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Fran:
As for the "missing link" story, here you go:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Missing-Link-Scientists-In-New-York-Unveil-Fossil-Of-Lemur-Monkey-Hailed-As-Mans-Earliest-Ancestor/Article/200905315284582
Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution
10:16pm UK, Wednesday May 20, 2009
Alex Watts, Sky News Online
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.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-7PFN_4wE[/youtube]
Shasta542:
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.
Not me. :P 8) ;D
Fran:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on May 22, 2009, 08:49:42 am ---I think it's so pretty with the muted pastels.
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I totally agree.
Fran:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on May 22, 2009, 09:33:29 am ---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.
Not me. :P 8) ;D
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Shasta, as they say, you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. ;D
Penthesilea:
60 years anniversary of the Grundgesetz (constitution) of Germany
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