by profsummergig on 6/12/2025, 11:04:48 PM
by renewiltord on 6/13/2025, 3:51:12 AM
Heartwarming in that it’s just scientific misconduct for that age old desire: fame. Much better than the case of the Australian fossils whose knowledge will be lost because of politics.
If only because the eventual movie will be entertaining.
by sashank_1509 on 6/13/2025, 5:38:52 AM
One of the best recent articles I’ve read, a vivid picture of paleontology research. Science needs more big personalities and disputes, in its mysterious way it actually advances science
by anonymousDan on 6/12/2025, 11:06:20 PM
I love the passion and bitchiness of the researchers.
by dd_xplore on 6/12/2025, 10:28:17 PM
When humanity (including all the homo species) gained intelligence over 2-300000 years ago, I'm genuinely surprised that they were able to live so long together!
Although 'species' is term is bit extreme, which is why they reproduced with each other a lot!
I also wonder what kind of history they might have! It's interesting to think about. Most of the history that we have is already opinionated....
This image of the femur, can anyone shed light on why there are notches carved on the side?
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b6b6509049556deef91d0459df864...
Also, regarding "There is no technology, extant or imaginable, that could extract that marvellous secret from her bones",
I put those under the "famous last words" category.
We cannot predict today what we may discover about bones in the future. There could be something akin to DNA fingerprinting that lets people discover ancestry. Just because we've not discovered it yet, doesn't mean we will never discover it. Not saying we will, but I prefer to keep an open mind about science and human creativity.