Website review: No hobbits in this shire
nutmeg discovered this in Anthropology
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nutmeg discovered 25 months ago- Worth a read: Carl Zimmer's hobbit essays "No hobbits in this shire" "The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed, but some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the island today, according to an international scientific team. The researchers also demonstrate that the fairly complete skeleton designated LB1 is microcephalic... 'Our work documents the real dimensions of human variation here,' says Dr. Robert B. Eckhardt, professor of developmental genetics and evolutionary morphology, department of kinesiology, Penn State. He notes that 'LB1 looks different if researchers think in terms of European characteristics because it samples a population that is not European, but Australomelanesian, and further because it is a developmentally abnormal individual, being microcephalic.' " I've been following the 'hobbit wars' (see my hobbit tag if interested) and, despite my initial excitement about it being a new species, I resigned myself a while back to the probability of it being a diseased human. Shame. Update, Aug 22: Hobbit debate turns nasty Two of the original Australian discoverers of the hobbit, Professor Peter Brown and Professor Mike Morwood from the University of New England, have lashed out at the researchers, rejecting arguments put forward in the latest paper. They have also accused the researchers of unethical behaviour. Looks like this is going to rumble on...
- Worth a read: Carl Zimmer's hobbit essays "No hobbits in this shire" "The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed, but some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the island today, according to an international scientific team. The researchers also demonstrate that the fairly complete skeleton designated LB1 is microcephalic... 'Our work documents the real dimensions of human variation here,' says Dr. Robert B. Eckhardt, professor of developmental genetics and evolutionary morphology, department of kinesiology, Penn State. He notes that 'LB1 looks different if researchers think in terms of European characteristics because it samples a population that is not European, but Australomelanesian, and further because it is a developmentally abnormal individual, being microcephalic.' " I've been following the 'hobbit wars' (see my hobbit tag if interested) and, despite my initial excitement about it being a new species, I resigned myself a while back to the probability of it being a diseased human. Shame. Update, Aug 22: Hobbit debate turns nasty Two of the original Australian discoverers of the hobbit, Professor Peter Brown and Professor Mike Morwood from the University of New England, have lashed out at the researchers, rejecting arguments put forward in the latest paper. They have also accused the researchers of unethical behaviour. Looks like this is going to rumble on...
- DMAlterman rated 25 months ago
- From the page: "No hobbits in this shire PLEASE NOTE: The embargo for this release has been lifted. The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed, but some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the island today, according to an international scientific team."
- commerican rated 25 months ago
- Occam's razor could have cut through this. I bet a bit of wild imagination was the original cause. But it gave the world notice (for once).
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