Posted by John S. Wilkins on April 11, 2005 12:40 AM

A new report in Science has come out firmly in favour of the Homo floresiensis not being a “pathological microcephalic”. Read more here.

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Comment #24242

Posted by moioci on April 11, 2005 01:30 AM (e) (s)

” Those who have been following this particular story will know that Prof. Jacob … is a pathological microcephalic.”

Sounds about right to me.

Comment #24243

Posted by John Wilkins on April 11, 2005 01:37 AM (e) (s)

Tsk tsk. We in the west are hardly the ones to tweak someone about nationalism…

Comment #24294

Posted by Dan S. on April 11, 2005 01:01 PM (e) (s)

“a pathological microcephalic”
I now have a new favorite insult!

Comment #24310

Posted by sir_toejam on April 11, 2005 03:05 PM (e) (s)

well, not that it’s on topic or anything, but my new favorite euphemism for IDers came from an Open Democracy forum poster from the UK, who calls them:

God bothering tub thumpers.

man, i love that.

cheers

Comment #24349

Posted by Mike Hopkins on April 11, 2005 07:03 PM (e) (s)

This actually was published online in advance of the print edition last month and was discussed by Carl Zimmer on March 3.


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Comment #24354

Posted by John Wilkins on April 11, 2005 07:14 PM (e) (s)

Ah, so it was. Thanks, Mike.

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