'Hobbit' from Liang Bua on Flores joins human family tree

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Joy Category.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Hobbit’ joins human family tree

And who said Lord of the Rings is a fairy tale? We just found the Hobbits!

“Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world.

The new species – dubbed “the Hobbit” due to its small size – lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago.

The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Leprechauns and Yeti more seriously.

Details of the sensational find are described in the journal Nature.

The whole idea that you need a particular brain size to do anything intelligent is completely blown away by this find “

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‘Hobbit’ from Liang Bua on Flores joins human family tree

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by .
Categories: Joy Category.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Hobbit’ joins human family tree

And who said Lord of the Rings is a fairy tale? We just found the Hobbits!

“Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world.

The new species – dubbed “the Hobbit” due to its small size – lived on Flores island until at least 12,000 years ago.

The fact that little people feature in the legends of modern Flores islanders suggests we might have to take tales of Leprechauns and Yeti more seriously.

Details of the sensational find are described in the journal Nature.

The whole idea that you need a particular brain size to do anything intelligent is completely blown away by this find “

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Edward Said: Sound and Vision

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islamnews.

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Sound and vision

“Edward Said was a great thinker. And it was music that made him tick. Daniel Barenbolm remembers his playing partner “

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Law on forced marriages pondered

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues.

BBC NEWS | UK | Law on forced marriages pondered

“”No religion, no cultural norm says that is OK. It is a breach of human rights,” she told BBC Breakfast.” The official will be trained to both prevent forced emigrations and aid British citizens taken to Pakistan against their will.

However, Baroness Scotland said she wanted to emphasise “that these cases come from all cultures and all over the world”.

“We are going to protect all British citizens who are put in this position irrespective their religion, their faith, their ethnicity or their background,” she said
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Protected: Frans-Marokkaanse Hafida over hoe ze gedwongen werd om te trouwen

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by martijn.
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Ook gedwongen huwelijken moeten strafbaar worden

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Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues.

Ook gedwongen huwelijken moeten strafbaar worden :: Kif Kif, de interculturele site van Vlaanderen ::

,,In alle islamitische landen zijn gedwongen huwelijken strafbaar. Maar niet in Europa. Ik wil dat het ook in Belgi� in de strafwet komt. Als sanctie vragen we dat de dader, die door zijn huwelijk verblijfspapieren heeft gekregen of Belg is geworden, zijn verblijfsdocumenten moet teruggeven en de Belgische nationaliteit wordt afgenomen. En dat de ouders die meewerkten aan het gedwongen huwelijk een schadevergoeding betalen.”

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Vermeij wist niets van parkeervergunningen

Posted on October 27th, 2004 by .
Categories: Gouda Issues.

Goudsche Courant – Gouda, stadsnieuws, regionieuws – Vermeij wist niets van parkeervergunningen

GOUDA | Wethouder Vermeij (VVD) wist niets af van de twintig extra parkeervergunningen die tijdens de ramadan zijn verstrekt aan de besturen van de moskee�n aan de Raam, (Nour), de Spieringstraat (El Fath) en de De Rijkestraat (Assalam).

Dat antwoordde de wethouder maandagavond tijdens de raadsvergadering op vragen van GBG’ster Wassenaar, die zij stelde naar aanleiding van een publicatie in de Goudsche Courant van afgelopen zaterdag.

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