{"id":1274660,"date":"2023-09-13T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/virgin-galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-scientists-arent-happy-about-it\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:36:20","slug":"virgin-galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-scientists-arent-happy-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/virgin-galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-scientists-arent-happy-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Galactic sent our ancestors into space. Scientists aren\u2019t happy about it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a id=\"share-item-19314657-598\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Virgin-Galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-Scientists-arent-happy.jpg\" alt=\"The VSS Unity craft has been flying passengers \u2013 and ancient humans \u2013 into space\" class=\"wp-image-19314657\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>The VSS Unity craft has been flying passengers \u2013 and ancient humans \u2013 into space (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">A recent <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/virgin-galactic\/?ico=auto_link_news_P1_LNK1\">Virgin Galactic<\/a> flight to the edge of space had some ancient and long-dead humans on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a historic first, the fossilised remains of our human ancestors, Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, made the flight to space from\u00a0Spaceport <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/us-news\/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK1\">America<\/a> in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">South African-born billionaire Timothy Nash carried the fossils in a cigar-shaped tube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, many anthropologists and scientists have criticised the move, saying it is disrespectful to the fossils and to the people who came before us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The fossils were chosen by\u00a0Lee Berger, who was behind the discovery of both species. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One of the fossils was a fragment of the collarbone of a 2 million-year-old Australopithecus sediba, which was first discovered by Mr Berger\u2019s son Matthew in 2008.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a id=\"share-item-19495716-227\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1694663428_984_Virgin-Galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-Scientists-arent-happy.jpg\" alt=\"Human fossil\" class=\"wp-image-19495716\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>A fragment of the collarbone of 2 million-year-old\u00a0Australopithecus sediba was flown to the edge of space (Picture: Brett Eloff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">The other fossil was a thumb bone from Homo naledi, the 300,000-year-old hominin found in the Rising Star cave in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement, Mr Berger said the feat was a \u2018tribute to the contribution of all human ancestors and ancient human relatives for their part in making the ultimate gesture of human exploration and technological advancement possible \u2013 space flight\u2019. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"post-strip trending-post-strip\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-vars-type=\"trending-post-strip\" data-track-module=\"trending-post-strip_article\">\n<h3 class=\"zopo-more\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/trending\/?ico=trending-post-strip_more\">Trending<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018Without their invention of technologies such as fire and tools, and their contribution to the evolution of the contemporary human mind, such extraordinary endeavours as spaceflight would not have happened,\u2019 said Mr Berger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a id=\"share-item-19495723-563\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Virgin-Galactic-sent-our-ancestors-into-space-Scientists-arent-happy.jpeg\" alt=\"Fossils in space\" class=\"wp-image-19495723\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>The fossils were carried by South African-born billionaire Timothy Nash in a cigar-shaped tube (Picture: Wits University)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018I imagine they never could have dreamed while alive of taking such an incredible journey as ambassadors of all of humankind\u2019s ancestors.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Many scientists were not happy about the decision to take the million-year-old fossils to space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018I am horrified that they were granted a permit,\u2019\u00a0Sonia Zakrzewski, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Southampton, wrote in an X\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sonia_Zak\/status\/1700587504368234597\" target=\"_blank\">thread<\/a>, noting she would use it as an example in her class about unethical approaches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018This is NOT science.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Others highlighted the risk to priceless artefacts, should something go wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Travelling onboard Virgin Galactic\u2019s spaceship, VSS Unity, the two fossils were carried to an altitude of 45,000 to 50,000 feet, before VSS Unity separated from the mothership and ignited its rocket engine for the climb to suborbital space.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\"><br \/>\n\tMORE : <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/07\/27\/first-mother-daughter-duo-taking-a-trip-to-space-not-nervous-at-all-19204322\/?ico=more_text_links\" 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