Comments on: The Ilert Fossils http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kambiz Kamrani http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-10173 Kambiz Kamrani Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:16:11 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-10173 Are you sure Alison? If it is Illert and not Ilert, I think <em>Nature</em>, a high impact peer reviewed journal, who published these findings woulda made sure it was spelled right. Kambiz Are you sure Alison? If it is Illert and not Ilert, I think Nature, a high impact peer reviewed journal, who published these findings woulda made sure it was spelled right.

Kambiz

]]> By: Alison Elgart http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-10172 Alison Elgart Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:36:55 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-10172 It's "Illeret"! It’s “Illeret”!

]]> By: Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-4231 Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance « Anthropology.net Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:47:03 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-4231 [...] John Hawks reviewed Brown’s revised chronology in 2006. And the most recent debate, the Ilert hominids, have complicated our understandings of what was going with these two taxa in Africa. So to say [...] [...] John Hawks reviewed Brown’s revised chronology in 2006. And the most recent debate, the Ilert hominids, have complicated our understandings of what was going with these two taxa in Africa. So to say [...]

]]> By: The Boneyard #3 « Laelaps http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2869 The Boneyard #3 « Laelaps Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:58:12 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2869 [...] The Primate Diaries - A Family Reunited Afarensis - The Ileret Skulls: My Two Cents John Hawks - Man Bites Dog Pharyngula - Two New Homo Fossils The Questionable Authority - New Fossils and Our Understanding of Human Evolution Evolution Blog - New Hominid Fossils Reported Gene Expression - Why can’t we get along like habiline and erectine? Anthropology.net - The Ileret Fossils [...] [...] The Primate Diaries – A Family Reunited Afarensis – The Ileret Skulls: My Two Cents John Hawks – Man Bites Dog Pharyngula – Two New Homo Fossils The Questionable Authority – New Fossils and Our Understanding of Human Evolution Evolution Blog – New Hominid Fossils Reported Gene Expression – Why can’t we get along like habiline and erectine? Anthropology.net – The Ileret Fossils [...]

]]> By: Press Photos of the Ilert Fossils « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2687 Press Photos of the Ilert Fossils « Anthropology.net Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:50:18 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2687 [...] Photos of the Ilert Fossils Jump to Comments Press photos of the Ilert skull and maxilla have come out. The calvaria is very small, as mentioned in the paper and the maxilla is still very [...] [...] Photos of the Ilert Fossils Jump to Comments Press photos of the Ilert skull and maxilla have come out. The calvaria is very small, as mentioned in the paper and the maxilla is still very [...]

]]> By: Dos nuevos fósiles cuestionan la teoría de la evolución humana « La muerte de un ácaro http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2654 Dos nuevos fósiles cuestionan la teoría de la evolución humana « La muerte de un ácaro Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:12:56 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2654 [...] ante tal descubrimiento), aquí tenéis algunas opiniones mucho más interesantes: El Paleofreak, Antropology, Evolucionarios y Mundo Neanderthal (paso de escribir yo, que además estoy de vacaciones [...] [...] ante tal descubrimiento), aquí tenéis algunas opiniones mucho más interesantes: El Paleofreak, Antropology, Evolucionarios y Mundo Neanderthal (paso de escribir yo, que además estoy de vacaciones [...]

]]> By: More from the Blogosphere on the Ilert Fossils « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2581 More from the Blogosphere on the Ilert Fossils « Anthropology.net Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:13:50 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2581 [...] from the Blogosphere on the Ilert Fossils Jump to Comments Afarensis has chimed in on the Ilert fossils, as well as Ann Gibbons of Science. Please check out both their pieces on these two [...] [...] from the Blogosphere on the Ilert Fossils Jump to Comments Afarensis has chimed in on the Ilert fossils, as well as Ann Gibbons of Science. Please check out both their pieces on these two [...]

]]> By: Quickly « blueollie http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2577 Quickly « blueollie Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:20:43 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2577 [...] More on the finding itself at anthropology.net. [...] [...] More on the finding itself at anthropology.net. [...]

]]> By: Kambiz Kamrani http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2572 Kambiz Kamrani Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:58:54 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2572 Yes Terry, those two sentences contradict one another. This paper was littered with these sort of inconsistencies. Yes Terry, those two sentences contradict one another. This paper was littered with these sort of inconsistencies.

]]> By: TerryT http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2556 TerryT Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:38:08 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/08/the-ilert-fossils/#comment-2556 From the abstract: <blockquote> "The discovery of a particularly small calvaria of H. erectus indicates that this taxon overlapped in size with H. habilis, and may have shown marked sexual dimorphism." </blockquote> Then they say: <blockquote> "The new fossils confirm the distinctiveness of H. habilis and H. erectus, independently of overall cranial size". </blockquote>Doesn't that contradict the first statement? My first reaction on reading the abstract was that we are actually dealing with a single very variable species. From the abstract:

“The discovery of a particularly small calvaria of H. erectus indicates that this taxon overlapped in size with H. habilis, and may have shown marked sexual dimorphism.”

Then they say:

“The new fossils confirm the distinctiveness of H. habilis and H. erectus, independently of overall cranial size”.

Doesn’t that contradict the first statement? My first reaction on reading the abstract was that we are actually dealing with a single very variable species.

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