Astonishing Skull Found in Africa

BBC ^ | 10 July, 2002 | Ivan Noble

[EBUCK]

I'm glad someone did. I was afraid that my sense of humor had fosilized into dry wit.

EBUCK

[RobRoy]

You have been accused of spamming. I gotta say, though, that if you hadn't, I would never have been made aware of this stuff. This is a seriously important subject and I apreciate you bringing the sites to my attention!

[Virginia-American]

I mean who the hell would take somebody who'd been searching all of Africa for a skull for the last 25 years seriously?

Someone who respects other people's hard work.

[medved]

Thanks, that's the reason I ignore the accusations. That's aside from the fact that most definitions of spam include some notion of a profit motive, and there isn't any in this case.

[medved]

I mean who the hell would take somebody who'd been searching all of Africa for a skull for the last 25 years seriously?

Someone who respects other people's hard work.

The basic idea for succeeding in this life is to work as hard as necessary and as smart as possible. Spending 25 years searching all of Africa for a skull does not meet any rational definition of working smart.

[balrog666]

The basic idea for succeeding in this life is to work as hard as necessary and as smart as possible. Spending 25 years searching all of Africa for a skull does not meet any rational definition of working smart.

You think he has been ignoring everything else he has dug up in the last 25 years? Including the megalodon shark teeth?

[LiteKeeper]

I am no evolutionist, but there are other ways to date a fossil besides just the semi-unreliable carbon dating.

Such as?

Sometimes rock strata are used. But the rocks that are used to date the fossils are dated by the fossils that are found in them. If you don't believe me, check it out.