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Sunday, February 27, 2005

Invisible! Hobbits!

This is kinda crazy, but scientists have discovered a completely invisible galaxy. . . No Joke. It's all explained here

Oh and the hobbits are finally home. With the drama concluded, the excitement can begin! Following is the body of an article from Friday.

Science Editor February 25, 2005 The finders of the "hobbit" bones are once again their keepers. An elderly Indonesian scientist who took possession of the fragile remains of the species of tiny humans three months ago and refused to hand them back to the Australian and Indonesian scientists who discovered them has capitulated. Teuku Jacob, of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, returned the bones of Homo floresiensis to the Indonesian Centre for Archaeology late on Wednesday. The hobbits, who stood only a metre tall, lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until at least 13,000 years ago. The discovery team, led by Mike Morwood of the University of New England, believe they evolved from taller, archaic humans, Homo erectus. Professor Jacob argues they are just modern humans with a brain-shrinking deformity called microcephaly. He was asked to study the remains of the seven hobbits by the most senior Indonesian in the team, his friend Radien Soejono, who had excavated the Flores cave for 11 years without finding the hobbits. The request was opposed by all other team members, including Professor Morwood. Professor Soejono prevailed. Professor Jacob reneged on a signed promise to return the bones by January 1. There was further outrage last week, when Professor Jacob let two Australian scientists who agree with him, study the "stolen" bones.

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