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- Title
Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape.
- Authors
Dalton, Rex
- Abstract
The article outlines the impact of the discovery of old human remains to entertainment and science industry in the Pacific Islands. It reveals that in March 2008, a tribe of small-bodied humans had purportedly lived on some of the islands 1,000-3,000 years ago suffered dwarfing because of limited resources. Researchers believed that these remains which were found 2,000 kilometers to the south of Palau represent a distinct dwarf species called Homo floresiensis which died out 12,000 years ago. Lee Berger, an palaeoanthropologist of the University of Witwatersrand, collaborated with Parthenon Entertainment to work on a planned television series using the slogan "entertainment first, science second" but scientists are afraid that they will be accused to have exploited the community.
- Subjects
ISLANDS of the Pacific; ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL hominids; FOSSIL primates; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PARTHENON Entertainment Ltd.; BERGER, Lee R., 1965-; BUSINESS partnerships
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 452, Issue 7189, p-1
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/452806a