I don’t know what to think at this point. The fact that they claim the human interbreeding took place 13k years ago yet they have several different types of human mtDNA (Native American, Middle Eastern, European, etc) doesn’t make any sense at all. Native Americans should have been the only humans here at that time. Even if you go with the land bridge, ancient explorer theory it still brings too many different regions into play. And why didn’t they concentrate on the non-human primate DNA that was found, I’d be quite curious to see what it most closely matched.

1–It is a long and tedious process for anyone trying to publish, no matter how strong the paper….just because an article passes peer review does not mean a journal has to publish it, according to Dr Ketchum, the journal’s lawyers advised them against publishing it, as it would ruin their reputations, that is possible.

2–Buying a journal is a little weird, though not totally, and in this case, its possible that Dr. Ketchum saw no other way to get this stuff out, and, if this pans out to be the biggie it could be, it could allow future cutting edge discoveries an outlet to be published. This may be a good thing for the crypto world. According to Dr. Ketchum the paper did pass peer review before the journal was purchased, which means basically purchasing their web site, subscriptions, email list etc. Also, she did say on Coast to Coast that if it wasn’t published she would find a way to get the material posted on the web…maybe this is it, and can help others out in the future too.

3–The short video posted is part of the paper, submitted as supporting material, however, just my opinion, but I think at this point, if one was going to put something out there, it should really be something convincing, its a nice video, but not definitive of a new creature existing….still, its her choice…

4–It would be nice to see what the reviewers said, if the evidence is indisputable or questionable…it passed peer review, but by how much? With flying colors? Were there any skeptics on the review committee and what did they say?

Anyway, thats just what I think, and I just felt like putting it out there:)

Now, I guess I’ll wait while greater minds than mine parse the published results and wrangle over the findings.

I must admit, though, the origins of the “new” DeNovo Journal give me pause.

Oh well, let the debate re Patty’s Coming-Out Party begin!

If self-published as some suggestions say, it still may not be readily accepted.