Comments on: Fossils Reveal Earliest Known Case of Anemia in Hominids http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/fossils-reveal-earliest-known-case-of-anemia-in-hominids/ Meet the members of the tangled human family tree Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: john wintheiser http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/fossils-reveal-earliest-known-case-of-anemia-in-hominids/#comment-887 john wintheiser Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:11:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2077#comment-887 This case of pernicious anemia - the inability to absorb B12 in the diet.could also be an early This case of pernicious anemia – the inability to absorb B12 in the diet.could also be an early

]]> By: John Crandall http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/fossils-reveal-earliest-known-case-of-anemia-in-hominids/#comment-879 John Crandall Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:31:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2077#comment-879 Erin & Smithsonian Mag. Readers, While we are thrilled at this neat find, we've been quite critical of the claims made based on this data. As you can imagine, many scholars studying ancient disease and Porotic Hyperostosis have caught this research. We've been particularly critical and have posted a formal reply via PLOS that you can read here: http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?root=55385 Cheers! Glad to see scientists engaging this. Certainly the debate about this will fuel further research. Erin & Smithsonian Mag. Readers,

While we are thrilled at this neat find, we’ve been quite critical of the claims made based on this data. As you can imagine, many scholars studying ancient disease and Porotic Hyperostosis have caught this research. We’ve been particularly critical and have posted a formal reply via PLOS that you can read here:

http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?root=55385

Cheers! Glad to see scientists engaging this. Certainly the debate about this will fuel further research.

]]> By: Rob Gargett http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/fossils-reveal-earliest-known-case-of-anemia-in-hominids/#comment-869 Rob Gargett Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:55:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2077#comment-869 Hi, Erin. Like the proverbial fly, I was attracted to this research. 'Course, you can probably guess what I think of the conclusion. For a critical view of this work your readers may want to have a look at http://www.thesubversivearchaeologist.com/2012/10/porotic-hyperostosis-or-how-to-flimflam.html As always, Rob Hi, Erin.
Like the proverbial fly, I was attracted to this research. ‘Course, you can probably guess what I think of the conclusion. For a critical view of this work your readers may want to have a look at http://www.thesubversivearchaeologist.com/2012/10/porotic-hyperostosis-or-how-to-flimflam.html
As always,
Rob

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