19/05/09 Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution

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cool article to read ..

Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution.
The search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom has taken 200 years - but it was presented to the world today at a special news conference in New York.

The discovery of the 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' - dubbed Ida - is described by experts as the "eighth wonder of the world".

They say its impact on the world of palaeontology will be "somewhat like an asteroid falling down to Earth".

Researchers say proof of this transitional species finally confirms Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and the then radical, outlandish ideas he came up with during his time aboard the Beagle.

Sir David Attenborough said Darwin "would have been thrilled" to have seen the fossil - and says it tells us who we are and where we came from.

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[Emadyville]

Damn thanks, very fucking interesting read

[Robbie G]

meh.

Relapse > this

[James R.]

I've always been led to believe that Jay-Z's flow was the 8th wonder of the world.

Cool read though. Like we need any more proof that evolution happened.

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Like we need any more proof that evolution happened.

.. all im sayin

[Hadez]

i'm not for or against evolution but this proves nothing

the only thing that they said makes this the "missing link" was cuz of nails instead of claws and an opposable big toe.

[SajN]

He is norwegian

[James R.]

i'm not for or against evolution but this proves nothing

the only thing that they said makes this the "missing link" was cuz of nails instead of claws and an opposable big toe.

It doesn't need to prove anything... common sense proves it.

[Hadez]

i'm not for or against evolution but this proves nothing

the only thing that they said makes this the "missing link" was cuz of nails instead of claws and an opposable big toe.

It doesn't need to prove anything... common sense proves it.

but they're trying to prove it to the people with lack of common sense who believe God made us. so they need more and an opposable toe for that.

[James R.]

^Those people are beyond help. If they can't look at a 65,000,000 year-old fossil and realize "oh shit the earth can't only be 4,000 years-old" then they should probably just be shot before they're allowed to reproduce.

[Hadez]

^Those people are beyond help. If they can't look at a 65,000,000 year-old fossil and realize "oh shit the earth can't only be 4,000 years-old" then they should probably just be shot before they're allowed to reproduce.

true dat

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^Those people are beyond help. If they can't look at a 65,000,000 year-old fossil and realize "oh shit the earth can't only be 4,000 years-old" then they should probably just be shot before they're allowed to reproduce.

lmfao word