In a time when information can so easily be stored, shared and accessed -with the benefits to science seen in examples such as the Human Genome Project- why then are palaeoanthropologists so reluctant to share their finds with one another?
Quentin Cooper talks to some scientists who are hoping to create a pool of data that will permit important comparisons to be made between ancient human specimens, so benefiting greatly the study of human evolution. Email: [web address removed]