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Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>  Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref><ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>  Dr. Boaz described and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physcial Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''.  

Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>  Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref><ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>  Dr. Boaz described and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physcial Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''.  

However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a "rethink of theories" amoung evolutionary theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> According to [[Science News]], [[Johns Hopkins University]] anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>  

However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a "rethink of theories" amoung evolutionary theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> [[Johns Hopkins University]] anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>  

Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>According to [[Science News]] the find of Dr. Boaz has "sparked much discussion about anthropologists' overzealous pursuit of human ancestory." <ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>   

Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>According to [[Science News]] the find of Dr. Boaz has "sparked much discussion about anthropologists' overzealous pursuit of human ancestory." <ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>   

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