Homo Floresiensis: An Update on the 'Hobbits' of Indonesia
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» bingley - Islam is NOT the state religion of Indonesia.
Islam is NOT the state religion of Indonesia. Indonesia doesn't have a state religion. It is true that Islam is the majority religion (80-90% of the population depending on who's counting) but it is not the state religion. All Indonesians are required to have a religion but it doesn't have to be a particular one. Until the fall of Soeharto 5 religions (Islam, Protestant Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism) were officially recognised, but since then some degree of official recognition has been awarded to other religions such as Confucianism.Islam in Indonesia is very varied. Just as Christians in Western countries range from those who believe in a six-day creation approximately 6000 years ago to those who fully accept the scientific viewpoint on the development of life here on Earth, the same range exists amongst Muslims (and indeed Christians) in Indonesia.
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» bossel - another article:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/com...Quotes:
"ALTHOUGH their "hobbit" fossils were snatched by a powerful critic, Indonesian and Australian scientists will continue their quest for humanity's Southeast Asian roots next year, with new safeguards to prevent further filching.
[...] a prominent Indonesian paleoanthropologist, Teuku Jacob, removed them from the centre without authority and refuses to allow the scientists who discovered the remains to study them.
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Not only did he remove the hobbits from the archaeology centre, as reported last week in The Australian, he also holds some of Indonesia's most famous ancient human remains.
Among the fossils in his collection are a dozen 200,000-year-old Ngandong skulls and the skull of the 1.81-million-year-old "Mojokerto Child". As well as these ancient Homo erectus fossils, Professor Jacob has stored remains of fully modern humans from Flores, some for nearly 30 years.
He is seen as authoritarian, allowing scientists to view the fossils at his own discretion.
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» bingley - Re: another article:
In response to another article: posted by bossel:Indeed, all the news stories I've seen about this seem agreed that Professor Jacob is acting out of professional jealousy or nationalism and a determination to show everybody who's the boss in Indonesian paleoanthropology.
I don't know where this idea that he's acting to further some sort of Islamic creationist agenda comes from.
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» bingley - Re: Re: another article:
In response to Re: another article: posted by bingley:Last Sunday's Explorator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator... links to this report that Professor Jacob has now returned the "hobbit" remains: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/Saga-...
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