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Another New One

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:02 pm
by uniface

Re: Another New One

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:25 pm
by Minimalist
Seems like a small sample size.

Re: Another New One

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:10 pm
by Frank Harrist
Minimalist wrote:Seems like a small sample size.
Meaning what, exactly?

Re: Another New One

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:54 pm
by Minimalist
One jaw bone, fossilized so they can't even get DNA, and they declare a whole new species?

Just seems premature, to me. Even with the Denisovans they found other bones and teeth.

Re: Another New One

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:36 am
by circumspice
Minimalist wrote:One jaw bone, fossilized so they can't even get DNA, and they declare a whole new species?

Just seems premature, to me. Even with the Denisovans they found other bones and teeth.


One bone, one tooth...

Interesting article:

http://johnhawks.net/research/denisova-iuaes-2012.html