Bones of continuing contention.The old television game show "What's My Line?" featured contestants who questioned guests in the quest to figure out their occupations. An anthropological version of that show might be called "What's My Lineage?" with Sivapithecus sitting in as the contestant-stumping guest. Fossill investigators are embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in efforts to identify the evolutionary "occupation" and standing of this ancient creature. The debate continues in the nov. 14 NATURE. Richard Leakey Noun 1. Richard Leakey - English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey , head of the National Museums of Kenya The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a governmental body maintaining museums and monuments in Kenya. It also practices scientific research. Its headquarters and the National Museum (Nairobi museum) are located near Uhuru Highway between Central Business District and Westlands in , and Alan Walker There are several notable people named Alan Walker:
Some researchers believe Sivpithecus is an ancestor only of orangutans (SN: 5/18/85, p. 316). But Leakey and Walker say the new analysis confirms their view that the Buluk creature is an early type of Sivapithecus ancestral to modern apes and humans. The identify of the Buluk fossils, however, is far from clear, notes Eric Delson of the American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . They may belong to another class of hominoids -- ancestors of apes and humans -- known as Kenyapithecus, he reports in the same NATURE. It is not yet clear whether these creatures volved along the same lineage as Sivapithecus. A wider comparison of the fossils with other known remains indicates, he says, that the Buluk animal is a male Kenyapithecus, similar in structure and slightly larger than female remains of the same species. More extensive fossil finds should help to clarify this segment of "What's My Lineage?" |
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