The real Jurassic Park: Nobel Prize for a new species of human

The real Jurassic Park: Nobel Prize for a new species of human
Palaeontologist Svante Paabo was the inspiration for Alan Grant, played by Sam Neill in the movie Jurassic Park. (Image: Getty).
The Economist
Myth and fantasy populate the world with “othermen” – the elves, goblins, dwarfs and giants that live in the wild wood, in the cave or on the high mountain peak. Not animal, but not quite human either, they feed fear and imagination in equal quantity. Nor are such creatures merely the province of the past and the poetaster. The story of the yeti – the abominable snowman that haunts the Himalaya – has provoked serious investigation by explorers hoping to find not-quite-human humans. Sadly, there is nothing...

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