Comments on: Dr. Nolan on Ata: Not Alien But Human

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:40:38 +0000

This new article in io9, showing the opinion of Paolo Viscardo --a natural history curator at the Horiman Museum in London-- offers the hypothesis that Ata's high bone density is the result of the natural mummification process in the Chilean desert. So now the question arises: Was Lachman fully informed about the specimen's provenance prior to his X-ray analysis? And has he had the opportunity to study the skeletal remains of other mummies during his career?

By: mandors

mandors — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:47:44 +0000

We’re sure this is not handling contamination, correct?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:22:01 +0000

RPJ – But Dr. Nolan questions the 6-8 years old age estimate based on the ten ribs and other factors.

C – Small people would have small children, yes. But the 6-8 business is being overblown.

If a small fetus has a strange head and 10 ribs, it might seem to be expected to have funny knees too, don’t you think?

By: chadgatlin

chadgatlin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:29:17 +0000

This makes me recall an earlier post about the rangers that were seeing 20 inch tall pygmies in Sumatra. Would a people who are 20 inches tall as adults be about 6 inches tall around ages 6-8? I do realize they were found on opposite continents, but it does give one pause to think there may be a unique hominid group out there. “Littlefoot” or “Smallfoot” perhaps?

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:04:25 +0000

If Ata lived to be 6-8 years old, then it stands to reason it was nourished during those years.

Did they try to analyze its stomach content?