95M-Year-Old Octopus Fossils Discovered

mmmscience writes "A new study published in Paleontology is a truly terrific find. Not only did a group of European scientists find a fossilized octopus, they found five complete fossils that show all eight legs in great detail, including a ghost of the characteristic suckers. The discovery of the 95-million-year-old specimens was made in Lebanon. 'What is truly astonishing to the scientists is how similar these ancient creatures are to their modern-day counterparts. Dirk Fuchs, lead author on the study stated, "These things are 95 million years old, yet one of the fossils is almost indistinguishable from living species."'"

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Lebanon is a desert in case you didn't know

[Anonymous Coward]

And the one in the middle east is a rocky wasteland.

Re:selection pressures

[Anonymous Coward]

I know that there's no intelligent motive behind evolution

What a remarkably obtuse thing to say. How can anyone know -- short of subjective observations, which are inherently non-scientific, i.e. revelation from such an "evolution-motivating" intelligence -- whether or not there is an intelligent motive behind any such process?

Look, if you want to ridicule the "creationists" and "intelligent design" proponents, just have the balls to come out and say it; don't pussyfoot around, trying to be clever. Or, better yet, just keep your bigotry to yourself.

Re:selection pressures

[E 99]

I'm sorry, I must have missed your point amongst the sarcasm. What is the evidence behind the statement, "I know there is no intelligent motivation behind evolution"?

evolution be damned

[TheKeyboardSlayer]

Well...Evolution be damned. Or maybe, only when it fits perfectly for evolutionists to quote. In this instance, it looks like creationists win.