Common Mistakes of Anthropologists: From Fossils to Non-Existent Species // Drobyshevsky
Anthropologists and archaeologists inevitably make mistakes. The most common is mistaking natural objects for fossils or tools. What other mistakes do anthropologists make? How quickly are they identified? Why do scientists often confuse animal bones with human bones? How was a non-existent species of great apes mistakenly described? And what mistakes did Drobyshevsky himself make? In the new episode of "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens," Stanislav Drobyshevsky discussed common mistakes made by anthropologists and shared his own failures.
00:00 "Drobyshevsky." Anthropological Mistakes
01:00 What mistakes do anthropologists make?
04:23 "There are two more finds that are also fakes."
05:45 How was a non-existent species of great apes mistakenly described?
09:10 Why can animal bones be mistaken for human remains?
10:38 "Sometimes mistakes come from the desire to create some kind of sensation."
16:02 On funny and momentary mistakes
21:52 How long does it take to erase an anthropologist's mistake from the masses?
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