Anthropologists

               There is an important anthropologist, someone who studies mankind, named John Smith. He knows what type of animal each bone or fossil came from just by examining it.   Today, his crew and he are looking for Neanderthal fossils.  Neanderthals are closely related to humans, which is why Mr. Smith is going to study the bones in the cave.  He is a bit cuckoo in the head, though.  As John Smith’s crew starts digging for fossils, he examines his nails, and barks at people.  He shouts things like, “I will not dismiss you until you finish this the right way,” or “you call that succeeding at your task!  Hah!  That hole doesn’t seem like an ant could fit in it.  You say you have proceeded, well, to me, it looks like your hole got smaller!”  When somebody finds a fossil, Smith reports in a bellow that it was a fossil of a bear, or of a fish, but not Neanderthal bones.  Suddenly, one of the members of the crew exclaims, “I think this could be it, master!”  He holds up a white, oddly shaped bone.  The edges look like they had been chewed on by some other animal.  John Smith declares that the fossil is indeed Neanderthal, and a bear probably lived in the cave that ate fish and Neanderthals.  He says his job is done, and leaves without another word.  John Smith is important, because he can tell whether or not a bone is one of a Neanderthal or not just by taking a quick look.