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To: RaceBannon
EVOLUTION: Fairy tales for the uninformed

BZZZZZZT! Sorry no.

Evolution is figuring these guys out. (This is a cute little guy, too.)


Fossil: Taung Child

Site: Buxton Limeworks, Taung, South Africa (1)

Discovered By: M. de Bruyn, 1924 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil: 2.3 mya * determined by Faunal & geomorphological data (1, 4, 5)

Species Name: Australopithecus africanus (1, 3, 7, 8)

Gender: Unknown (1)

Cranial Capacity: 405 (440 as adult) cc (1, 3)

Information: First early hominid fossil found in Africa (7, 8)

Interpretation:

See original source for notes:
http://www.mos.org/evolution/fossils/fossilview.php?fid=27

158 posted on 07/23/2006 3:34:52 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman
Killed possibly by bird of prey...

Monkey-Eating Eagle

Pithecophaga jefferyi
Endangered
This endangered species has been proposed as the national bird of the Philippines. Dependent on the undisturbed rain forest where it preys on monkeys, squirrels, and other small mammals.....

168 posted on 07/23/2006 4:32:26 PM PDT by tomzz
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