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- sultanica, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1The 47 million-year-old specimen has now been officially unveiled, and while many media outlets are stumbling over themselves with phrases like "missing link" and "holy grail," it's clearly a very impressive find.
"Discovered two years ago, the exquisitely preserved specimen is not a direct ancestor of monkeys and humans, but hints at what such an ancestor might have looked like.
According to researchers, 'The specimen has an unusual history: it was privately collected and sold in two parts, with only the lesser part previously known. The second part, which has just come to light, shows the skeleton to be the most complete primate known in the fossil record.'
The scientific article describing the find was published yesterday in the peer-reviewed, open-access journal PLoS ONE. Google's home page is also celebrating the find with a unique image."
Science blogger Brian Switek offers some criticism of the academic paper and the media swarm, saying, "I would have hoped that this fossil would receive the care and attention it deserves, but for now it looks like a cash cow for the History Channel. Indeed, this association may not have only presented overblown claims to the public, but hindered good science, as well."
http://is.gd/BH3G - MOJIRA, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1Do you really think this will sway anyone? People are so set in their dogmas and are too scared to look past.
- sirjorge, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Sure thing, who cares though? I mean i still have to go to work in a few hours. I still dugg it though.
- sultanica, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1NG jumps on the Media hysteria BS bandwagon. the bones are not and never will be related to humans.
- Bonders20, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1FAO
- cryinglawyer, on 05/20/2009, -0/+0After a finding like that do you think there would be another need for more fossils to prove that there are connections to the animal kingdom. And if we were to find too much on what I like to think of as an already made bridge, do you think the guys at Nasa would like to get a hold of it? Where did you think the world would be a lost case if there were no proof of "links."
- haunse, on 05/20/2009, -1/+0I wonder what George Bush jr is gonna have to say with his anti evolution thought process..... I can't wait for the fight the Christians are gonna put up against this
- danwenlebs, on 05/21/2009, -2/+0A founding claimed to be a human ancestor!!!! Only liars can think we are not made by God: Those who reject God as our Father want to have no morals.
- liphy, on 05/20/2009, -2/+0It is very cooool!google's logo.
http://www.liphy.cn/
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