But while the skull itself is spectacular, it is the implications of the discovery that have caused scientists in the field to draw breath.
In effect that means the erasure of two decades' worth of memories through the replacement of a network of neurons, and it is the implications of this which Payne confronts.
But it is the implications of the Cas ruling on the BOA by-law that is dominating debate here, with the controversy surrounding Dwain Chambers' attempt to gain selection for the Beijing Olympics still fresh in the memory.
When it is, the implication of submerged life becomes a haunting, obvious metaphor, since Jindabyne concerns itself with emotions that lie under the surface of daily experience, and with a mysterious past murkily visible through the membrane of the present.
For some, like Golding, it was the implications of the images and their setting; for others, it was the extraordinary sophistication and perception of the paintings themselves.
"It's not about the ideas – we live in a democracy, where ministers have right to take their agendas forward – it's the implications of carrying out those ideas.
"Whether it be the implications of steadily ageing populations, the actions needed to benefit from a demographic dividend, the handling of migration flows – these issues will be at the centre of national policy debates and of the international dialogue on how best to cooperate in handling these pressures".
It's the implications of that data -- the story the data is telling -- that determine decisions.
OK, that's not what he said in so many words, but it's the implication of his op-ed.
As it happens, it was the implication of such a regression, in Joseph J. Lhota's notorious campaign ad last month, that has left many in the real estate world aghast.
