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Humans Weren't Always 'So Special,' Expert Says
Forbes.com ^
| Jun 25, 2009
| Unknown
Posted on 06/25/2009 10:48:53 AM PDT by decimon
THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- A 54-million-year-old skull has yielded the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain.
The 1.5-inch-long skull was from an animal species called Ignacius graybullianus, part of a group of primates known as plesiadapiforms. They evolved in the 10 million years after dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth.
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TOPICS: History; Science
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posted on
06/25/2009 10:48:53 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/25/2009 10:50:53 AM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
The 1.5-inch-long skull...
I wonder what its DU screen name was.
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posted on
06/25/2009 10:56:30 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: decimon
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posted on
06/25/2009 10:56:30 AM PDT
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4Speed
To: decimon
According to PETA we still aren’t “so special”.
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posted on
06/25/2009 10:59:56 AM PDT
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dblshot
To: decimon
This headline seems a bit odd but typical of today’s unreasoned soft thinkers. This creature was not human so the correct way to cast this is that this creature which may or may not be a human ancestor was not special but human beings have since they evolved/were created have been very special and have the capability to perform feats that no known creature has ever possessed before on this planet.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:00:50 AM PDT
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Maelstorm
(When you can no longer say no to the government's confisation of your wealth then you are not free.)
To: SpaceBar; taxlady; exit82; indylindy; Grunthor; calcowgirl; TigersEye
I wonder what its DU screen name was.Not sure, but on FR it went by the name "taxlady."
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:02:31 AM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: Maelstorm
...human beings have since they evolved/were created have been very special and have the capability to perform feats that no known creature has ever possessed before on this planet.OTOH, I can't snatch fruit while on a swing.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:04:43 AM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
06/25/2009 1:23:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.troopathon.org/index.php -- June 25th -- the Troopathon)
To: decimon
Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Ignacius Graybullianus and the Plesiadapiforms!
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posted on
06/25/2009 1:30:35 PM PDT
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Costumed Vigilante
(Stuff 0be back into the Madhi well in Qom from whence he oozed.)
To: Costumed Vigilante
...Ignacius Graybullianus and the Plesiadapiforms!Some just deserve to be extinct.
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posted on
06/25/2009 1:37:51 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv; Maelstrom
have the capability to perform feats that no known creature has ever possessed before on this planet Produce an episode of The Simpsons?
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posted on
06/25/2009 1:52:55 PM PDT
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colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: decimon
OTOH, I can't snatch fruit while on a swing.
Have you ever tried?
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posted on
06/25/2009 2:05:10 PM PDT
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BJClinton
(One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: BJClinton
OTOH, I can't snatch fruit while on a swing. Have you ever tried?
No, a man's gotta know his limbitations.
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posted on
06/25/2009 2:24:42 PM PDT
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decimon
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
06/25/2009 3:29:20 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.troopathon.org/index.php -- June 25th -- the Troopathon)
To: decimon
Humans Weren't Always 'So Special,' Expert Says...
A 54-million-year-old skull has yielded the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain There were no humans 54 milllion years ago. Now if the headline said "Primates were not once not so special", it might be accurate.
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posted on
06/25/2009 4:08:30 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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