To: Senator Bedfellow
The new fossil find consists mainly of jawbone fragments, upper and lower teeth, and a thigh bone.That's all? They think they can reconstruct the entire animal for that, and declare that this is the missing link?
Unbelievable.
20 posted on
04/13/2006 12:52:16 PM PDT by
Jotmo
("Voon", said the mattress.)
To: Jotmo
That's all? They think they can reconstruct the entire animal for that, and declare that this is the missing link? No, they cannot reconstruct the entire animal from that, but there's an enormous amount you can tell about an animal from, for example, its cranium (like whether it walked on two or four feet, a rather important distinction).
24 posted on
04/13/2006 12:58:28 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Jotmo
To: Jotmo
That's all? They think they can reconstruct the entire animal for that, and declare that this is the missing link? Maybe that's the entire animal. Eventually we evolved into ...
347 posted on
04/14/2006 12:18:17 AM PDT by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest.")
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