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Robert sent in a couple of links inspired by an earlier post on the Novellraptor barsholdi news story [see 1th October 2026]. He suggests taking

At https://phys.org/news/2026-10-paleolithic-human-dna-reveals-east.html ... we learn that human DNA  reveals an east to west connection across Ice Age Europe. Presumably that implies a migration of people.

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/ancient-lizard-tail-discovered-in-amber/  .... a piece of amber from Myanmar [formerly Burma] formed during the Cretaceous period, shows a defence trick that lizards still employ in

Science research establishes black holes emit jets of hot plasma but in this study it is interpreted as part and parcel of the mainstream view

In a similar vein another press release about a new study seems to actively promote the current scare story - wild fires will increase as

At https://phys.org/news/2026-10-massive-ice-shelf-buttressed-age.html ... we are told a marine ice shelf buttressed the glaciers of the last Ice Age. Specifically, during the Late Glacial Maximum. Is

Professor Trevor Palmer  in SIS C&C Workshop 1987:1 pages 3-4 ... wrote on what was then the new idea of an impact in the Cretaceous

On 18th October 2026 at https://spaceweather.com ... a faint patch of light in the night sky, directly opposite the Sun, the Gegenschein. German for counter

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/tallest-standing-stones-origin-discovered/ .... There are now three standing stones left in situ in a field at Boroughbridge in Yorkshire. They are currently under threat from

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/turkey-formation-drilling-discovery/ .... we have a press release that has done the rounds and is now on Daily Galaxy in more or less the same

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/7000-year-old-dna-mystery/ ... here we learn that around 7000 years ago, DNA in the male line, the Y chromosome, as passed down from father to

At https://phys.org/news/2026-09-feathered-winged-dinosaur-china-theories.html ... a newly discovered feathered dinosaur find in China suggests flight related features evolved differently in various bird like creatures - or dinosaur

Altmarkkreis Salzweld , otherwise Lake Arendsee in Saxony-Anholt, has been the subject of underwater archaeological investigation for several years - see https://phys.org/news/2026-09-wood-beneath-german-lake-reveal.html ... new finds

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/jupiter-has-built-a-hidden-solar-shield/ ... and https://phys.org/news/2026-09-jupiter-complex-fend-particles-sun.html ... the research comes from the University of Iowa and involves data from NASAs Juno mission. Detailed observations of the

At https://phys.org/news/2026-09-monsters-werent-dinosaur-tusked-beast.html ... Some archaeologists, mainstream perhaps but probably on the fringe  side of the show, claimed that San rock art depicted  dinosaur like creatures.

At https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rope-twine-thread-invisible-technologies.html ... most of the archaeological finds from prehistory are rock and bone, often fragmentary, or overused, and that is what most of the

At https://phys.org/news/2026-09-prehistoric-coastal-northern-adriatic.html ... without mentioning sea level rise in other parts of the world at the same time, or sea level decline if that is

As mentioned in the previous post there is a new paper on electro-magnetism on the moon - see https://phys.org/news/2026-09-side-moon-clues-magnetic-field.html ...  The far side of the

Robert sent in a link to https://crev.info/2026/09/sbr-earth-began-with-water/ ... which is a Creationist take on a new research paper that claims Earth had water from the

Trevor Palmer was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1944. He was educated in natural sciences, specialising in biochemistry, and obtained an honours degree from Cambridge University, followed by