(nephew of Bob O. Link)
Posted on 04/04/2010 1:26:05 PM PDT by jerry557
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.
Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced humans, Homo habilis.
Experts who have seen the skeleton say it shares characteristics with Homo habilis, whose emergence 2.5 million years ago is seen as a key stage in the evolution of our species.
The new discovery could help to rewrite the history of human evolution by filling in crucial gaps in the scientific knowledge.
Most fossilised hominid remains are little more than scattered fragments of bone, so the discovery of an almost-complete skeleton will allow scientists to answer key questions about what our early ancestors looked like and when they began walking upright on two legs.
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The fossil record of early humans is notoriously patchy and scientists now hope that the that the new remains will provide fresh clues about how our species evolved.
Scientists believe that a group of apelike hominids known as Australopithicus, which first emerged in Africa around 3.9 million years ago, gradually evolved into the first Homo species.
Over time the Australopithicus species lost their more apelike features as they started to stand upright and their brain capacity increased.
Around 2.5 million years ago Homo habilis, the first species to be described as distinctly human, began to appear, although only a handful of specimens have ever been found.
It is thought that the new fossil to be unveiled this week will be identified as a new species that fits somewhere between Australopithicus and Homo habilis.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
HAha. My sentiments exactly. “Experts” in this field are banal humorists of the first magnitude.
Wait for the “truth” to refute this hoax oh-—say next week.
Fossils and their metaphors.
Now if Bush was still president, what do you think the MSM would be saying about it???
KNOCK IT OFF!
Favors Michelle O a lot, eh?
“Favors Michelle O a lot, eh?”
My very first thought when I saw chimp gal.
I have never yet found an evolutionist who could answer that/ Indeed it usually renders them slack jawed and speechless.
Try it. It's fun.
“I have never yet found an evolutionist who could answer that/ Indeed it usually renders them slack jawed and speechless.”
—Amazing - that sounds exactly like the reaction I get whenever I ask Creationists how Moses was able to fit two of every animal aboard the Ark of the Covenant!
Because some apes were smart enuff not to evolve!
Evolution doesn't hold we evolved from apes, so either the "evolutionists" you asked this question were utterly ignorant on the subject or they were of the same general level of intelligence as yourself.
(Notice I didn't assert that you lied about ever having actually asked anyone this question.)
I wonder if this going to be another one of those new discoveries that turns out to be just another monkey story? It seem that every time a paleontologist finds a bone fragment it becomes a new missing link?
“Evolution doesn’t hold we evolved from apes ...”
Sincen the article is, “Missing link between man and apes found,” you repudiae it?
Just curious.
Hank
[Correcting my last]
“Evolution doesn’t hold we evolved from apes ...”
Since the article is, “Missing link between man and apes found,” you repudiate it?
Just curious.
Hank
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