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From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2018 Feb 24, 23:25 +0000
In 1940 some bones were found on Nikumororo, they were sent to doctor Hoodless who examined them and determined that they were the bones of a heavyset polynesian man.
In 1998 Tighar had a hired expert, Jantz, re-evaluate Dr. Hoodless' conclusions and, relying on the measurements of the cranium made by Hoodless (the bones themselves have disappeared), Jantz proclaimed that Hoodless was wrong and that the bones were of a caucasian woman. In 2015 two other anthropologists re-examined the works of Hoodless and Jantz and published a PEER REVIEWED paper confirming that Hoodless was correct and that Jantz was wrong. Here's a link to the new paper on the subject by Prof. Richard Wright and Pamela Cross:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X15300109Wright and Cross confirm the original Hoodless 1941 analysis of the bones found on Gardner Island; and they critique the re-analysis done by TIGHAR (Burns and Jantz) in 1998.
Tighar has promised for the last year that Jantz would provide a new report disputing Wight and Cross but no such paper has been produced.
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2134012/99-cent-chance-amelia-earhart-mystery-finally-solved-or-not
“Dr Jantz’s conclusion is quantitative. It is not an opinion; it is an expression of statistical certainty that should be replicable by any scientist with adequate credentials. The numbers are what they are.
“And now, there is statistically a 99 per cent chance that the castaway on Nikumaroro was Amelia Earhart.”“Until definitive evidence is presented that the remains are not those of Amelia Earhart, the most convincing argument is that they are hers.”
http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/fa/article/view/525/519
