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.

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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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.

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.)