Re: MOST IMPORTANT FOSSIL (A human skull as old as coal!)

Janet Jubran (jubran@mailhost1.csusm.edu)
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 15:10:52 +0000

Avoid it "The Man in the Ice". A lot of speculation. Not a lot of
substance. I am waiting, eagerly, for something serious on the ice man.

In article <328B5555.55B3@tnp.com>, paninaro@tnp.com wrote:

> TJ wrote:
> >
> > Jukka Korpela wrote:
> > >
> > > edconrad@prolog.net (Ed Conrad) writes:
> > >
> > > > The WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT FOSSIL, unquestionably, is
> > > > a petrified human skull embedded in a boulder which was discovered
> > > > between anthracite veins in Carboniferous strata near Shenandoah, Pa.
> > >
> > > I suppose no-one is fool enough to take this kind of scrap seriously,
> > > but just in case...: If this kind of "news" had any truth in them,
> > > and especially if they were unquestionable, we would certainly have
> > > read about them in reputable scientific magazines - which would really
> > > struggle for the right to publish such revolutionary reports before
> > > their competitors.
> > >
> > > Yucca
> > Speaking of human remains...Remember the freeze-dried bronze-age man
> > found in the Alps a few years back. PBS did a once over lightly special
> > on him. I assume much of the research has been done, but where can I
> > find an account of the 'findings' on this guy? Any good books out, or
> > articles? With near-morbid fascination of the very old, tj
>
> i saw a book on it at a Barnes and Nobles bookstore in new York City.
> One does exist.. i know that!
>
>
> --
> +---------------------------------------------------+
> | -Pan- of Anthrox http://www.anthrox.com |
> | Console Programming and Game Information Web Site |
> +---------------------------------------------------+