Scientists speak out to discredit 'gay caveman' media reports

[cali]

By Phil Gast and Sarah Aarthun, CNN
April 10, 2011 8:07 p.m. EDT
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(CNN) -- Reports that surfaced last week about the remains of a "gay caveman" found in the Czech Republic have prompted scientists to take on an unlikely foe -- an overhyped news media that may be overblowing the archaeological find.

"Dudes! I could be wrong, but I think that to have a 'gay caveman,' you need a skeleton that is both gay and a caveman. And this ain't either!" John Hawks, an associate professor of anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote on his blog in bold type.

Hawks joined a chorus of fellow paleoanthropologists, archaeologists and other bone experts who carefully dissected media reports about the dig, which began to increase after first appearing in British and Czech newspapers.

The reports stem from a Tuesday press conference in Prague where Czech archaeologists came forward to reveal their findings -- the unusual burial site of a man dating from 2800-2500 B.C.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/10/czech.republic.unusual.burial/?hpt=T2

[Keith Bee]

1. "bone experts"

Peter Griffin :rofl:

[Lint Head]

2. Now some folks are prejudice against gay cavemen?

:banghead:

[Nye Bevan]

3. Yes. Just because this guy's cave was impeccably decorated

they should not have automatically jumped to the conclusion that he was gay.

[blondeatlast]

4. I couldn't care less whether he was gay or not, but the media report

was sheer nutjobbery and I'm skeptical of the science.