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373: 207: 234:" may not be entirely accurate, but this is how it was presented at the time, and it's not like the child was found to be really young in the end. We could say "was thought to be so unexpectedly old", but that would sound clumsy and much less hooky. (Might not have gone through the bear grease.) And can you imagine that old hook ".. that 299:? What do I know about your feet? Back to our sheep (as the French say): I think "was" in the hook suggests that this dating is from the past, so I'd say it's legit! But I found another way in which we could play on the "macho" side of this: paleontologists have no idea if the "Mojokerto child" was a boy or a girl. So how about this: 210:
New enough; long enough. Neutral. No plagiarism or copyvio in the sources I could access (in reference 12, page 109 of Carbonell et al. 2008 is cited. There is no page 109 in that article and it isn't page 209 either). Hook is very hooky (it grabbed me and I'm not easily grabbed as I'm wriggly and
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taken on trust. I have struck ALT1 due to above comment and because it is more wordy than the original. Good to go with original hook which is referenced to offline citation #11, taken AGF. --
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as trusted reviewers (Storye book anyway, EEng will just give us somebody to pick on) who might have an opinion on whether we can squeeze through this hook on the basis of its hookiness.
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covered in bear grease) but the sample probably wasn't really as old as first thought (and you went all macho with "he was"). I'd let it through, but perhaps a second opinion would help.
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I'm not a bear (honestly, a girl can't slather herself in bear grease nowadays without being called ursine? It's mammalian correctness gone mad!) Pinging
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Old child and gender uncertainty all in one? We're getting close to Bieber territory over here!
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
372: 296: 230:: Sorry about the bungled reference: it is p. 199 and I have corrected it. "He 35:
Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
292: 288: 284: 206: 354: 260: 123: 380:, let's put this nom/child/bear out of its agony. Initial review by 47:), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. 283:: Being ursine does not make you a bear. I would have called you 317:
was so unexpectedly old that he (or she?) was discussed in a
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is 48% female"? Anyway, a second opinion would help! Cheers!
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is half female" reworded into the more accurate "... that
148: 108: 164:was so unexpectedly old that it was discussed in a 357:: so are we good to go with the original hook? 197:). Self nominated at 04:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC) 8: 291:, and I wouldn't want to associate you with 49:No further edits should be made to this page 71: 74: 430:Passed DYK nominations from July 2014 7: 287:, but for all I know you might be 182:: This is my third DYK nomination. 24: 45:Knowledge (XXG) talk:Did you know 18:Template:Did you know nominations 371: 205: 32:Please do not modify this page. 1: 365:) 02:44, 4 July 2014 (UTC) 252:) 10:11, 2 July 2014 (UTC) 37:this nomination's talk page 446: 411:) 09:10, 4 July 2014 (UTC) 392:) 08:53, 4 July 2014 (UTC) 335:) 10:53, 2 July 2014 (UTC) 271:) 10:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC) 219:) 09:18, 2 July 2014 (UTC) 68:) 00:49, 6 July 2014 (UTC) 119:Find sources (notability) 94:Earwig's Copyvio Detector 41:the article's talk page 109:A Simple Word Counter 89:Reviewer instructions 114:Reviewers' template 293:kitchen implements 399:Great, thank you 198: 132: 131: 437: 375: 209: 188: 72: 60:by  —  56:The result was: 34: 445: 444: 440: 439: 438: 436: 435: 434: 420: 419: 418: 314:Mojokerto child 228:Writhing ursine 161:Mojokerto child 155: 153: 149:Article history 137: 135:Mojokerto child 128: 104:Character count 69: 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 443: 441: 433: 432: 422: 421: 417: 416: 415: 414: 413: 412: 394: 393: 376:OK, thank you 343: 342: 341: 340: 339: 338: 337: 336: 325: 324: 323: 301: 300: 275: 274: 273: 272: 221: 220: 186: 185: 184: 183: 177: 172: 171: 152: 151: 146: 144:Back to T:TDYK 140: 138: 136: 133: 130: 129: 127: 126: 121: 116: 111: 106: 101: 96: 91: 86: 80: 77: 76: 54: 53: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 442: 431: 428: 427: 425: 410: 406: 402: 398: 397: 396: 395: 391: 387: 383: 379: 374: 370: 369: 368: 367: 366: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 334: 330: 326: 322: 321:cover story"? 320: 319:Time Magazine 316: 315: 308: 305: 304: 303: 302: 298: 294: 290: 286: 282: 279: 278: 277: 276: 270: 266: 262: 258: 254: 253: 251: 247: 243: 239: 238: 233: 229: 225: 224: 223: 222: 218: 214: 208: 204: 203: 202: 201: 200: 196: 192: 181: 178: 176: 175: 174: 173: 169: 168: 167:Time Magazine 163: 162: 158:... that the 157: 156: 150: 147: 145: 142: 141: 134: 125: 122: 120: 117: 115: 112: 110: 107: 105: 102: 100: 97: 95: 92: 90: 87: 85: 82: 81: 79: 78: 73: 70: 67: 63: 59: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 344: 312: 310: 306: 241: 235: 231: 187: 179: 170:cover story? 165: 159: 57: 55: 48: 31: 28: 401:Storye book 386:Storye book 351:Storye book 297:plantigrade 257:Storye book 189:Created by 124:Hook length 75:DYK toolbox 62:Crisco 1492 285:Ursa Minor 311:that the 281:Bellemora 99:QPQ check 84:DYK check 424:Category 405:Madalibi 378:Madalibi 359:Madalibi 329:Madalibi 295:. Maybe 246:Madalibi 191:Madalibi 58:promoted 309:: "... 180:Comment 242:Batman 237:Batman 382:Belle 347:Belle 289:Major 265:Belle 213:Belle 16:< 409:talk 390:talk 363:talk 355:EEng 333:talk 307:ALT1 269:talk 261:EEng 259:and 250:talk 217:talk 195:talk 66:talk 232:was 43:or 426:: 403:! 353:, 349:, 199:. 139:( 39:, 407:( 388:( 361:( 345:@ 331:( 267:( 248:( 226:@ 215:( 193:( 154:) 64:( 51:.

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