| 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #270525] |
Fr, 19 Mai 2006 21:31 |
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After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
BBC Science News writes:
> A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea that the
> tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
> species.
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> Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
> theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a
> brain disorder.
Full story at:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4994054.stm>
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Troels Forchhammer
Valid mail is <t.forch(a)email.dk>
The errors hardest
to condone
in other people
are one's own.
- Piet Hein, /Our Own Motes/
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #270526 ] |
Sa, 20 Mai 2006 00:06 |
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Without a care in the world, Binky the wonder-dog read in the paper
that on 19 May 2006 19:31:28 GMT, Troels Forchhammer
<Troels [at] ThisIsFake.invalid> wrote:
>After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
>the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
>amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
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>
>BBC Science News writes:
>
>> A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea that the
>> tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
>> species.
>>
>> Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
>> theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a
>> brain disorder.
>
>Full story at:
><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4994054.stm>
Except that they would have to have an entire population of
microcephalics, with differnt bone structures other than the skull,
capable of advanced tool-making (stone). Not possible. It would then
be a separate species. Either way, they lose.
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #270528 ] |
Sa, 20 Mai 2006 02:37 |
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Troels Forchhammer wrote:
> After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
> the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
> amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
anyone who ever had the misfortune to go sightseeing in the shire knows
that hobbits are indeed a brain disorder.
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #270531 ] |
Sa, 20 Mai 2006 07:33 |
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Troels Forchhammer wrote:
> After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
> the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
> amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
That's what happens after multiple generations of intense mushroom
consumption. Before they got to the Shire and took up 'shroom
cultivation, the hobbits used to be about eleventy feet tall -- stone
giants were their lesser cousins.
;^)
Barb
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #270534 ] |
Sa, 20 Mai 2006 19:28 |
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In article <Xns97C8DCE1161B1T.Forch [at] 130.133.1.4>,
Troels Forchhammer <Troels [at] ThisIsFake.invalid> wrote:
>After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
>the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
>amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
>
>
>BBC Science News writes:
>
>> A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea that the
>> tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
>> species.
>>
>> Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
>> theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a
>> brain disorder.
>
>Full story at:
><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4994054.stm>
Well here's the final nail in the coffin for the 'Hobbit' theory:
apparently they couldn't even throw very well.
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/flores/hobbit_culotta_la rson_jungers_2006.html
Larson concluded that the upper arm and shoulder were
oriented slightly differently in H. floresiensis than in
living people. The shoulder blade was shrugged slightly
forward, changing its articulation with the humerus and
allowing the small humans to bend their elbows and work
with their hands as we do. This slightly hunched posture
would not have hampered the little people, except when it
came to making long overhand throws: They would have been
bad baseball pitchers, says Larson.
I guess that settles that! :-(
--
John Brock
jbrock [at] panix.com
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #274459 ] |
Do, 25 Mai 2006 19:43 |
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? "Troels Forchhammer" <Troels [at] ThisIsFake.invalid> ?????? ??? ??????
news:Xns97C8DCE1161B1T.Forch [at] 130.133.1.4...
> After the fun we had following the discovery of the so-called 'Hobbit',
> the /Homo Floresiensis/, the contention should also allow for some
> amusement -- are Hobbits just victims of a brain disorder? ;-)
>
>
> BBC Science News writes:
>
> > A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea that the
> > tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
> > species.
> >
> > Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
> > theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a
> > brain disorder.
>
> Full story at:
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4994054.stm>
>
I'm not sure about hobbits, but what about Gollum?MPS (multiple personality
disorder) could be its disease.Oh, and obsession or psychosis with the
preciousss...
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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering,freelance electrician
542nd mechanized infantry batallion
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr
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| Re: 'Hobbit' possibly just a brain disorder . . . [message #274508 ] |
Mo, 29 Mai 2006 13:55 |
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"Troels Forchhammer" <Troels [at] ThisIsFake.invalid> hath written:
[snip]
> BBC Science News writes:
>
>> A US-British team of scientists has challenged the idea that the
>> tiny skeleton from Indonesia dubbed the "Hobbit" is a new human
>> species.
>>
>> Writing in Science magazine, the team presents an alternative
>> theory that the remains could be those of a modern human with a
>> brain disorder.
I think they were a group of Republicans who formed their own gated
community, complete with security guards, and then practiced inbreeding
until the inevitable happened.
Öjevind
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