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Missing link between man and apes found

By T.K. Randall
April 4, 2010 · Comment icon 51 comments

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A new species of hominid thought to bridge the gap between prehistoric and modern humans has been found.
The skeleton of a child dating back 2 million years is to be unveiled next week, the find represents an intermediary stage of human evolution that will fill in some of the gaps between our prehistoric ancestors and the first modern humans.
The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton of a child is unveiled this week.


Source: Telegraph | Comments (51)




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Comment icon #42 Posted by J.B. 14 years ago
No, if you believe in evolution you can't take their book literally anymore. Evolution doesn't stamp out the idea of God, it just puts the beginnings of the bible into the Metaphor realm. Learning the mechanisms of the world isn't the same as learning the cause, the reasons for things. That's what philosophy and faith cover, and the churches and temples of the world handicap themselves by trying to hold us down to literalness. This find is very useful, and I hope the skeleton proves a treasure trove of valuable information for us.
Comment icon #43 Posted by jules99 14 years ago
You could say the same out religion, as we have had that rammed down our throats for centuries and with not a scrap of evidence to substantiate their claims. I sometimes think that large portions of the human race have a superiority complex that makes them unable to accept that their ancestors were "less intelligent animals". * sigh* For gracile Australopithecine to be able to cut it in the savanah amongst lion, hyena, baboon and gawd knows what else he must have been one smart and courageous little creature. Not a less intelligent animal because unarmed, I doubt we could do it ourselves. (I a... [More]
Comment icon #44 Posted by Fantasy_Space 14 years ago
guess what? GOD DOES NOT EXIST!!!!
Comment icon #45 Posted by danielost 14 years ago
guess what? GOD DOES NOT EXIST!!!! niether do you.
Comment icon #46 Posted by Isensee 14 years ago
Do you have any support for your claims? This is the science forum, as such let's talk science. Funny how there is no follow-up to that.. I guess you really shut her/him/it up
Comment icon #47 Posted by Copasetic 14 years ago
Funny how there is no follow-up to that.. I guess you really shut her/him/it up I wasn't really holding my breath
Comment icon #48 Posted by Tom Sawyer 14 years ago
Even with the missing link found it still doesn't explain why we are the only beings known to have the HAR1 gene....just something i have stumbled on to recently so i'll let you all do your own research rather than tell you about it
Comment icon #49 Posted by Copasetic 14 years ago
Even with the missing link found it still doesn't explain why we are the only beings known to have the HAR1 gene....just something i have stumbled on to recently so i'll let you all do your own research rather than tell you about it Actually all vertebrates have the HAR regions, in humans there is many substitution mutations and insertions. The most different, the HAR1 region (most different to our closest living relative the chimpanzee), codes for proteins vital to neural development-Which suggests the basis for the heavy amounts of mutations.... Being the only animals to use such complex and... [More]
Comment icon #50 Posted by Copasetic 14 years ago
Actually Tom, I just looked into that a little more and it appears the HAR1 region only has 18 fixed mutations between humans and chimps. 18 changes over 5-6 million years really isn't that impressive. Certainly those 18 differences play a significant role in development, but I don't that number is really shocking...
Comment icon #51 Posted by Murrangurk 14 years ago
I think the whole concept of a missing link is another example of the broader ignorance of the mass media and its audience, and also a symptom of the damage religion has done to us over the millenia, in particular european christianity. It promotes the idea that once, there were monkeys, then ...something ... then suddenly! BAM! us. Insert the missing link, or "croco-duck" magically half one animal, half another. Evolution doesn't work like that. No wonder all the Westboro crew don't believe in evolution. It REALLY annoys me when I see in the news "Missing link found!" It happens every week or... [More]


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