A university scientist is 99 percent certain bones found on an island in the Pacific Ocean belong to Amelia Earhart, according to a Wednesday report.
Earhart – the first woman to fly an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean – and her navigator, Fred Noonan, went missing somewhere over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
University of Tennessee skeletal biology expert Richard Jantz asserted his certainty after estimating Earhart’s bone size and comparing them to measurements taken from bones found on Nikumaroro – an island about 400 miles south of one of Earhart’s planned stops, Howland Island, the Daily Mail reported.
“What I can say scientifically is that they are 99 percent likely to be her,” Jantz said, according to the Daily Mail.
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3 comments:
Most daredevils accept the possibility of death,as did Amelia.She would have been aghast if she thought this was still going on in 2018.She was 100% unselfish.My grandfather died in 2000 at the age of 101 & knew her well.Fanfare did not set well with her like most people think.Parades did not set well with her.To her "records and recognition were temporary and records were meant to be broken".
"These are"??? More accurately, "those were" her bones. BIG difference.
no dna tests?
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