Ida Done Better Still

The fossil was apparently discovered in 1983 by private collectors who split and eventually sold two parts of the skeleton on separate plates: The lesser part was restored and, in the process, partly fabricated to make it look more complete.

This part was purchased for a private museum in Wyoming, and then described by Jens L. Franzen, part of Hurums team, who recognized the fabrication. The more complete part has just come to light, and it now belongs to the Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo.

If Idas skeleton was going to court, it would face serious chain of custody challenges. How many different people had their hands on Ida? How many opportunities were there for people to tamper with this evidence? How much of the skeleton is missing? How does anyone know for sure that all of the bones are even part of the same fossil? So far, those questions dont seem to have occurred to very many reporters.

It isnt hard to imagine motives that could lead a person to distort this kind of evidence. Sky News reports that a private dealer acquired Ida in 2006 and offered her to Professor Jorn Hurum, of Norways National History Museum, for $1 million dollars.

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[messiahjonz]

Total and complete moron, scientifically bankrupt.

I would not trust him to babysit a rock garden.

[generaleskimo]

That's not a steak knife.

[SecularityNow]

@Leehofooks "(regardless of what the science says or what the circumstances of the find are)"

Well you certainly seem to have given things their due consideration, sign me up! I could use a good brainwashing, my head is filled with all kind of irritating facts that prevent me from giving copious amounts of money to the church. Please cure me of the embarrassing affliction that is a reason based mind so that I can become half the tool (of god, although maybe you're just a tool) you are.

[WildcardHatesYou]

I love the way these people desperately try to convince themselves that they're not living a lie.

[bodyrocks1on1]

This geerup guy is an idiot. Nothing he said was even close to rational or logical! Now hes trying to tell us the biblical flood happened 47 million yrs ago!..LOL.. pretty good since the bible puts Adams creation at 4004BCE! I guess the ark was void of all humans!..lol. Come on buddy your beating a dead horse! AronRa already PROVED everything you said was wrong, he backed it up with tones of evidence, facts & testable theories!

[DoubtingThomas666]

Buried, not at the same time.

Biblical flood, come on!!!!

Human embryos have a tail. Also, tadpole tails get absorb in the growing body.

(human vestigiality) Switch on a gene and humans have a tail.

Idiot!!!!

[Leehofooks]

"i can't stand people like u who assume shit out of ur ass"

So you're not 13? Can you really blame me for assuming you were?

[CommentsKing]

@Ilikenuman why would u say that? OHHHH UR DUMB ASS THOUGHT I WAS A CHRISTIAN HUh??? fuckin baboon

[Ilikenuman]

im sure jesus loves how youre behaving.

[CommentsKing]

@Leehofooks exactly what i thought AGAIN, u keep making urself look bad dodgeman

u probably just got ur license punk ass kid, i could be ur daddy

i can't stand people like u who assume shit out of ur ass

[Leehofooks]

When you get old enough to drive, start heading to the library on weekends. Maybe you'll learn something.

[CommentsKing]

@Leehofooks exactly what i thought... if ur brain was a player in dodgeball u'd be the greatest MVP of all time