May 19, 2009 12:11 PM
Scientists find alleged "missing link"
I guess we should have seen this coming - that since they were accused of not having a transitional link, they would "find" one and try to convince us that this is even remotely human.
Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution
Breaking News
5:46pm UK, Tuesday May 19, 2009
Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution.
This 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' is described as the "eighth wonder of the world"
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.
"This little creature is going to show us our connection with the rest of the mammals," he said.
"This is the one that connects us directly with them.
"Now people can say 'okay we are primates, show us the link'.
"The link they would have said up to now is missing - well it's no longer missing."
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Comments
Is it really a "missing link" or just media hype?
Posted by: Jess | May 20, 2009 3:07 PM
media hype.
It would take much more faith to believe what they're trying to convince us of here than to believe in a loving God who created the world.
Posted by: barbara | May 20, 2009 3:18 PM
