] The damage to the bones of this diminutive being %u2014
] named Homo floresiensis and nicknamed hobbit by
] scientists %u2014 is so extensive that it will limit
] scholarly research on the species, say members of the
] Indonesian Center for Archaeology-based discovery team.
]
]
] Considered the most important discovery in human origins
] in five decades, the remains are marred by broken jaws
] and smashed bones.
]
]
] "The equivalent in the world of art would be somebody
] slashing the Mona Lisa and then trying to fix it with
] chewing gum," says paleontologist Tim White of the
] University of California-Berkeley, who was not on the
] discovery team.

[ "Dude! You borrowed my Xbox and then destroyed it!"

"No way, it was fine when i boxed it up, i swear..."

"But there's soda *inside* the case..."

You know, only worse than that. -k]

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