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I'm always rather skeptical, because I've known so many people with such wildly varying bones and shapes, that one outlier makes a difference. I for example ha

I'm always rather skeptical, because I've known so many people with such wildly varying bones and shapes, that one outlier makes a difference. I for example have an enormous head, bigger than a size 10 hat. I also have that weird protruding ridge on the back. In 10k years is someone going to think I'm a different species?

CreepGin 5y ago
Yes if there's gap in history where all recorded data are lost and you are one of a few specimen they dug up, along with Peter Dinklage and Shaq.
- lowdose 5y ago
  That's a good metaphor for what is going on.
  - dTal 5y ago
    Not really. Pick a random skull out of the 7 billion humans that exist today. How likely are you to get a Peter Dinklage or a Shaq? Also, pretty sure archaeologists aren't dumb. The idea that this might be an outlier specimen probably occurred to them? They're obviously synthesizing a lot more information than just this one skull.