"Missing link" fossil revealed

Don't do it again.

Hi folks, I'm copy-pasting the whole article below, because it seems to be a fairly well balanced summary of this whole situation, and does show "both sides" of the major arguments. Karlis -=-=- Fossil's pop star arrival born of a new thirst for PR May 22, 2009 The spin about Ida worked, but Deborah Smith wonders whether it has a place in good science. It was the day a fossil of a lemur-like animal that died 47 million years ago was treated like a pop star. Rarely, if ever, has an important scientific discovery been announced with so much hype, touted as a "revolutionary find that will change ... [More]

Good find Karlis, and summary by Eliott. On the last three lines; Makes good sense and wouldn't surprise me the least... ''Wow, look what we found!'' ''No you didn't, we did!'' ''Yes we did, and we getting all the credit fame and fortune!!!'' ''No, we are!'' No your not, we are!'' ''r not!'' ''yes!'' ''not!'' ''yes!'' ''not'' ''yes yes yes yes...'' ''not not not not...'' (same goes for evolutionists/creationists arguments)

Time has a new article about Ida up, it seems some feel the way I do, while its certianly a cool find, it was over hyped. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,...1900057,00.html

A 47-million-year-old fossil is now on display in New York City. The History Channel, University of Oslo and Research Institute, all behind the scientific find, say this specimen is the most complete fossil primate ever found. The young fossil known as "Ida" is expected to revolutionize understanding of human evolution. Dr. Jorn Hurum first heard about the fossil in Hamburg, Germany. He was invited to view the fossil in a private meeting and confirmed its authenticity. "Ida" is a European fossil, preserved in Germany's Messel Pit; the mile-wide crater and oil-rich shale is a significant site f... [More]

its a lizard that used to rule planet earth and have evolved into the queen.

its a lizard that used to rule planet earth and have evolved into the queen. Don't look now but, I think Ida just took over your avatar, sneaky little primate!

hom·i·nid [ hómmənid ] (plural hom·i·nids) noun Definition: member of primate family including humans: a primate belonging to a family of which the modern human being is the only species still in existence. Family Hominidae. [Late 19th century. modern Latin Hominidae Latin homin-, stem of Latin homo "human being"] hom·i·nid adjective http://ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861618480/hominid.html now if i am not mistaken chimps are still living. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html

I watched the documentary on tuesday, the guy who obtained the fossil from the private collector knew what he had was something special but more research was needed he gathered scientists palaeontologist etc. the best in their field from around the world, to study the fossil they had to find out exactly what they had before publishing a paper this is why it took so long, it's a juvenile female that had broken away from the lemur line, this is "the missing link bit" her line going on to produce the great apes, humans...does this alter the out of Africa theory?

I watched the documentary on tuesday, the guy who obtained the fossil from the private collector knew what he had was something special but more research was needed he gathered scientists palaeontologist etc. the best in their field from around the world, to study the fossil they had to find out exactly what they had before publishing a paper this is why it took so long, it's a juvenile female that had broken away from the lemur line, this is "the missing link bit" her line going on to produce the great apes, humans...does this alter the out of Africa theory? Because we are talking about the e... [More]