Aug 4

Part Ape, Part Human: The Fossils of Malapa

National Geographic writes “Professor Lee Berger and his son stumble across an amazing find in South Africa — two-million-year-old fossils of an unknown species of ape-like creatures.”

 

6 Responses to “Part Ape, Part Human: The Fossils of Malapa”

  1. Annette H

    When I left school I studied science at uni for two years. I believed in science so much. As I have got older I have realised how little we know. Much of what I was taught as fact has been shown to be incorrect. The most important thing that that man said is we don’t know everything. There are so many mysteries. One of the problems in science is that they all want to believe the ideas are the ones that are correct. They have pretty big egos. And bizarrely once they are established as an expert in a field the fear of being proven wrong becomes more important than finding the truth. This will hold us back as much as in the Victorian era or the middle ages.

    • Charles R

      You are so spot on Annette. This holds back science so much. It may have been born out of the Royal Academy when Sir Issac Newton was in charge. And often after proved wrong comes the claims that well we knew that all along. It will happen with the Sasquatch some day also.

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