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For some reason no indication appears about what sort of research is being discussed. No link or other notation. Just wondering.
The included URL was enclosed in angle brackets without the additional components to permit proper rendering. Here it is, outside the angle brackets. https://www.sciencealert.com/human-th...
Sample of ten, of which the human bones were highly selected, while the cassowary bones were probably everyday implements. What the paper does demonstrate is that researchers think it's ok to shatter the bones of somebody else's ancestors, despite recognizing that the intent behind their making was to 'preserve intact the embodiment of symbolic strength and social prestige'.
Tim, maybe I'm reading the article wrong but it seems like they made models of the human bone daggers to work on ("the team created CT scans of all of them, then converted them into models on which they could run simulations of mechanical stress...) and only actually broke one single, cassowary bone dagger.
Tanya K - good catch. Tim - if you want to know more about the original researchers' intent, the original article is here: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.or... (open source! nice).
Oops. That'll teach me to read more carefully.
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For some reason no indication appears about what sort of research is being discussed. No link or other notation. Just wondering.
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The included URL was enclosed in angle brackets without the additional components to permit proper rendering. Here it is, outside the angle brackets. https://www.sciencealert.com/human-th...
Sample of ten, of which the human bones were highly selected, while the cassowary bones were probably everyday implements. What the paper does demonstrate is that researchers think it's ok to shatter the bones of somebody else's ancestors, despite recognizing that the intent behind their making was to 'preserve intact the embodiment of symbolic strength and social prestige'.
Tim, maybe I'm reading the article wrong but it seems like they made models of the human bone daggers to work on ("the team created CT scans of all of them, then converted them into models on which they could run simulations of mechanical stress...) and only actually broke one single, cassowary bone dagger.
Tanya K - good catch. Tim - if you want to know more about the original researchers' intent, the original article is here: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.or... (open source! nice).
Oops. That'll teach me to read more carefully.
