The story behind the letter below is that there is this guy in> Newport, RI named Scott Williams who digs things out of his backyard> and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling> them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual> archaeological finds. This guy really exists and does this in his> spare time. Here’s the actual response from the Smithsonian Institution to> one such find. So, the next time you are challenged to respond in>writing…
> >> Smithsonian Institute> 207 Pennsylvania Avenue> Washington, DC 20078>> Dear Mr. Williams: >> Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled> ‘93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post… Hominid skull.’ > We have given this specimen a careful and detailed examination, and> regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it> represents conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in> Charleston County two million years ago. >> Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie> doll, of the variety that one of our staff, who has small children, > believes to be ‘Malibu Barbie.’ It is evident that you have given a> great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may> be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior work> in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. > However, we do feel that there are a number of physical attributes of> the specimen which might have tipped you off to its modern origin: >> 1. The material is molded plastic.
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Ancient hominid remains are> typically fossilized bone. >> 2. The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic> centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest> identified proto-hominids. >> 3. The dentition pattern evident on the skull is more consistent with> the common domesticated dog than it is with the ravenous> man-eating Pliocene clams you speculate roamed the wetlands during> that time. This latter finding is certainly one of the most> intriguing hypotheses you have submitted in your history with this> institution, but the evidence seems to weigh rather heavily> against it.
Without going into too much detail, let us say that: >> A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a> dog has chewed on. > B. Clams don’t have teeth.
>> It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your> request to have the specimen carbon-dated. This is partially due to> the Heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due> to carbon-dating’s notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic> record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced> prior to 1956 AD, and carbon-dating is likely to produce wildly> inaccurate results. >> Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National> Science Foundation Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning> your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus Back-yardicus. > Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for the> acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down>because>the species name you selected was hyphenated, and didn’t really sound> like it might be Latin. >> However, we gladly accept your generous donation of this fascinating> specimen to the museum.
While it is undoubtedly not a Hominid fossil, > it is, nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of> work you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that our> Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the> display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the Institution, > and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will happen upon next> in your digs at the site you have discovered in your Newport back yard. >> We eagerly anticipate your trip to our nation’s capital that you> proposed in your last letter, and several of us are pressing the> Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing> you expand on your theories surrounding the trans-posit ating> fillifitation of ferrous metal in a structural matrix that makes the>excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered take on>the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman automotive> crescent wrench. >> Yours in Science, > Harvey Rowe> Chief Curator-Antiquities.
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