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

R. Gaenssmantel (rg10003@cus.cam.ac.uk)
19 Nov 1996 11:22:38 GMT

Janet Jubran (jubran@mailhost1.csusm.edu) wrote:
: 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.

I haven't tried it, but you might also find something under either Otzi or
Oetzi (spellt in German with an o-umlaut). That was the name given to the
ice man at the time - after the Oetztaler Alpen, where he was found (I think
hes received that name from media and scientists alike).

Ralf

: 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!
: >
: >
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