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Hobbit Is A New Species
Migraineman writes "Over the last year or so, archaeologists in Indonesia unearthed skulls and bones from eight proto-humanoids. Critics have claimed the meter-tall specimens were either pygmies or "aberrant individuals with a pathological condition" like microcephaly. A recent article in Science[subscription] rebuffs the critics, and claims that the specimens are actually a new species - Homo floresiensis. There's a summary article over at Nature."
...this is a dupe, or atleast really old mirror, I read this in the newspaper a few months ago.
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I read a related article at Scientific American.com, (found linked from a Slashbox, no less) about an hour ago, and wondered, "Why haven't I seen this on Slashdot referencing Hobbits yet?" I guess I was just a bit ahead of the curve. :-)
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Because of the way evolution works you won't ever find a completely smooth transition from one form to another...
One would think that if evolution is true, and species evolved from one specie to another, it's only logical we would find a lot of fossil evidence of these hybrid species, not to mention hybrid species living today.
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OMG, how is parent troll????
How long until they're cloned from DNA and used to make legal kiddie-porn movies?
http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-123.htm
Taken with a grain of salt, it is still important to consider. How many "missing links" were definitively such?
The radical sect of Islam would either see you dead or "reverted" to Islam.
Two ways to end the war: (1) Kill all terrorists. (2) Convert to Islam. Unfortunately, diplomacy is not a part of either
Do you realize that true Islam does not condone terrorism? The same way that true Christianity does not condone crusades (either those instigated by Pope Alexander II or those instigated by George W Bush.
Also, do you realize that a large percentage of terrorism attacks in Irak lately target Muslims, so converting to Islam wouldnt work?
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Do you realize that true Islam does not condone terrorism?
I am not sure what your definition of "true Islam" is, but there are very strong writings in the Koran that specifically instruct Muslims to destroy Infidels.
I have been ordered to fight with the people until they say, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah (Hadith 4:196)
Strike terror (into the hearts of ) the enemies of Allah and your enemies (Sura 8:60)
I will instill terror into the hearts of unbelievers. Smite them above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them. It is not you who slay them, it is Allah (Sura 8:12, 17)
I do know there are many Muslims in the world that do not agree with terrorism or take these writings as literal,but many do. The idea that everything that has gone from the 9/11 attacks to now are not a religous war of Muslims vs. an Infidel nation is preposterous and false.
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