Is "primitive" the subjective term of the week?
...pelvis of H. naledi as primitive in morphology... ...H. naledi possesses a combination of primitive
Are these ape or human bones?
Dr JDD at 8, wd guess you are correct on that point, especially on not missing the grant app deadline. Will Templeton be onto this soon? Just curious.
One thing I have personally learned after years and years of such reports is that they are completely: a) quick to jump to conclusions and over-sell/hype results b) completely misrepresented by t...
Prof Lee Berger made it clear on our local radio station today that Naledi is an ape and that people must not jump to any conclusions, (seems he's learnt his lesson with Sediba)but that is not st...
Perhaps someone can help me here, but is it really possible for bones, especially such small ones, to have remained in such a state (laying exposed on the cave floor) for 3my? I somehow find that...
Lee Berger is of course the same guy that told us Sediba was this groundbreaking fossil now we have Naledi being sited as the shizzle..... 2nd time lucky I guess. At some point one of these apes ...
Much fanfare here in SA about an ape.....
YEC Todd Wood is impressed by the "ritual burial" aspect, but maybe it makes more sense if you don't accept the date of 1-2m years ago. If you do accept the dating it's decidedly odd that a homin...
Ian Tattersall, (who just recently co-authored a paper with Jeffrey Schwartz debunking homo habilis), doubts the homo designation of Naledi is valid:
Homo Naledi, New Species in Huma...
As broadcast on the BBC News many times today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34192447