«Our research, demonstrating that a single developmental rule can explain the countless variation we observe across mammals, also means we must be careful about inferring relationships of extinct species based on shared form,» said Shara Bailey, a coauthor and paleoanthropologist at New York University. (sciencedaily.com)
In addition, says paleoanthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin, the current study might be obscuring a contribution of Neandertal genes to the African gene pool, because the team specifically looked to explain genetic diversity in non-Africans compared with Africans. (scientificamerican.com)
July 31, 2004 Added A look at Piltdown Man on the 50th anniversary of its exposure as a hoax, by paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer. (talkorigins.org)