[Oztrich Boy]

Why is it that every time someone finds a skull and dates it, they automatically think they know from the estimated age weather it is some link in some genus

1. Optimism
2. If it looks like what is expected, from the right time period current thinking considers likely - it's a good working hypothethis

[frgoff]

Personally, I'd be more interested in finding creatures for whom WE are the common ancestor. After all, a couple million years should be more than long enough.

For that matter, any creature for which living organisms that have been around for a couple or more million years are the common ancestor. I'm tired of only looking for common ancestors in the fossil record. Having a living common ancestor would be much more scientifically significant. Why is no one doing any research on that?

[higgmeister]

Nehemiah Scudder

Bite your tongue and sign me up for the 2nd revolution already!