vilnoori
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Bone Collector
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Post by vilnoori on Aug 27, 2008 14:07:28 GMT -5
This is interesting, and I didn't know about it: Last October, Meldrum presented some of his evidence to a symposium of 40 paleontologists at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, and emerged with a peer-reviewed published paper acknowledging that what he'd collected were not the prints of a known species, nor were they hoaxes, but genuine casts of an unknown North American primate. Meldrum was given the authority to classify the beast with a taxonomical name, the Anthropoides Ameriborealis, which translates into North American ape. It might not seem like much compared with a body in a freezer, but in the uphill battle of Bigfoot science, it's a huge step, and as close to acknowledged scientific proof as anything seen to to date. "It has certainly helped me shift the perception from that of tabloid fodder into the arena of biology," says Meldrum. "But a new species will only be recognized when DNA is collected." from current Newsweek, www.newsweek.com/id/155355
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Post by Gerry on Aug 27, 2008 15:53:44 GMT -5
Interesting. Another step towards credibility in field research!
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