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Lisanne@norman1.demon.co.uk "Lisanne" writes:
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> Now this research was quoted in one of our national papers a few days
> ago! Tell me this isn't in the realms of the paranormal!
>
Which of our national newspapers? Even the broadsheets are pretty bad
at the reporting of science.
Anecdotal evidence: a few years ago a basal simian fossil (that is
something close to the ancestry of apes and old-world monkeys) was
found in North Africa. It was described in one of the broadsheets as
having a prehensile tail. This struck me at strange at the time, as,
AFAIK, prehensile tails are a derived trait of new-world monkeys. A
few weeks later the relevant issue of Nature circulated into my local
library, and I discovered that what had been found was a partial skull.
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