[petuniasevan]

Know what I find really amazing? Someone goes out to the Great Rift Valley, digs around in an old riverbed, and finds a bit of hominid skeleton. Maybe a femur.

Then 1/2 mile away along that riverbed another researcher finds a hominid jawbone.

And a third researcher 1/4 mile the other way finds some finger bones.

Soon there is a paper out mentioning the "widely scattered remains" of a [specific name] hominid from a dry riverbed. An illustration shows the various bones and the missing pieces. Theories are put forth concerning the creature's demise.


Okay, how are these guys so SURE that these are fossils from the SAME creature? Answer: They're not sure. But it sure looks good on paper. Keeps those grants coming!

[Lazamataz]

Someone goes out to the Great Rift Valley, digs around in an old riverbed, and finds a bit of hominid skeleton. Maybe a femur. Then 1/2 mile away along that riverbed another researcher finds a hominid jawbone. And a third researcher 1/4 mile the other way finds some finger bones.

Okay, how are these guys so SURE that these are fossils from the SAME creature?

Easy. They usually find a Qu'ran nearby.

And you know how those Islamics like to blow themselves up.