Missing Link Found Between Human Ancestors

simetra writes "Researchers with a University of California, Berkeley team are now saying they have 'proof' of human evolution. Fossils have been found linking two types of pre-human species." From the article: "The remains of eight individuals found in the northeastern Afar region of Ethiopia belonged to the species Australopithecus anamensis -- part of the Australopithecus genus thought to be a direct ancestor to humans, according to a report due to be published Thursday in Nature magazine. 'The fossils are anatomically intermediate between the earlier species Ardipithecus ramidus and the later species Australopithecus afarensis,' he said."

Comments

Naww...

[BWJones]

God put all those fossils there just to test us..... :-)

Re:Naww...

[dc29A]

God put all those fossils there just to test us..... :-)

You mean the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Re:Naww...

[Citizen of Earth]

God put all those fossils there just to test us..... :-)

But the Bible leads us to believe that God wouldn't do this. However, the sacred scriptures of the Flying Spaghetti Monster explicitly say that He does do this; therefore, FMSism is the one true religion.

Re:Naww...

[BWJones]

God put YOU here to test ME! ;-)

If you are one of my medical or graduate students, then perhaps that statement is more true that you think. :-)

apes?

[gEvil (beta)]

from the we-were-apes dept.

Speak for yourself, Zonk. I know I was never an ape. My distant relatives are a different story...

i've got your missing link right here....

[pxuongl]

click here to see what the missing link is all about...

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Re:Why Intelligent Design Is Good:

[arose]

That's a pasta stamp and it says "Touched".

All this marvel would have never happened

[La Gris]

Think of it. It would have never happened if Q didn't hard convinced Picard to close that transtemporal abnormality.

Cartoons aren't the Gospel?

[chivo243]

"Da, Gee Fred, It dosen't look good for us?" B. Rubble

Re:In all seriousness though

[Mr Pippin]

I'm sick and tired of the debate between "Evolution" and "Intelligent Design". It takes away vital time and resources that COULD be spent researching the true source of the Universe and all of us in it.
I speak, of course, of The Great Green Arkleseizure

Re:In all seriousness though

[LithiumX]

The Great White Handkerchief is comming. Is your nose prepared?

One way to point out inconsistencies

[bwintx]

Whenever the subject of bird flu comes up, ask your nearest fundies whether they're worried about it coming to [wherever you are]. Then, ask why. Then, point out that, unless they typically handle strange birds that fly into their yards or are poultry workers, they can't get bird flu -- unless it mutates to a form that can be transmitted from human to human. They've heard that often enough, they probably won't even argue -- until you explain that mutation is part of evolution. Therefore: if they're afraid of getting bird flu...

(They won't concede the point, of course, but it's fun to watch them backpedal, spin, skid, etc.)

Re:Well and...

[outsider007]

Those people who "don't get it" are the ones who wrote the New Testament.

And you're basing this conclusion on your interpretation of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'? Wow. Just wow.