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Scientist '99 percent’ sure bones found belong to Amelia Earhart
N Y Post ^ | March 7, 2018 | James Rogers

Posted on 03/07/2018 5:24:28 PM PST by BenLurkin

Richard Jantz, an emeritus anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee, argues that bones discovered on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro in 1940 were likely Earhart’s remains. The research contradicts a forensic analysis of the remains in 1941 that described the bones as belonging to a male.

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One well-publicized theory is that Earhart died a castaway after landing her plane on the remote island of Nikumaroro, a coral atoll 1,200 miles from the Marshall Islands. Some 13 human bones were found on Nikumaroro, also known as Gardner Island, three years after Earhart’s disappearance.

In 1941, the bones were analyzed by Dr. David Hoodless, principal of the Central Medical School in Fiji. However, Jantz says that modern analysis techniques may have delivered a different result, particularly with regard to gender.

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Hoodless used 19th-century forensic science and described the bones as possibly belonging to a “short, stocky muscular European,” according to Jantz. The 1941 analysis described the remains as those of a male around 5 feet 5½ inches.

Earhart’s pilot’s license, however, recorded her height as 5 feet 8 inches and her driver’s license said 5 feet 7. Photos also show Earhart’s slender frame.

Jantz says the methods used by Hoodless underestimated height compared to modern techniques.

Hoodless used three criteria in his research: the ratio of the femur’s circumference to length, the angle of the femur and pelvis, and the subpubic angle, which is formed between two pelvis bones. The subpubic angle is wider in women than in men.

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The scientist also compared Hoodless’ measurements to data from 2,776 other people, as well as studying photos of Earhart and her clothing measurements. “This analysis reveals that Earhart is more similar to the Nikumaroro bones than 99 percent of individuals in a large reference sample,” said Jantz.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: amelia; ameliaearhart; bones; earhart; gardnerisland; imaginaryautopsies; nikumaroro; richardjantz
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1 posted on 03/07/2018 5:24:29 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
Jantz says the subpubic angle is the most reliable of Hoodless’ criteria, but even that is “subject to considerable variation, much of which was little understood in 1941.”

Perhaps he's trying to find a nice way of saying that Earhart had a mannish build.

2 posted on 03/07/2018 5:26:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Doesn’t really sound like settled science to me.


3 posted on 03/07/2018 5:31:46 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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To: BenLurkin

The bones have been ‘lost’ for likely all of Jantz’s lifetime. Yet he is ‘sure’ that people who actually saw and handled the bones are wrong and he is right.


4 posted on 03/07/2018 5:33:05 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: BenLurkin
Not according to the photos I'VE seen.

Amelia Appealsya to ME.

(Bad attempt at humorous ryme)

5 posted on 03/07/2018 5:34:24 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: BenLurkin

The picture of Earhart and her co pilot on a peer says they are all wrong. They became POW


6 posted on 03/07/2018 5:35:55 PM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: BenLurkin

Can’t they do a DNA comparison with her living relatives?


7 posted on 03/07/2018 5:41:50 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nuke deals. See my FR page)
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To: hoosiermama

Your understanding of that photo is as good as your spelling. That picture appeared in a prewar book published in Japan. Try to catch up on the news before saying dumb stuff.


8 posted on 03/07/2018 5:42:37 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: hoosiermama

And died on Saipan. Numerous reports described her in the years following the war.


9 posted on 03/07/2018 5:42:52 PM PST by Portcall24
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To: BenLurkin

She’s living with Elvis somewhere in Texas. Paul Allen off to find her aircraft.


10 posted on 03/07/2018 5:43:26 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: hoosiermama
Last video before her crash
11 posted on 03/07/2018 5:43:53 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe there’s something we didn’t know about zer.


12 posted on 03/07/2018 5:45:22 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: knarf

Interesting


13 posted on 03/07/2018 5:46:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
I never knew, but the image of Amelia in my memory is lopsided ... all I have are panted aviator images .... so I went looking and by golly, almost every photo IS a panted aviator .... and stuck in that mess was this clip.

I STILL think she was hot, and she loved the camera, but I believe she scared the JIT out'a men and I think that hurt her.

All this amateur psychoanalysis ... maybe I'M crazy.

14 posted on 03/07/2018 5:51:02 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: BenLurkin

Ah yes. The feminist ‘hero’ whose major achievement was getting lost. She’s got plenty of female company.


15 posted on 03/07/2018 5:51:25 PM PST by relictele
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they found bones of someone else! Amelia Earhart was a leader as far as women flying, however i wonder what she thought of the #MeToo movement, global warming and Hillary Clinton...


16 posted on 03/07/2018 6:24:55 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: SkyDancer

Naw it was JFK living in Texas with Elvis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9331xmvhg


17 posted on 03/07/2018 6:34:40 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Shush - it’s a secret threesome of sorts. And yeah, saw the movie.


18 posted on 03/07/2018 6:37:48 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: relictele

Ah yes. The feminist ‘hero’ whose major achievement was getting lost.

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She was more of a daredevil than a pilot. There were major mistakes made on her last flight and it was doomed from the start. There was nothing but wide open ocean where she ended up.


19 posted on 03/07/2018 6:46:13 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: BenLurkin

The best sentence as usual is near the bottom of the article. Jantz is well past his prime and probably looking for some cheap attention:

Despite Jantz’s skepticism about the 1941 analysis of the bones, some modern scientists have backed up the Hoodless results.


20 posted on 03/07/2018 6:48:06 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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