4 ms·
Just to be clear, is this fiction, or a dramatization of reality? Both would please me, but not knowing which does not.
by mabbo 12y ago
Just to be clear, is this fiction, or a dramatization of reality?
Both would please me, but not knowing which does not.
- beagle90 12y agoThe author seems to have contributed to New Scientist on the subject matter[1], therefore I'm hoping (and expecting) it to be the latter of your two possibilities. 1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224452.100-inside-the-neanderthal-mind.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224452.100-inside-th...
- rthomas6 12y agoI think it's science fiction, but I'm not sure. The reason I think this is because it's in a section called "futures", which Nature describes elsewhere as "Science fiction from the home of science".
- skywhopper 12y agoFiction. See the author's website: http://www.jeffhecht.com/fiction.html http://www.jeffhecht.com/fiction.html
- yitchelle 12y agoYou would think that as nature.com advertises itself as "Internation weekly of science", it would clearly mark fictional articles very clearly. I read the article, and it could be fact. However, I think that due to the writing style with plenty of dialogue thrown in, it is would almost fiction.
- tstactplsignore 12y agoNature's "Futures" section is an ongoing science fiction short story series, so this is fiction. (Also, the genetic data doesn't say anything in that direction, especially not in such a simplistic way.)