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example on preventing evidence to be investigated: Eugène Dubois
Sometimes, however, scientists have refused to examine new evidence which could undermine confidence in an established theory. Possibly the best known case of this involved the discoveries of [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] in 19th century [[Vienna]], which led to the [[germ theory of disease]].
Sometimes, however, scientists have refused to examine new evidence which could undermine confidence in an established theory. Possibly the best known case of this involved the discoveries of [[Ignaz Semmelweis]] in 19th century [[Vienna]], which led to the [[germ theory of disease]].
Another example is dutch Darwinist [[Eugène Dubois]] who never gave up his dictatorial control over "his" fossils. He withdrew them from public and did not allow others to scientifically investigate them while at the same time he was becoming more and more paranoid. Yet even without evidence available his elementary assertion that ''Pithecanthropus erectus'' ("ape-human that stands upright") was a direct ancestor of modern humans gradually won adherents.<ref>{{cite book
|author=Edward J.Larson
|title=Evolution -The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
|publisher=Random House Publishing Group
|location=USA
|year=2004
|isbn=0812968492
|page=141-144
|pages=368
|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=xzLRvxlJhzkC&dq=Edward+J.+Larson&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=qcykT9LCM4qh4gSCwJGrCQ&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA
|access date=05.05.2012
|quote=
}}</ref>
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