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'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space (www.livescience.com)
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Fragmentary remains of two ancient human relatives, Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, were carried aboard a Virgin Galactic flight on Sept. 8. Departing from Spaceport America in New Mexico, the fossils, carried by South African-born billionaire Timothy Nash in a cigar-shaped tube, were rocketed to the edge of space.

"I am horrified that they were granted a permit," Sonia Zakrzewski, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Southampton in the U.K., wrote in an X thread, noting she would use it as an example in her class about unethical approaches. "This is NOT science."

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[โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

@CookieJarObserver had a bad take but that does not warrant unreasonable harassment.

Plus trying to change someone's behavior by attacking them instead of adressing the behaviour is an unfortunate path/choice to take as it usually results in the opposite happening where change doesn't occur and only creates external friction

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