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well, nice article, it's funny to see this listed as a discovery, I'm african and have seen this insect before and probably many others in my country, and I am
by Concours 15y ago
well, nice article, it's funny to see this listed as a discovery, I'm african and have seen this insect before and probably many others in my country, and I am also sure many local folks know about this insects, too bad, they don't know it's a great discovery for science.
- middayc 15y agogreat comment :) ((and shows how western euro/american/.. science in not end all, know all thing))
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoThe discovery, as the article pointed out, was that this Was something un-catalogued and in fact an entire new branch of life that was not recognized. Not that the bug was unknown, but unrecognized for what it was. Having seen it and not recognized it as a new order of life, is the tragedy. Because, honestly, we are almost all ignorant of biology beyond human biology.
- bugsy 15y agoThe entire premise of the article, and much of modern science, is that something is not a true discovery until a white european or american observes it. There are countless examples of this principle.