[ETL]

“Here is some context for the age of the new primate fossil: Anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) first emerged about 200,000 years ago, but early humans such as Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus anamensis reach back 3 million to 4 million years ago or even earlier. Humans are thought to have split off from a group that includes chimpanzees and gorillas about 6 million years ago.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30826552/

[Shadowfax]

It’s amazing that this nonsense is what passes for “science” these days.

Unsubstantiated assumptions, guesses, and wishful thinking.

Lovely.

[pepsi_junkie]

Humans are thought to have split off from a group that includes chimpanzees and gorillas about 6 million years ago.”

If the fossil is 47 million years old and humans didnt split off from apes until 6 million years ago, wouldn't this fossil be totally ape, not a "missing link" which is generally considered to be a transitional species showing distinct characteristics of both the ancestor and the descendant, in other words a link between the two?