Re: Scientists Find Prehistoric Dwarf Skeleton

From: deowll (deowll_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:24:11 -0500

"MrPepper11" <MrPepper11@go.com> wrote in message
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> jackson <jackson-1@laredo.com> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:01:53 +1000, "Clayton <Insert Pop Culture Pun
>> Here>" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >"MrPepper11" <MrPepper11@go.com> wrote in message
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>> >> October 27, 2004
>> >> Scientists Find Prehistoric Dwarf Skeleton
>> >> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>> >
>> >They just had a story about this on the Channel 10 news....with the
>> >reporter, not just once but several times claiming this find "shatters
>> >the
>> >theory of evolution!!!"
>> >
>> >Is it too much to ask a reporter on a science show to have at least an
>> >eighth grade education in science?
>>
>> headlines seen:
>>
>> Discovery Shakes Up Understanding of Human Evolution
>> New species of humans found
>> New human species is so tiny, so recent, it stuns scientists
>> Scientists discover 'real-life hobbit'
>> Good hair day for hobbit hunters
>> Bones offer evidence of little people
>> Get ready for more new humans
>> Flight of the little hairy people
>> A lost cousin in a lost world
>> Archaeologists discover real home of the human hobbit
>> Scientists unearth species of hobbit-sized ancestors
>> The 1m-tall 'hobbit' that rewrites the history of mankind
>> 'Hobbit' joins human family
>> Lost Tribe of Little People
>> Hobbit-sized human found
>> Mini-human find
>> Tiny fossil upends history of evolution
>> Dwarf Skeleton Puzzles Scientists
>> Tiny human find turns palaeontology on its head
>> Mystery hobbit man lived alongside humans
>> etc. etc.
>
> It's utterly fascinating that H. floresiensis has now shed light on
> the wonderful Ebu Gogo legend (watch for a movie about them!).
>
National Geographic is planning a special. I forgot the date but it was at
their web site.

> Perhaps it's only a matter of time before we find evidence of
> leprechauns and the Yowies. And Bigfoot, and the Yeti... (without the
> furry suit).

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