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This just in, and it definitely boggled my mind:
Skeletons of meter-high humans discovered in Indonesia (BBC). The discovery of this species of now extinct meter-high humans complicates the human evolutionary tree still further. Also intruiging is the fact that the current islanders have detailed legends describing a group of small humans living in the area, similar to the leprechaun or fairy myths of other cultures. Just how long ago did these humans die out, and how long does an oral record survive?
The story reminded me of a conversation I had in the pub about Four-winged birds (BBC). Actually, it's less exciting than it sounds; it merely notes that early birds had feathered hind limbs as well as fore limbs, and probably didn't fly so much as glide -- much like the modern flying squirrel.
Quite tempted to quote the obvious Hamlet line, but instead I shall leave you with a rather whimsical sentence I came up with this evening:
"I was recently quite perplexed", said one galaxy-beast to another, "to discover that the star is not in fact the smallest unit of matter in the universe."
Skeletons of meter-high humans discovered in Indonesia (BBC). The discovery of this species of now extinct meter-high humans complicates the human evolutionary tree still further. Also intruiging is the fact that the current islanders have detailed legends describing a group of small humans living in the area, similar to the leprechaun or fairy myths of other cultures. Just how long ago did these humans die out, and how long does an oral record survive?
The story reminded me of a conversation I had in the pub about Four-winged birds (BBC). Actually, it's less exciting than it sounds; it merely notes that early birds had feathered hind limbs as well as fore limbs, and probably didn't fly so much as glide -- much like the modern flying squirrel.
Quite tempted to quote the obvious Hamlet line, but instead I shall leave you with a rather whimsical sentence I came up with this evening:
"I was recently quite perplexed", said one galaxy-beast to another, "to discover that the star is not in fact the smallest unit of matter in the universe."
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