And yet that’s not even the weirdest part of the article…
In 1956, the first mandible and more than 1,000 teeth were found in Liucheng, and numerous more remains have since been found in at least 16 sites. Only teeth and four mandibles are known currently, and other skeletal elements were likely consumed by porcupines before they could fossilise.
Edit: Also, how are you supposed to pronounce the species name “blacki”? Is that Latin or English?
So a prickle of picky porcupines only partook in parts of prehistoric primates? Preposterous!
Wouldn’t the discovery be whoever took the teeth out of the ape?
If you don’t document your findings, someone else will take the credit.
As Adam Savage said: the difference between science and screwing around is if you write down your findings.
