'Dragon Man' Sparks Debate over Ancient Human Species - Cosmic Log

"Comparisons of genetic and morphological data suggest that the more we know about our extinct ancestors, the fuzzier the picture becomes." Thus Alan Boyle describes the fallout from a (re)discovery of a 146,000-year-old skull in northern China. Not only does the shape of the cranium encourage differing scholarly opinions on early humans, but the story of its discovery is full of history and intrigue. There's certainly some controversy over Chris Wood's BBC article Stonehenge: Did Ancient 'Machine' Move Stones from Wales? One has to admire the ingenuity behind Steve Tasker's motivating invention, but also wonder whether he isn't too much discounting ancient pictorial data and "overthinking" things a bit. Jason Colavito has fastened upon additional qualms with the whole thing, leading him to headline The BBC Indulges in Bizarre Pseudohistorical Stonehenge Speculation. Wonder whether Paul Seaburn's Engineers Recreate the Sounds that Stonehenge Made When New would strike a different chord with Jason. Acoustics researcher Trevor Cox thinks the kind of sound effects his scale model created probably surprised the original builders of the full-scale monument. Some structures just have good vibes. (WM)

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