The Bones - again....
Oh Dear.... now we have quotes from the Stars and Stripes....
Originally Posted by
Petropavlovsk
Yes, bones were located in 1940, were sent to Tarawa and then on to Fiji.
Let us have a look at what Stars and Stripes actually says:
"When the 13 bones were shipped to Fiji and studied by Dr. D. W. Hoodless of the Central Medical School the following year, Jantz argues that it is likely that forensic osteology - the study of bones - was still in its early stages, which therefore affected his assessment of which sex the remains belonged to. Jantz, in attempting to compare the lost bones with Earhart's bones, co-developed a computer program that estimated sex and ancestry using skeletal measurements. The program, Fordisc, is commonly used by forensic anthropologists across the globe."
Well, early stages or not, what Dr. Hoodless had to go on was a piece of Pelvis which he said was "Male" and his calculations were made on the current method for determining height. What cannot be excised is that the difference between a Male and Female Pelvic bone was known to DR. Hoodless and he stated the pelvic remnant was MALE…. Try as they might and post the 1941 investigation of “The Bones”, any investigation no matter how highly qualified cannot get around that obstacle.
"Jantz compared the lengths of the bones to Earhart's measurements, using her height, weight, body build, limb lengths and proportions, based on photographs and information found on her pilot's and driver's licenses. His findings revealed that Earhart's bones were "more similar to the Nikumaroro bones than 99 [percent] of individuals in a large reference sample.""
“More similar” in the English Language, in whatever context used, can never mean “the same”. Dr. Jantz, in my opinion, danced around the subject and did not deliver the conclusive judgment that the bones belonged to Earhart. He did not say that. Dr. Jantz clearly understood that a reputation was at stake here if a definitive line was crossed.
“In 2016, the group brought the measurements to Jeff Glickman, a forensic examiner, who located a photo of Earhart from Lockheed Aircraft Corp. that showed her with her arms exposed. It appeared, based on educated guesses, that Earhart's upper arm bone corresponded with one of the Nikumaroro bones.”
Indeed. Now an astute reader might very well ask, "From where did Dr. Jantz obtain Earhart's bone measurements, she is long gone ?" If that astute reader has read up on this whole saga he would read that the measurements used by Dr. Jantz in this new report were provided by TIGHAR and provided to TIGHAR by a person named Glickman. Glickman is a photogrammetry “expert” who measured the length of Earhart’s
bones through her clothing and had a look at the seams of her trousers (obtained from a Museum). The photograph used for this experiment was of Earhart stood next to her Vega aircraft. Now, in this experiment we are talking of small numbers of millimetres, measured from slightly oblique angles in comparison to a Museum Vega which was mounted in the museum on stands and was not on its’ wheels as per the original posture and pose in the original photograph. It is important for readers to understand that the scientific base for some of Dr. Jantz’s “More similar” statement is based on the ratio of the lengths of the two long bones in the arm and that ratio can be manipulated if the actual real lengths of those two bones is out by a few millimetres. That must be understood.
Glickman has previously assisted TIGHAR with photogrammetry concerning "The Patch", a piece of aluminium aircraft skin which through lengthy analysis by outside interests (including me) has been discounted as belonging to Earhart’s aircraft. Chief among Glickman’s claims in that exercise is that “he” can see rivets on the exterior of the aluminium patch over a window aperture which was a shiny aluminium sheet shown in a distanced fuzzy photograph taken in Miami in the morning of the departure by Earhart and Noonan. I might add that no-one else can see these rivets and Glickman was supposed to provide evidence of how “he” could see rivets but has never done so.
“ In the case of the Nikumaroro bones, the only documented person to whom they may belong is Amelia Earhart," Jantz wrote in the study.”
So, it would appear that Dr. Jantz is totally unaware of the deaths of other individuals on Gardner Island, who then, could be a source of the bones found in 1940.
“In 1998, the group took Hoodless' measurements of the Nikumaroro bones and analyzed them through a robust anthropological database. They determined the bones belonged to a taller-than-average woman of European descent - perhaps Earhart, who at 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 8, was several inches taller than the average woman.”
From which it is my understanding that data on Arabian peoples and Pacific peoples was missing. I can stand to be corrected on that point.
“Glickman, who is now a member of TIGHAR, told The Washington Post at the time that he understands some might be skeptical about his findings, as they were based 76-year-old medical notes. But the research made clear, he said, that Earhart died on Nikumaroro.”
No, it does not.