Photograph by Rachel Shannon.
Homo nivis -- snowman. According to Wikipedia, snowmen "are customarily built by children." The ages of the two specimens of H. sapiens have not been determined.
7 Comments
Karen S. · 13 February 2012
I love it!
fnxtr · 13 February 2012
Spongebob Snowpants!
Kevin B · 13 February 2012
The H sapiens specimens are obviously of different ages, but they have identical radiocarbon dates. Therefore, the dating technique must be completely broken. :)
Vaughn · 14 February 2012
Ummm. Someone forget to tell these two, "don't play with the yellow snow"!
Kevin B · 14 February 2012
Vaughn said:
Ummm. Someone forget to tell these two, "don't play with the yellow snow"!
The yellow colour would appear to have been applied after the construction of the snow-cartoon character. It might be politic not to inquire as to how the colouring was applied.
Following on from my earlier comment (and noting the date), if the H sap specimens form part of a family group, it would be reasonable to assume that the adult male has already demonstrated proficiency in dating techniques.
JimNorth · 14 February 2012
Patrick does a half-asdf job of shoveling the walk...
7 Comments
Karen S. · 13 February 2012
I love it!
fnxtr · 13 February 2012
Spongebob Snowpants!
Kevin B · 13 February 2012
The H sapiens specimens are obviously of different ages, but they have identical radiocarbon dates. Therefore, the dating technique must be completely broken. :)
Vaughn · 14 February 2012
Ummm. Someone forget to tell these two, "don't play with the yellow snow"!
Kevin B · 14 February 2012
JimNorth · 14 February 2012
Patrick does a half-asdf job of shoveling the walk...
dornier.pfeil · 15 February 2012
You should call it a 'Porifera* Nivis' instead.
*Chosen because no sponge genus seemed apropos.