The case is less "have reason to believe they are chimps" and more "have reason to doubt anything and everything from the source, and considering we only found one, and we dont have much evidence, we may assume they are wrong."
Either that or "we found a pygmy or dwarf corpse that decayed rapidly"
Point is, this article is a sure jump of the gun. It focuses on only one possible outcome, and provides little information.
If they had more information, they should provide it. Or have you never seen a magazine selling Sea Monkeys?
"If they had more information, they should provide it. Or have you never seen a magazine selling Sea Monkeys?
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They will provide it, I'm sure, but not in newspapers. The whole thing will be written up in peer-reviewed journals. Of course, only those who bother to read such journals will find out all the information.