LATELY Dr Etty Indriati and her senior fellow researcher Dr Teuku Jacob have found themselves the object of name-calling in SMS messages sent to their cellular phones by unknown people. Dr Indriati said the unknown callers use abusive language. One message even called us hyenas, she said.

Dr Indriati, an anthropology professor at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, said it all began when she and Dr Jacob challenged a claim by Australian research