Chonosuke Okamura

Chonosuke Okamura (岡村 長之助, Okamura Chōnosuke^?) was a twentieth-century Japanese palaeontologist noted for his claim to have discovered fossils from the Silurian period of miniature animals, ranging from humans to dinosaurs, and more than one thousand other extinct "mini-species", each less than 0.25 mm in length. He claimed that "There have been no changes in the bodies of mankind since the Silurian period ... except for a growth in stature from 3.5 mm to 1,700 mm."^[1]

He was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for his work in 1996.^[2]

References

1. ^ Spamer, Earle E.. "Chonosuke Okamura, Visionary". Annals of Improbable Research 6 (6). http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i6/okamura-6-6.html. 
2. ^ Marc Abrahams (2004-03-16). "Tiny tall tales: Marc Abrahams uncovers the minute, but astonishing, evidence of our fossilised past". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/mar/16/highereducation.research. 

• Berenbaum, May (2009). The earwig's tail: a modern bestiary of multi-legged legends. Harvard University Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0674035402. 
• Conner, Susan; Kitchen, Linda (2002). Science's most wanted: the top 10 book of outrageous innovators, deadly disasters, and shocking discoveries. Most Wanted Series. Brassey's. p. 93. ISBN 1574884816. 

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