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Anthropology is a funny field of science. Lots of waffle. At https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-shamans-world/ ... shamanism dates back to an early stage of humanity, we are told

At https://phys.org/news/2020-07-cosmic-magnetic-field-galaxy-ngc.html ... spiral galaxies have sprawling magnetic fields. The process of how they aquired them is not understood. However, a new study claims galaxy

At https://anthropology.net/2020/07/22/new-archaeological-evidence-of-the-f... ... the evidence comes from a cave in Mexico. New archaeological evidence of the first Amricans dated to 33,000 years ago. Two major

I thought  it was already recognised that volcanoes on Venus were a source of its anomalous heat. That heat was used by Velikovsky to suggest

At https://phys.org/news/2020-07-idea-earth-outer-shell-broke.html ... In this article we are told that it is well understood that volcanoes and earthquakes can be explained by the 50 year

Clarification on the recent piece from the Daily Mail. The actual study does not mention climate change at all and has been inserted by the

The word pluvial is usually associated with water - a watery environment. The Wranglia is a large igneous province that spewed out lots of greenhouse

A blast from a white dwarf star caused it to shoot itself out of its orbit in a 'partial' supernova event. It is now travelling

   ... Image of Comet Neowise taken by Jeff Dai of Ankong in China. The comet is becoming dimmer as it travels away from the

The final one of four sent in by Gary, William and Robert - see for example www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8529237/ ... the claim is that new evidence has

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8527523/ ... earthquakes could be triggered by streams of postively charged ions ejected by solar flares on the  solar surface - according to a

At www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02136-4 ... a photograph of the sun, at the closest point ever ...  ... the image was taken by the Solar Orbiter Mission (ESA).

Gary, William and Robert have been sending in links, often to the same stories. The next four posts are links sent in by them. For

The Mezmaiskaya cave is important as far as Neanderthals are concerned, and their replacement by modern humans - see https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/five-new-ancient-genomes-tell-us... ... five new genomes tell

An archaeological mystery. Tumuli in the islands of New Caledonia - courtesy of the latest issue of Popular Archaeology - see https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-mystery-of-the-tumuli/ ... We are

Over the past ten years a number of studies have detected what is thought to be an excess of gamma ray radiation at the centre

At https://phys.org/news/2020-07-lava-tubes-exploration-priority-worlds.html ... why lava tubes should be a priority when visiting other planets. When magma comes out of the innards of the earth it

Here we have a graphic illustration of how the BBC does climate science. We've endured their political shenanigans over Covid 19 and the pure theatre

Gary also sent in this link to https://aeon.com/essays/decoding-the-ancient-tale-of-mass-suicide-in-the... ... the Masada mystery. Decoding the tale of mass suicide as described by Josephus. Have archaeologists exploited

Gary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2020-07-electrical-tomato.html ... it seems the soil beneath our feet is alive with electrical signalling. These provide signals among plants,