We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Pacific "dwarf" bones cause controversy.
- Authors
Dalton, Rex
- Abstract
The article focuses on the debates among anthropologists concerning several bones found in the island caves in the South Pacific. Lee Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa claimed that the identified skulls and bones belonged to 26 small-bodied humans that lived between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago. He asserted that the remains provide new insight into how humans can dwarf in island settings. Scott Fitzpatrick, an anthropologist at North Carolina State University, has been skeptical on the dwarf theory and commented that the claims of Berger is almost unbelievable on a scientific level.
- Subjects
OCEANIA; ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains; LITTLE people (Dwarfism); HUMAN skeleton; BERGER, Lee R., 1965-; FITZPATRICK, Scott; ANTHROPOLOGISTS; SCIENTIFIC discoveries; DWARFISM; ANTHROPOLOGY
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 452, Issue 7184, p133
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/452133a