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To: blam
I'm worried about the secrecy of the Chinese and their insistence that their culture was not influenced by 'outsiders'. They withheld the DNA material extracted from the mummies by Victor Mair and his colleagues. The mummies themselves were accidently found in the unlighted backroom of a museum by Mair.

Yeah, I'm somewhat wary of Chinese archaeological claims because of that type of issue. As you may know there's also been a problem with Chinese fossil dealers selling fake "earliest known bird" skeletons:

Dino Hoax Was Mainly Made of Ancient Bird, Study Says

6 posted on 03/09/2004 4:51:28 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
"As you may know there's also been a problem with Chinese fossil dealers selling fake "earliest known bird" skeletons:"

Yup. I'm aware of that.

7 posted on 03/09/2004 4:55:24 PM PST by blam
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8 posted on 03/09/2004 5:05:10 PM PST by blam
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