Update on the Peruvian Mummy - New Species?

[Harte]

The true story of the fake unboxed aliens is wilder than actual aliens

Harte

 

[Carnoferox]

Things are getting even crazier. Now paleontologist Clifford Miles has named the mummies as a new genus and species in a self-published paper. He is an actual scientist who co-described the dinosaurs Gargoyleosaurus, Hesperosaurus, Tanycolagreus, and Minotaurasaurus, but he seems to have gone off the deep end recently. Miles' former coauthor Ken Carpenter left a scathing review of the paper, so there's personal drama around the whole thing too.

https://www.themilespaper.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.carpenter.106/posts/pfbid0GpoyvXg9PEeMWuZRL6z15M6kfagQJfiww9pXzFMocWDaxGMMYofDCXE2K5mBzE2zl

[Antigonos]

1 minute ago, Carnoferox said:

Miles' former coauthor Ken Carpenter left a scathing review of the paper, so there's personal drama around the whole thing too.

https://www.themilespaper.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.carpenter.106/posts/pfbid0GpoyvXg9PEeMWuZRL6z15M6kfagQJfiww9pXzFMocWDaxGMMYofDCXE2K5mBzE2zl

Good, I’m glad Carpenter’s calling him out.

On a side note, I enjoy Carpenter’s books, especially his contributions to the Life of the Past series published by Indiana University Press.

[+DieChecker]

My favorite bit is that these mummies have been handed around all over Peru and Mexico. Probably hundreds of people handling them, and there's still "loose dirt" on them and a big pile of dirt at the bottom of each cloth lined box.

Do they continuously generate more of the "preserving" dirt? LOL...

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by DieChecker