/16th-century-images-of-irish-people/) [archive.is/CQ2TG]
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* "Stunning Discovery of Medieval Sword by Workmen on a Danish Street" (2019-02-08, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/medieval-sword-unearthed-workmen-danish-street-0011451) [archive.is/tg79p]
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* Manuscript Wall Map of the World (1587, by Urbano Monti; https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the) [archive.is/CUCDx]:
“An important and extraordinary manuscript world map drawn up on a north polar projection to form the largest manuscript map of the world at 9 by 9 feet. This map is one of 3 examples extant (2 manuscript, 1 printed) that form the continuum of Urbano Monte's work on his ultimate world map. The other two examples were studied at length by Almagia: manuscript copy S is at the Bibliotheca Seminario Arcivisovale at Venegano near Milan is similar to this example with the map in 60 sheets. A second example, printed copy A, is at the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana in Milan, with the frontispiece dated 1590 and the map divided in 64 sheets making the division lines of the sheets easier to arrange. This printed version was published in 1604 on 64 plates, and is the only printed copy known.. Two other single sheet engraved world maps by Monte in North Polar projection are also known, published in Milan in 1603 and 1604, copies of both to be found in the Ambrosiana; an example of the 1603 is also in the Doria atlas from the Wardington Collection. Whilst unusual, the idea of a North Polar projection does have precedents in cartography, notably the beautiful world map of Postel first published in Paris in 1581, and one to be found engraved in ivory on a table top by Gennaro Picicaro, thought to be Naples, 1597 and probably borrowing from the ideas of Monte. The ideas for the projection can also be seen in the Contarini/Roselli map (Venice: 1506), the Ruysch map (Rome: 1507), and the Fine in Paris in 1531. All were attempts to capture the full extent of the world, in which much was still unknown. Of Monte little is known, except for the examples of his maps that have survived. He contributed to a 4 volume historical diary titled Delle cose piu notabili successe nella citta di Milano, the 4th volume of which describes the visit of the Japanese Embassy to Europe 1582-1590, in particular their stay in Italy. Monte would certainly have met the party when they visited Milan in 1582, and its presumed that the form of Japan depicted in this map stems from information provided by the Embassy. Monte's principal fame rests with his geographical treatise Trattato Universale descrittione et sito de tutta la terra sin qui consociuta descritto da Urbano Monte, which accomaanies the 64 sheet manuscript map in the Ambrosiano and would have been Libri primo and secondo to this volume; probably a separate folio volume of text to describe and relate the history and geography of the world. A particular point of interest is the small roundel portrait drawn under the dedication. Having drawn a nice small roundel portrait of himself in 1587, aged 43, he went back 2 years later to add a pasted-over portrait of himself, aged 45, suggesting that he came back to his work after signing off in 1587 (see sheet 42). The atlas has the feel of a work in progress, particularly because of the marginal annotations by Monte and the variety of papers used in its composition. Also, the make up of the atlas—particularly the non-sequential numbering of the earlier sheets, the wear to sheet 7 before binding, and the 17th century binding and guards—suggests that although in some form of binding from the late 16th century, it was reassembled in the present binding and form in mid or early 17th century. The geography of this map is essentially Mercatorial, using Mercator's world map of 1569 as the style guide. On tavola XXV, Monte claims his sources for the map, citing geographers Piccolomini, Pliny, Ptolemy, Cortes, Fernando Columbus, Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, Giovanni d'Anania, various Jesuit letters, including Marco Polo, and cartographers Mercator, Gastaldi, Olaus Magnus, Giovio, Lopes and the brothers Zeno. Of great interest is the attempt Monte makes to make his map not just a geographical tool but to show climate, customs, length of day, distances within regions— in other words, to create a universal scientific planisphere. In his dedication on tavola XL he specifies how to arrange the sheets of the mappamondo and makes it explicit that the whole map was to be stuck on a wooden panel 5 and a half brachia square (3.25m) so that it could be revolved around a central pivot or pin through the north pole. Monte's wall map comes at a time when the map mural had been gaining popularity in Italian decoration. Indeed a treatise in 1510 by Paolo Cortese describes the appropriate decoration for a Cardinal's room as "a learned enjoyment of a picture representing the world." Between 1560 and 1580 four of the greatest map murals had been executed: fresco maps in Palazzo Vechia, Florence, two in the Vatican and another in Palazzo Farrnese in Caprarola. Almost certainly Monte had envisioned his opus as gracing the walls of a Ducal Palace in Milan, and the engraving of the 1590 sheets to make a printed wall map indicates that he had planned to distribute his geography to a wider audience. A monumental map, this little known work by Monte can take its place alongside Mercator, Waldseemueller, Gastaldi and other greats of 16th century world mapping.” Bonhams, 2012
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* "The Rarely Told Story of Pre-Colonial Philippines" (2018-10-021, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/pre-colonial-philippines-0010781) [archive.is/MHhfi]
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* "Bojjannakonda, India: The Hill of the Buddha Where Kings and Nobles Donated Countless Treasures" (2019-02-08, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places/bojjannakonda-0011446) [archive.is/ogPnx]
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* "Ancient Gandhara Kingdom Was A Melting Pot That Left Its Legacy in Art" (2019-01-19, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/gandhara-0011353) [archive.is/lM94t]
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* "The Mahavamsa: An Epic Poem that Sheds Light on Sri Lankan History" (2019-02-06, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/mahavamsa-0011436) [archive.is/vzsso]
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* "The Templar Tunnel: Knight’s Strategic Passageway Was Lost for 700 Years" (2019-02-06, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/templar-tunnel-0011440) [archive.is/Ff8CZ]
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* "The Man Who Started The Illuminati and His Thwarted Promotion of The Enlightenment" (2019-02-13, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/man-started-illuminati-0011474) [archive.is/SXdzD]
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* "Vandals in India Cause Irreversible Damage to World Heritage Vishnu Temple" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/vishnu-temple-0011434) [archive.is/71r4q]
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* "Bill Officially Recognizes Japan's Ainu As Indigenous People; The Ainu people have long been repressed by a forced-assimilation policy which has resulted in significant income and education gaps; According to a 2017 survey, the Ainu population is estimated to be 12,300 - a decrease from 25,000 in the 2000s" (2019-02-16, telesurenglish.net/news/Bill-Officially-Recognizes-Japans-Ainu-As-Indigenous-People-20190216-0005.html) [archive.is/PT7fm]
* Contemporary flag for the Ainu
* "Awful Things Began to Happen: Rapid Change of Ainu Homeland and Convict Labour as Seen by the Ainu" (by Dr Minako Sakata, researcher in the Carceral Archipelago project, and a research associate of the Department of Area Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, via staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/01/27/awful-things-began-to-happen-rapid-change-of-ainu-homeland-and-convict-labour-as-seen-by-the-ainu-by-minako-sakata/) [archive.is/AHNYr]
* Map showing theoretical Ainu presence both historically and prehistorically, before colonization 2000 years ago (by tribes from Coryo who had settled in southern Honshu Island).
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Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
* "This “Molecular Coffee” is Brewed Entirely Without Beans; But it's unclear what it's actually made of" (2019-02-08, futurism.com/this-molecular-coffee-is-brewed-entirely-without-beans) [archive.is/WoMUA]
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* "Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Babies 'Likely' Boosted Their Brainpower; The first two humans with genetically boosted cognition and memory may already be born" (2019-02-21, futurism.com/scientist-gene-hacked-babies-boosted-brains) [archive.is/B80Pq]
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* "Russian satellite spots baffling bursts of light on EARTH that science can’t explain" (2019-02-12, rt.com/news/451256-russian-satellite-light-explosions/) [archive.is/QPYkc]
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* "NASA Reveals Method to Discover Alien Life in 'The Next Several Decades; Researchers warn that the hunt for traces of alien life may also yield false positive results, as certain processes could mask or mimic the markers that scientists are looking for" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/science/201902131072377894-alien-life-traces-search/) [archive.is/fJFVg]
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* "Doom From Space: NASA Predicts 'Apocalyptic' Valentine's Day in 2019; While the US space agency provided directions to people who might wish to spot the 'apocalypse asteroid', it also noted that doing so would be impossible without a telescope due to the space rock’s relatively small size" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/science/201902131072393992-valentine-day-asteroid-view/) [archive.is/o3Kxs]
* "NASA Finds 22-Mile Wide Crater Under Greenland Ice ; The newly-discovered object is located only 114 miles away from a similar one discovered in November" (2019-02-12, sputniknews.com/science/201902121072333808-nasa-second-crater-greenland/) [archive.is/9fLdf]
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* "NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought Is there life beyond Earth?" (2019-02-01, futurism.com/nasa-et-life) [archive.is/d6n46]
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Ancient News
Music for your perusal (via beatport.com) [is.gd/2MzlEd]
* "A Snapshot of Our Mysterious Ancestor Homo erectus" (2019-01-30, theconversation.com, via ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/homo-erectus-0011468) [archive.is/9emlQ]
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* "Swedes Seethe Over Documentary Claiming Their Ancestors Were Dark-Skinned; The first Swedes were dark-skinned hunters and collectors, who moved to Scandinavia from the south at the end of the Ice Age. There, they were quickly joined by another immigration wave, this time from the east, resulting in stone age Europe's most diverse population, a new documentary by Sweden's national SVT broadcaster has claimed" (2019-02-18, sputniknews.com/viral/201902181072533012-sweden-documentary-dark-skin/) [archive.fo/3r2mv]
* "Documentary about dark-skinned ‘first Swedes’ sparks horror on Twitter" (2019-02-18, rt.com/news/451766-swedes-outraged-ancestors-documentary/) [archive.is/XIEM5]
* "How Europeans evolved white skin" (2015-04-02, sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin) [archive.is/Ji8jT]: Most of us think of Europe as the ancestral home of white people. But a new study shows that pale skin, as well as other traits such as tallness and the ability to digest milk as adults, arrived in most of the continent relatively recently. The work, presented here last week at the 84th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, offers dramatic evidence of recent evolution in Europe and shows that most modern Europeans don’t look much like those of 8000 years ago.
The origins of Europeans have come into sharp focus in the past year as researchers have sequenced the genomes of ancient populations, rather than only a few individuals. By comparing key parts of the DNA across the genomes of 83 ancient individuals from archaeological sites throughout Europe, the international team of researchers reported earlier this year that Europeans today are a mix of the blending of at least three ancient populations of hunter-gatherers and farmers who moved into Europe in separate migrations over the past 8000 years. The study revealed that a massive migration of Yamnaya herders from the steppes north of the Black Sea may have brought Indo-European languages to Europe about 4500 years ago.
Now, a new study from the same team drills down further into that remarkable data to search for genes that were under strong natural selection—including traits so favorable that they spread rapidly throughout Europe in the past 8000 years. By comparing the ancient European genomes with those of recent ones from the 1000 Genomes Project, population geneticist Iain Mathieson, a postdoc in the Harvard University lab of population geneticist David Reich, found five genes associated with changes in diet and skin pigmentation that underwent strong natural selection.
First, the scientists confirmed an earlier report that the hunter-gatherers in Europe could not digest the sugars in milk 8000 years ago, according to a poster. They also noted an interesting twist: The first farmers also couldn’t digest milk. The farmers who came from the Near East about 7800 years ago and the Yamnaya pastoralists who came from the steppes 4800 years ago lacked the version of the LCT gene that allows adults to digest sugars in milk. It wasn’t until about 4300 years ago that lactose tolerance swept through Europe.
When it comes to skin color, the team found a patchwork of evolution in different places, and three separate genes that produce light skin, telling a complex story for how European’s skin evolved to be much lighter during the past 8000 years. The modern humans who came out of Africa to originally settle Europe about 40,000 years are presumed to have had dark skin, which is advantageous in sunny latitudes. And the new data confirm that about 8500 years ago, early hunter-gatherers in Spain, Luxembourg, and Hungary also had darker skin: They lacked versions of two genes—SLC24A5 and SLC45A2—that lead to depigmentation and, therefore, pale skin in Europeans today. [end excerpt]
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* "Sacred Powers Fade Along With the Rock Art of the San People at Ha Baroana" (2019-02-14, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places/ha-baroana-0011475) [archive.is/YNKeU]
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* "Kebokwe’s Cave: A Supernatural Site That Was Feared, Now a Sacred Place for Worship" (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/kebokwes-cave-botswana-0011464) [archive.is/KkXSP]
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* "Was the Lost African City of Kweneng Linked to Gold Trading?" (2019-02-07, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/lost-african-city-kweneng-0011445) [archive.is/NT9MT]
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* "No Queen of Sheba Involved! Great Zimbabwe Ruins and Those Who Fought for the Truth" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/great-zimbabwe-0011433) [archive.is/xEMtM] [begin excerpt]: Unbelievable Wealth Discovered -
The famous eight Zimbabwe Birds, once erroneously attributed to the Phoenicians, were carved from soapstone on the tops of columns the height of a person. Other artifacts found at the site include: figurines, pottery, iron gongs, elaborately worked ivory, iron and copper wire, bronze spearheads, copper ingots and crucibles, to name a few. Glass beads and porcelain from China and Persia are among the foreign artifacts found, which confirm the international trade links.
More than 4,000 gold and 500 copper mines were found around the site, and thousands of gold necklaces have been discovered among the ruins.
Causes for the decline and ultimate abandonment of the site, around 1450, have been attributed to a decline in trade, the exhaustion of the gold mines, political instability, as well as famine and water shortages due to climatic change. [end excerpt]
- image caption: The famous soapstone birds.
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* "Life Before the Clovis: Portable Rock Art as Evidence of Pre Ice Age Humans in North America" (2018-10-31, ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/portable-rock-art-0010925) [archive.is/keGSd]
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* "Extensive Study Claims Stone Age Sailors Spread the Concept of Megalithic Sites Like Stonehenge" (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/stone-age-sailors-0011467) [archive.is/4KZeI]
* "Was Stonehenge created by French sailors? New study suggests long-running mystery could be solved" (2019-02-13, rt.com/uk/451360-stonehenge-mystery-french-huntergatherer-sailor/) [archive.is/Lsj6y]
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* "Tamoanchan – In Search of the Lost Cradle of Mesoamerican Civilizations" (2019-02-09, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/tamoanchan-0011452) [archive.is/NadQy]
- image caption: A view of the great megalithic walls surrounding the Acropolis of Chimalacatlan. Some of the stones measure over 3 meters long, with an estimated weight of between 5 to 8 tons.
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Ruins at Mitla, Oaxaca, México, circa 1874.
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* "80 Days of Cuitlahuac: The Unforgettable Impact of a Late Aztec Emperor" (2018-07-28, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/cuitlahuac-0010456) [archive.is/i0sWR]
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* "The Black Stone Sarcophagus is Open and Investigators Found More Than They Bargained For!" (2018-07-20, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/black-stone-sarcophagus-0010402) [archive.is/E30fT]
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* "Fabled Biblical City Finally Found Near Jerusalem After Years of Digging; The archaeologists working at the site of what may or may not be the ruins of the biblical city of Ai used the description of the battle from the Book of Joshua to help pinpoint the location" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/middleeast/201902131072386605-bible-city-location-excavation/) [archive.is/moJQs]
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* "Dwelling in the Land of Nod – Was it a Real City?" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/human-origins-religions/land-nod-0011435) [archive.is/jNsgp]
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* "Ptolemaic Era Shipyard Unearthed Near Roman Fortress in Egypt" (2019-02-13, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/egyptian-ship-0011470) [archive.is/bjGne]
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* "Experts May Have Identified the Long Lost Tomb of Romulus, Founder of Rome" (2019-02-15, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/romulus-tomb-0011485) [archive.is/vnj5i]
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* "Archeological walls of Palmyra withstand wars and natural calamities" (2019-02-12, sana.sy/en/?p=158196) [archive.is/iFHHa]
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* "Well-preserved fresco of Narcissus found in the ruins of Pompeii" (2019-02-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e7a4d7a4e32457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/5oNmN]
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* "Was Moloch really Ba’al, the Ancient God Who Demanded Child Sacrifice?" (2019-02-10, ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/identity-moloch-0011457) [archive.is/HWUM5]
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* "Controversial Documentary Claims Philosopher May Have Been the Real ‘Son of God’ " (2019-02-12, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/jesus-greek-0011466) [archive.is/SYY2J]
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* "Two Roman Coffins with Celtic Motifs, One Containing an Adult and Infant, Found in England" (2019-02-09, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/two-roman-lead-caskets-found-quarry-britain-0011454) [archive.is/nwTrc]
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* "The Glastonbury Giant: Who Did the Mystery Bones of A Nine Foot Skeleton Belong To?" (2019-02-07, by J.P. Robinson, via ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/glastonbury-giant-0011444) [archive.is/dxucf]
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* "Niall of the Nine Hostages, One of the Most Fruitful Kings in History" (2019-01-30, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/niall-nine-hostages-0011410) [archive.is/rxidf]
* "16th century images of Irish people" (2013-12-12, irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/16th-century-images-of-irish-people/) [archive.is/CQ2TG]
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* "Stunning Discovery of Medieval Sword by Workmen on a Danish Street" (2019-02-08, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/medieval-sword-unearthed-workmen-danish-street-0011451) [archive.is/tg79p]
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* Manuscript Wall Map of the World (1587, by Urbano Monti; https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the) [archive.is/CUCDx]:
“An important and extraordinary manuscript world map drawn up on a north polar projection to form the largest manuscript map of the world at 9 by 9 feet. This map is one of 3 examples extant (2 manuscript, 1 printed) that form the continuum of Urbano Monte's work on his ultimate world map. The other two examples were studied at length by Almagia: manuscript copy S is at the Bibliotheca Seminario Arcivisovale at Venegano near Milan is similar to this example with the map in 60 sheets. A second example, printed copy A, is at the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana in Milan, with the frontispiece dated 1590 and the map divided in 64 sheets making the division lines of the sheets easier to arrange. This printed version was published in 1604 on 64 plates, and is the only printed copy known.. Two other single sheet engraved world maps by Monte in North Polar projection are also known, published in Milan in 1603 and 1604, copies of both to be found in the Ambrosiana; an example of the 1603 is also in the Doria atlas from the Wardington Collection. Whilst unusual, the idea of a North Polar projection does have precedents in cartography, notably the beautiful world map of Postel first published in Paris in 1581, and one to be found engraved in ivory on a table top by Gennaro Picicaro, thought to be Naples, 1597 and probably borrowing from the ideas of Monte. The ideas for the projection can also be seen in the Contarini/Roselli map (Venice: 1506), the Ruysch map (Rome: 1507), and the Fine in Paris in 1531. All were attempts to capture the full extent of the world, in which much was still unknown. Of Monte little is known, except for the examples of his maps that have survived. He contributed to a 4 volume historical diary titled Delle cose piu notabili successe nella citta di Milano, the 4th volume of which describes the visit of the Japanese Embassy to Europe 1582-1590, in particular their stay in Italy. Monte would certainly have met the party when they visited Milan in 1582, and its presumed that the form of Japan depicted in this map stems from information provided by the Embassy. Monte's principal fame rests with his geographical treatise Trattato Universale descrittione et sito de tutta la terra sin qui consociuta descritto da Urbano Monte, which accomaanies the 64 sheet manuscript map in the Ambrosiano and would have been Libri primo and secondo to this volume; probably a separate folio volume of text to describe and relate the history and geography of the world. A particular point of interest is the small roundel portrait drawn under the dedication. Having drawn a nice small roundel portrait of himself in 1587, aged 43, he went back 2 years later to add a pasted-over portrait of himself, aged 45, suggesting that he came back to his work after signing off in 1587 (see sheet 42). The atlas has the feel of a work in progress, particularly because of the marginal annotations by Monte and the variety of papers used in its composition. Also, the make up of the atlas—particularly the non-sequential numbering of the earlier sheets, the wear to sheet 7 before binding, and the 17th century binding and guards—suggests that although in some form of binding from the late 16th century, it was reassembled in the present binding and form in mid or early 17th century. The geography of this map is essentially Mercatorial, using Mercator's world map of 1569 as the style guide. On tavola XXV, Monte claims his sources for the map, citing geographers Piccolomini, Pliny, Ptolemy, Cortes, Fernando Columbus, Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, Giovanni d'Anania, various Jesuit letters, including Marco Polo, and cartographers Mercator, Gastaldi, Olaus Magnus, Giovio, Lopes and the brothers Zeno. Of great interest is the attempt Monte makes to make his map not just a geographical tool but to show climate, customs, length of day, distances within regions— in other words, to create a universal scientific planisphere. In his dedication on tavola XL he specifies how to arrange the sheets of the mappamondo and makes it explicit that the whole map was to be stuck on a wooden panel 5 and a half brachia square (3.25m) so that it could be revolved around a central pivot or pin through the north pole. Monte's wall map comes at a time when the map mural had been gaining popularity in Italian decoration. Indeed a treatise in 1510 by Paolo Cortese describes the appropriate decoration for a Cardinal's room as "a learned enjoyment of a picture representing the world." Between 1560 and 1580 four of the greatest map murals had been executed: fresco maps in Palazzo Vechia, Florence, two in the Vatican and another in Palazzo Farrnese in Caprarola. Almost certainly Monte had envisioned his opus as gracing the walls of a Ducal Palace in Milan, and the engraving of the 1590 sheets to make a printed wall map indicates that he had planned to distribute his geography to a wider audience. A monumental map, this little known work by Monte can take its place alongside Mercator, Waldseemueller, Gastaldi and other greats of 16th century world mapping.” Bonhams, 2012
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* "The Rarely Told Story of Pre-Colonial Philippines" (2018-10-021, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/pre-colonial-philippines-0010781) [archive.is/MHhfi]
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* "Bojjannakonda, India: The Hill of the Buddha Where Kings and Nobles Donated Countless Treasures" (2019-02-08, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places/bojjannakonda-0011446) [archive.is/ogPnx]
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* "Ancient Gandhara Kingdom Was A Melting Pot That Left Its Legacy in Art" (2019-01-19, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/gandhara-0011353) [archive.is/lM94t]
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* "The Mahavamsa: An Epic Poem that Sheds Light on Sri Lankan History" (2019-02-06, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/mahavamsa-0011436) [archive.is/vzsso]
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* "The Templar Tunnel: Knight’s Strategic Passageway Was Lost for 700 Years" (2019-02-06, ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/templar-tunnel-0011440) [archive.is/Ff8CZ]
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* "The Man Who Started The Illuminati and His Thwarted Promotion of The Enlightenment" (2019-02-13, ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/man-started-illuminati-0011474) [archive.is/SXdzD]
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* "Vandals in India Cause Irreversible Damage to World Heritage Vishnu Temple" (2019-02-05, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/vishnu-temple-0011434) [archive.is/71r4q]
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* "Bill Officially Recognizes Japan's Ainu As Indigenous People; The Ainu people have long been repressed by a forced-assimilation policy which has resulted in significant income and education gaps; According to a 2017 survey, the Ainu population is estimated to be 12,300 - a decrease from 25,000 in the 2000s" (2019-02-16, telesurenglish.net/news/Bill-Officially-Recognizes-Japans-Ainu-As-Indigenous-People-20190216-0005.html) [archive.is/PT7fm]
* Contemporary flag for the Ainu
* "Awful Things Began to Happen: Rapid Change of Ainu Homeland and Convict Labour as Seen by the Ainu" (by Dr Minako Sakata, researcher in the Carceral Archipelago project, and a research associate of the Department of Area Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, via staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/01/27/awful-things-began-to-happen-rapid-change-of-ainu-homeland-and-convict-labour-as-seen-by-the-ainu-by-minako-sakata/) [archive.is/AHNYr]
* Map showing theoretical Ainu presence both historically and prehistorically, before colonization 2000 years ago (by tribes from Coryo who had settled in southern Honshu Island).
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* "Philosopher Hadn’t Seen “The Matrix” Before Publishing Simulation Hypothesis; Nick Bostrom doesn't think you should try to break free from the Matrix" (2019-04-06, futurism.com/matrix-simulation-argument-nick-bostrom) [archive.is/Jz7HU]
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* "Ancient Civilizations and the Sixties: The Obsession with Ancient Astronauts" (2019-02-11, ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/ancient-civilizations-and-sixties-0011459) [archive.is/GUfMo]
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* "Ufologist claims ‘global intelligence’ covering up ALIEN LIFE on Earth for ‘decades’ " (2019-02-15, rt.com/news/451581-ufologist-aliens-intelligence-petrodollar/) [archive.is/DPEjp]
- image caption: A roadside collection of alien dolls and toy UFOs in Jacumba, California
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* "Chimpanzee sign language points to universal laws of communication" (2019-02-14, rt.com/news/451446-chimpanzees-sign-language-universal-communication/) [archive.is/SUFNm]
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* "SPECTACULAR Three Suns Appear in the Sky Over Russia's Yamal; Residents of Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug observed "three suns" in the sky on Wednesday morning, the product of a halo which is created when sunlight interacts with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/videoclub/201902131072377737-three-suns-yamal-russia/) [archive.is/B2E0R]
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* "US Geologist REVEALS How Fast-Shifting North Magnetic Pole Will Affect Humanity; Magnetic compass remains an important tool of navigation even in the era of GPS, but the problem is, the needle of a compass is always aligned with the earth's north magnetic pole, which is always in flux" (2019-02-12, sputniknews.com/science/201902121072344917-geologist-comments-on-north-magnetic-pole-motion/) [archive.is/gl10q]
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* "LISTEN to CREEPY Water Drum-Like Vibration of Earth's Magnetic Field; Earlier, scientists were forced to update the World Magnetic Model representing our planet's magnetic field after discovering that the magnetic North Pole was moving from the Canadian Arctic towards Russia's Siberia at a worrying pace" (2019-02-13, sputniknews.com/science/201902131072378353-earth-magnetic-field-sounds-like-drum-scientists-say/) [archive.is/gMkVX]
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* "Scientists Claim to Find “Neurological Signature” of Consciousness A breakthrough finding could solve the mystery of conscious thought" (2019-02-07, futurism.com/brain-activity-creates-consciousness) [archive.is/R3TA5]
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* " ‘Jaw-dropping moment’: Scientists discover mysterious new communication mechanism in the brain" (2019-02-18, rt.com/news/451757-mysterious-neural-communication-discovery/) [archive.is/C5VBF]
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The Other Side of the Mind
Author: Clement Stone
Publisher: Paperback Library 53-582
Year: 1967
Cover Price: $0.60
Genre: Psychic/ESP
Pages: 254
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