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Study: Flores man did not have Down syndrome

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Further to inbred Neanderthals damaging us all, we learn from ScienceDaily that Flores man did not have Down syndrome:

Analysis of a wealth of new data contradicts an earlier claim that LB1, an ~80,000 year old fossil skeleton from the Indonesian island of Flores, had Down syndrome, and further confirms its status as a fossil human species, Homo floresiensis.

For the current study, the team compared physical traits preserved in the skeleton of LB1 to those found in Down syndrome. While people with Down syndrome are not identical to one another, it was nevertheless clear that LB1 was very distinct from all humans, including those with Down syndrome.

The study found that LB1’s brain was much smaller than that seen in Down syndrome individuals. Likewise, the shape of the skull vault, which surrounds the brain, and chin anatomy were both outside the range seen in humans, with or without Down syndrome. Moreover, the diminutive LB1 individual, estimated to be just over a meter (1.09 m) in height (or 3′ 7″), was well below the height range of comparable individuals with Down syndrome. In fact, females with Down syndrome from Turkey reach a comparable height as the adult LB1 by 6.5 years of age and are considerably taller as adults (1.45 m or 4′ 9″ on average). The femur is disproportionately short in LB1 relative to the feet and arms compared to all humans, regardless of whether they have Down syndrome. Paper. (public access) – Karen L. Baab, Peter Brown, Dean Falk, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Charles F. Hildebolt, Kirk Smith, William Jungers. A Critical Evaluation of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis for LB1, Type Specimen of Homo floresiensis. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (6): e0155731 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155731

It’s nice to see anyone doing research on people who have Down syndrome for some purpose other than killing them.

See, for example, Darwin’s man, Richard Dawkins, on Down syndrome:

See also: The Little Lady of Flores spoke from the grave. But said what, exactly?

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Inbred Neanderthals damaged us all
Some time or other, these people should meet up with the Population Bomb crowd. Will they mutually self-destruct?

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