Amsterdam718 All American 15134 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/21/science/21cnd-tiny.html?ex=1313812800&en=60adad27f08f7fcb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 8/21/2006 11:52:35 AM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
do we have any "little people" on tww? 8/21/2006 11:55:36 AM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
homo midgetian 8/21/2006 12:01:59 PM |
Josh8315 Suspended 26780 Posts user info edit post |
i heard this a while ago. there are assloads of pre-homo hominids. nothing spectacular. 8/21/2006 12:07:28 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
no homo, b. 8/21/2006 12:09:24 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
the big deal is that it's quickly becoming a polarizing issue in the field... which is kinda entertaining (watching scientists bicker)
the detractors say that the specimens suffered from microcephaly... my thoughts are that it's less likely that they all suffered from some disease than they were infact a new/different species 8/21/2006 1:03:16 PM |
Josh8315 Suspended 26780 Posts user info edit post |
yeah they bicker over each new hominid find. 8/21/2006 1:19:40 PM |
StillFuchsia All American 18941 Posts user info edit post |
8/21/2006 1:23:14 PM |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "my thoughts are that it's less likely that they all suffered from some disease than they were infact a new/different species" |
they only found one skull 8/21/2006 2:17:27 PM |
Josh8315 Suspended 26780 Posts user info edit post |
as with many other hominid species 8/21/2006 3:28:44 PM |
LadyWolff All American 2286 Posts user info edit post |
just DNA test it and be done with it. 8/21/2006 9:10:06 PM |
chillinman Veteran 101 Posts user info edit post |
i thought there could only be different species if they can no longer fuck each other and reproduce successfully, if they can still fuck then it would be more like different breeds, kinda like dogs 8/22/2006 2:19:20 PM |