2nd Edition
The Hobbit Trap How New Species Are Invented
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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When scientists found the remains of a tiny hominid on an Indonesian in 2004, they claimed they found a totally new species of human ancestor (homo floresiensis), and called it a Hobbit. Film crews rolled in and the little creature took the world by storm, but a group of prominent scientists, including Maciej Henneberg and Robert Eckhardt, smelled a rat. They refuted the data—the size and shape of... Read more
Chapter 1 Reflecting on Origins; Chapter 2 Thinking Small; Chapter 3 Null Hypotheses and Fairytales; Chapter 4 A Lot to Chew Over; Chapter 5 Random Skulduggery; Chapter 6 Collegiality and Line Management; Chapter 7 The More Things Change; Chapter 8 Degrees of Separation and Laboratory Slaves; Chapter 9 Out of Sight, Out of Mind; Chapter 10 More of the Same; Chapter 11 Pseudo-Science and Bruised Egos; Chapter 12 The Debate That Isn't; Chapter 13 The Sum of the Parts;
Biography
Henneberg, Maciej; Eckhardt, Robert B; Schofield, John
