Re: [asa] More on Hobbit fossil

What are the odds that the only skull found would be from an individual who
suffered from microcephaly? How often does it occur in nature? Aren't the
bones from "eight other individuals" small too? What explains that?
Where's Glenn now that we need him?

> Compelling evidence demonstrates that 'Hobbit' fossil does not represent a
> new species of hominid
> <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/fm-ced100206.php>
> What may be the definitive most interdisciplinary work in a debate that
> has been raging in palaeoanthropology for two years will be published in
> Anatomical Record. The new research comprehensively and convincingly makes
> the case that the skull discovered in Flores, Indonesia, in 2003 does not
> represent a new species of hominid, as was claimed in a 2004 Nature study.
> The skull is most likely that of a small-bodied modern human who suffered
> from microcephaly.

Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org

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Received on Mon Oct 9 11:41:45 2006