The Daily Fake

[ViniB]

Meet Gaiasia Jennyae, the swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head

Toilet head "salamander fossil" from before dinos found literally on the surface.....

 

[kulapono]

In the Spanish Empire, garments acted as an important way for subjects to define themselves in relation to their peers. By the 17th century, the Spanish Crown had instituted sumptuary laws – statutes that barred select groups from wearing certain clothing or using socially charged items – to create clear boundaries between different communities.
yeah! all those poor people wearing Canada Goose parkas are blurring the caste lines.

 

[kulapono]

On an almost daily basis I see a history related story in the news that seems suspicious to me. Mostly I can't actually be bothered to do a long dissection or investigation of whatever-it-is - there's only so much time. However, I think it would be useful to have a thread where we can dump a short snippet or link with a short commentary about why it seems suspicious. So this is that thread! I'm hoping that as-and-when I see one of these articles I'll find the time to make a short post to catch some of the potential historical fakery.

Harper's Magazine has a lot of those on their Findings page. It normally starts 'Researchers/historians/marine biologists find that . . . . .'
This month; one third of bottlenose dolphins will smile if you smile at them.

 

[AntiSoof]

In the Spanish Empire, garments acted as an important way for subjects to define themselves in relation to their peers. By the 17th century, the Spanish Crown had instituted sumptuary laws – statutes that barred select groups from wearing certain clothing or using socially charged items – to create clear boundaries between different communities.
yeah! all those poor people wearing Canada Goose parkas are blurring the caste lines.

If you mean that it brought down the conquered, it seems to be more nuanced.

It seems that the people were not allowed to wear too nice clothes because the managers did not think that was a good idea. Residents of Quito wrote in 1553 a letter to the Spanish crown Philip II not to allow that. He therefore ordered colonial administrators to prevent confiscations and to make sure that the Indians were not offended.

Source: www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/right-to-dress/race-clothing-and-identity-sumptuary-laws-in-colonial-spanish-america/DCA35859C89C4A57B8E375EA8E231F18

 

[ViniB]

https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/fosseis-revelam-que-humanos-chegaram-a-europa-500-mil-anos-antes/

The out of afrika retardness theory just got 500k years older lol

Method used for dating = U -Pb radiometric dating, which has some of the biggest assumptions of all radiometric dating methods

 

[feralimal]

https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/fosseis-revelam-que-humanos-chegaram-a-europa-500-mil-anos-antes/

The out of afrika retardness theory just got 500k years older lol

Method used for dating = U -Pb radiometric dating, which has some of the biggest assumptions of all radiometric dating methods

Aside from everything else, these photos are presented as an example of human activity.

I think it is possible to misinterpret natural occurrences of something or other that seem bizarre and regular, as if they were the intended acts acts of a human mind. As an example, here is something I spotted in a garden.

When I saw the gradually increasing holes in the leaf, at first I was confused. Then I spotted the small branch in the last hole. I think that as the leaf grew, it would bump into the branch for a bit, the branch would create a hole in the leaf, the leaf would then outgrow the hole, and then the process would repeat. It repeated 6 times, as there are 6 holes.

Anyway, the leaf pattern looks bizarre and unnatural, but it's actually an entirely natural process. In the same vein, why can't it be that these "branded bones" were also subject to a natural process? Why brand them as "branded"?

 

[feralimal]

In a very low effort post from me, I'm just going to post 2 photos from here:
Roman miniature gold lock found in Germany – The History Blog

 

[ViniB]

Fóssil de vômito animal de 66 milhões de anos é descoberto na Dinamarca | CNN Brasil

"66 million years" vomit...... what annoys me the most about this kind of crap is that i never signed anywhere to receive these type of "news", but i guess they gotta keep the lies on public perception

 

[Grumpy Owl]

Man finds 3,000 year old Bronze Age gold ring 'just lying in the mud'.

'TV show inspired me to unearth mysterious ring'​

'TV's Detectorists inspired me to unearth mysterious gold ring'

As a documentary maker, Lemuel Lyes, 42, is used to being behind a TV camera, but it was watching BAFTA-winning sitcom Detectorists that inspired him to take up metal detecting.
Mr Lyes began the hobby at the start of 2024 - before finding the "once in a life time" piece of potential treasure exactly a month later.
He said he was "bewildered" when he found the gold penannular ring in a field near St Columb Major, adding: "I didn't want to get my hopes up... but when I saw other examples online I realised it really was something very, very special".
The rings were "not common finds, this is possibly one of the first to be found in Cornwall if not the first," he said.

Mr Lyes was taking part in an organised metal detecting rally when he found the "sensational" ring.

He said: "It was extremely misty and muddy - I'd been going at it for about six hours without any luck and I'd just decided to call it quits for the day when I got the signal.

"What was incredible about it was I saw it in the mud, I didn't even have to dig a hole - it was just sitting there."

I don't know, something just screams "fake" about this. What are the chances of just happening upon a 3000 year old ring from the Bronze Age just lying on the surface of a muddy field in Cornwall? Maybe someone planted it there!

 

[Tomkat]

Man finds 3,000 year old Bronze Age gold ring 'just lying in the mud'.

'TV show inspired me to unearth mysterious ring'​

'TV's Detectorists inspired me to unearth mysterious gold ring'



I don't know, something just screams "fake" about this. What are the chances of just happening upon a 3000 year old ring from the Bronze Age just lying on the surface of a muddy field in Cornwall? Maybe someone planted it there!

I don't know, maybe you're just a grumpy owl. This seems believable to me. These things are more common than people think. As a matter of fact two summers ago I was cutting the grass and chipped the blade on a velociraptor skull in my yard that was just sitting there in tall grass.

 

[kulapono]

https://gizmodo.uol.com.br/fosseis-revelam-que-humanos-chegaram-a-europa-500-mil-anos-antes/

The out of afrika retardness theory just got 500k years older lol

Method used for dating = U -Pb radiometric dating, which has some of the biggest assumptions of all radiometric dating methods

Not a scientist, but I agree that dating systems are just ways to come up with a number you want.
the out of africa hypothesis will continue because it is so easy to skim money off all the foundation grants annually. Meryl Streep's movie is partially to blame for mainstreaming the name.

In a very low effort post from me, I'm just going to post 2 photos from here:
Roman miniature gold lock found in Germany – The History Blog

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it was dropped in the battle where Maximus said 'What we do in life, echoes in history.'

 

[kulapono]

Wow my garden is full of those ..... Must be an ancient battleground.

that's really funny.

 

[kulapono]

Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change, bleak study suggests

This is now my n⁰1 Peak academic retardness articles. The reason we don't see any signs of aliens is because........ They destroyed themselves via climate change!! *Insert autism, courtesy of the author of this ""study""*

When will this insane truman show end?? It's getting worse by the minute now

1 800 CLIMATECHANGE PREVENTION HOTLINE. greta thunberg is standing by . . .

 

[kulapono]

Ancient fashion: 3,200-year-old pants on Chinese mummy are like modern-day jeans

More fashion history - 3200 year old trousers - to link up with:
The Daily Fake

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3200 years old

I'll post this, with a few quotes. It seems to me that fashion history is quite light..





coming to a shop near you soon?

Closing paragraph:

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Still got it.

the museum display designers had a laugh over the shadow.

 

[pushamaku]

Wow did not know that a "palaeontologist" could see a pile of “chalk bits” and draw the conclusion that it’s fossilized 66M year old fish vomit.

66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark

A piece of fossilised vomit dating back to the time of the dinosaurs has been discovered in Denmark.
Local fossil hunter Peter Bennicke found the fossil at Stevns Klint - a Unesco-listed coastal cliff in the east of the country.
The self-declared "fossil geek" said he came across some unusual-looking fragments which turned out to be pieces of sea lily - an underwater species related to starfish and sea urchins - in a piece of chalk.
Mr Bennicke took the fragments to be examined at the Museum of East Zealand, which confirmed the vomit could be dated to the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago - a time when dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops existed...

Peter Bennicke, who made the discovery, describes himself as a "fossil geek"
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Did some googling and yes, apparently this is a thing... Another Peter found 160 million year old dinosaur vomit..

BBC News | ENGLAND | 'Dinosaur' vomit discovered in quarry

Fossilised "dinosaur" vomit has been discovered in a quarry in Peterborough.Scientists believe the vomit, estimated to be 160 million years old, gives vital clues to the feeding habits of ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Detailed analysis has revealed the remains of dozens of belemnites - an ancient sea creature - within the fossilised substance.
Professor Peter Doyle, of the University of Greenwich, believes the belemnite shells contained in the vomit indicate that they were regurgitated...

Peter Doyle has studied the prehistoric vomit​

 

[feralimal]

Wow did not know that a "palaeontologist" could see a pile of “chalk bits” and draw the conclusion that it’s fossilized 66M year old fish vomit.

66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark

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Peter Bennicke, who made the discovery, describes himself as a "fossil geek"
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Did some googling and yes, apparently this is a thing... Another Peter found 160 million year old dinosaur vomit..

BBC News | ENGLAND | 'Dinosaur' vomit discovered in quarry

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Peter Doyle has studied the prehistoric vomit​

I have to wonder, when studying dinosaurs, has anyone ever studied anything other than vomit of one sort of another?

 

[ViniB]

Planeta Terra pode voltar a ser o que era há 2 bilhões de anos

The amount of dogshit "research" these past few years is, in a twisted way, remarkable

 

[feralimal]

This is a fun one, that illustrates how branding and ideas come before history.

I saw this page:
How to make Thieves Oil - A powerful oil blend rumored to have protected robbers from the plague

It's probably excellent oil, but this jumped out at me:

This essential oil blend has a unique past. As the story goes, during the height of the Bubonic plague sweeping Europe and Asia, four thieves from Marseilles became famous for robbing the possessions of the infected dead – yet never caught the plague themselves.

Interesting story.

Please note: Bubonic plague, Marseilles

The essence of Thieves can be found in these five base ingredients:

*Clove
*Cinnamon bark
*Eucalyptus
*Rosemary
*Lemon (sometimes used)

Eucalyptus

On this page:
Bubonic plague - Wikipedia

we see a pic with this text:

People who died of bubonic plague in a mass grave from 1720 to 1721 in Martigues, France

1720. Martigues is a region in Marseille.

If we now look up Eucalyptus:
Eucalyptus - Wikipedia

we read:

Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia

native to Australia

The type specimen was collected in 1777 by David Nelson, the gardener-botanist on Cook's third voyage. He collected the specimen on Bruny Island and sent it to de Brutelle who was working in London at that time.

1777

tldr;
It seems unlikely that the thieves in 1720 Marseille France used eucalyptus as the plant was not known until after 1777.

 

[feralimal]

Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud

Picture of the glass brain.

It is the only known case of human tissue - or any organic material - turning to glass naturally.

Known. We know.

I'm half expecting that they write some software to unpack the contents of the brain. Then we could find out a bit more about the man's family and friends, his work and social life, his aspirations and spiritual outlook.

PS
Maybe the idea comes from word play with the 'brain in a jar' idea:

 

[feralimal]

A mainstream-admitted description of how history is faked. It relates to Crete, "ancient" Minoan culture, Knossos.

Restoring Faith: Crete’s Ancient Minoan Civilisation | History Today

Of all the peddlers of scientific spirituality, perhaps none was quite so passionately effective as the eccentric British antiquarian Arthur Evans, whose excavation and reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete began in 1900 when he was 49. For Evans archaeology was always as much about shaping the future as reconstructing the past.

Beginning in 1906, he caused large areas of the Palace to be rebuilt in reinforced concrete, ending up with a complex of modernist pseudo-ruins that stand today as a monument to the questionable taste of his artists and architects. He used industrial methods and materials to reinvent the myths of antiquity;

In thousands of pages of lyrical prose and bewitching images he presented a full-blown theology of the ancient Cretan Mother Goddess in all her aspects. Manifesting as a dove, a mountain lion, a chrysalis, or a woman with snakes spiralling up her arms, Evans's Minoan goddess was a fertile virgin and peaceful warrior, ancestress of Artemis, Ariadne and Psyche. In the deep closet that sheltered his homosexuality, the archaeologist recreated the island as an invert's paradise of female deities, cross-dressing priests and girl athletes.

I would say, that perhaps most history passes through antiquarian closets, and even if it is not explicitly created, as in this case, it is at least framed and augmented to provide the right backdrop for the present.