Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
So... why did he do it?
Apparently he thinks its just a deformed person, not a different species. Hegot it on loan from the origianl reseachers. This skeleton isn't a blow
to evolution in anyway and it doesn't 'support' traditional religions either. If the natives were around when florensis was around, then they
merely need to have passed along a story about little people in order to still have a story about it, not do something unknown to science.
I'd say that he's definitly interfereing with science here, and is irrationally refusing to give up the idea that these things aren't a different
species. I
think he's only done a cursory examination, and says he plans on doing one later. Meanwhile, the original researchers would like
to study it, they only gave it to him in the first place because he is a regional expert.
The really interesting thing is that this affects the man's integrity, which is very important in science. It calls into question some of his other
reaserch, and possibly might mean that he has
other interesting skeletons that he is also sitting on. Apparently he does have a large
collection and hasn't published much of it (tho thats in itself isn't too unsual)
