"Due to the large amount of public interest, the German board of education appointed a commission to investigate von Osten's scientific claims. ... This commiss

"Due to the large amount of public interest, the German board of education appointed a commission to investigate von Osten's scientific claims. ... This commission consisted of a veterinarian, a circus manager, a Cavalry officer, a number of school teachers, and the director of the Berlin zoological gardens." That was in 1904. They really knew how to get things done back then.