http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00030AD2-236B-11E8-A28583414B7F0000 -- Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia "The only honest art...
Hi Anthony, If you have access to the full text of the article, could you please post it, for those of us that don't have access to Scientific American...
(John Hawkes is currently Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.) Note: It appears Mr. Hawkes has reached the same...
The Age Melbourne, Australia Newly found species goes missing again By Stephen Cauchi Science reporter February 10, 2005 The remains of an extinct metre-high...
P.S. In 1999, Teuku Jacob traveled all the way to New York City, to claim as "his" and repatriate an intriguing fossil cranium, allegedly from Java, found in...
Hi Loren, Yes, I've read about that specimen (Homo erectus newyorkensis.) I think Teuku Jacob's claim that this fossil came from Java is possibly fraudulent...
Here's one article which offers some answers, regarding New World monkeys. It's interesting how they are believed to have "island hopped" on floating...
EXPLORER - Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores (Sunday, March 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT) In an extraordinary discovery that made front page headlines around the world,...
Note: Something I have not seen mentioned in the published news articles: The unexpected dissimilarity (varying levels of archaic traits) between the OMO1...
Further thoughts... As some news articles have noted, the great age of these H. sapiens fossils strengthens the idea that H. sapiens has its origins in Africa,...
I would like to add, if this Australopith/Floresiensis emmigration from Africa (or other form of genetic isolation) actually occurred, I would estimate it to ...
Note: The following sheds considerable light on Teuku Jacob's thinking and motivations. Judging from this article, it appears he suffers severely from...
Oops, that should be "international," and "why have you failed to meet every deadline at which you promised to return the Homo floresiensis remains?" Dan...
Here are some of the more virulent and telling bits from the article: "Threats and intimdation, even bribery and pressure will not make our Yogyakarta team...
Posted February 20, 2005 "Finding Trolls" by Mark A. Hall Scroll to the bottom of: http://home.att.net/~mark.hall.wonders/ [This essay considers these times of...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1418025,00.html The Guardian London, UK Saturday February 19, 2005 History of modern man unravels as German...
Saga ends with return of the hobbits Deborah Smith, Science Editor February 25, 2005 The finders of the "hobbit" bones are once again their keepers. An elderly...
One last word on this, for now. Dr. Jacob has kept the "right leg" of the Flores specimen, so this is apparently "not over yet," as one of the principals has...
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROBIN DUNBAR WE WILL never know her name - indeed, we will never know whether she even had a name - but when her remains were unearthed...
Note: This article deals specifically with the extinction of Neanderthals, though the same principles could certainly be applied to Homo floresiensis or other...
Note: This has been posted to the ANTHRO-L list and the Paleoanthro Yahoo group. I thought this would be of interest. Several points of view and issues are...
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