Berger responds to Nature’s criticism
Lee Berger defends himself against the attack on him by Nature (which we mentioned a few days ago):
In fact, it is Mr. Dalton’s attempts to find a story where there was none that may have done damage to our ability to conduct research on human remains on Palau. We who do field research are very much aware of the sensitivities and rights of indigenous people - and respect them. Mr. Dalton’s inappropriate stirring of these emotions – deliberately and despite clear evidence that my team and I had conducted ourselves in an appropriate and legal manner is quite frankly reprehensible.
Concerning his utilization of the wording of some ad campaign made by a media company that is promoting a yet to be made television show, and calling these planned popular television science shows “other areas of his (my) research”, well, this is frankly contemptible. Those planned shows – which have nothing in fact to do with my own scientific research – are meant to be fun and educational. That is all, and Dalton is aware of this as well.
The rest of his response is on Anthropology.net