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Ho-Hum, Another Human Missing Link (Temple of Darwin in full religious revival mode)
CEH ^ | May 19, 2009

Posted on 05/20/2009 8:44:42 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts

May 19, 2009 — Shoppers typically are wary of over-hyped ads, knowing that any claim sounding too good to be true probably is.  What would they think about media reports claiming a new fossil monkey is the “8th wonder of the world”?

    The scientific paper in PLoS ONE1 had hardly been published before the press went ape, as if on cue, at the buzzphrase missing link.  A couple of press releases about the new lemur fossil of a female nicknamed Ida are calm and rational, like the one by Gautum Naik at the

Wall Street Journal.  If what he wrote is true, that existing debates will persist in spite of the fossil, then the statements made by other reporters are clearly over the top (sampling below)...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afradapis; creation; darwiniusmasillae; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; goodgodimnutz; ida; intelligentdesign; longicristatus; missinglink; science
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1 posted on 05/20/2009 8:44:42 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: metmom; DaveLoneRanger; editor-surveyor; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; MrB; GourmetDan; Fichori; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 05/20/2009 8:45:15 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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3 posted on 05/20/2009 8:48:16 AM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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There’s no doubt, no doubt whatsoever, that this is a fossil.


4 posted on 05/20/2009 8:53:29 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Squidpup

Can we call if Fred Phelps?


5 posted on 05/20/2009 8:54:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

2 more missing links.


6 posted on 05/20/2009 9:02:40 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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All that was found was a well-preserved fossil in Germany that is 95% lemur, alleged to be 47 million years old. The only things it lacks from modern lemurs is a specialized tooth for grooming, a specialized claw for grooming, and a wet nose.. Other than that, the fossil looks like a modern lemur.

Following the article's own link to the story, The article leaves out

She has nails rather than the claw typical of non-anthropoid primates such as lemurs, and her teeth are similar to those of monkeys........... Evidence in the talus bone links Ida to us. The bone has the same shape as in humans today.

Gee sounds like a lot to miss, I'm sure it was a legitimate mistake.

7 posted on 05/20/2009 9:14:22 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Saw this in the paper htis am- unbelievable! Those touting it as a missing link really are making monkeys out of htemselves- which apparently, they don;’t mind doing. At least the scientists aren’t being as silly as the press over the find (but htey’re close)


8 posted on 05/20/2009 9:47:06 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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The scientific paper, as expected, is much more reserved in tone. “We do not interpret Darwinius as anthropoid, but the adapoid primates it represents deserve more careful comparison with higher primates than they have received in the past.” In fact, the most remarkable thing about the fossil was its exceptional preservation – and its shady past. The fossil had a checkered history. It was found by private collectors in 1983 and split into two halves. One half was doctored up by a Wyoming fossil collector to make it look complete, reported Science Daily. The other half stood on a German collector’s wall till 2006, then fell into the hands of a private dealer, who presented it to Prof. Hurum at a fossil trade show. Sky News said Hurum had to raise the equivalent of $1 million US dollars to obtain it – ten times the price of rare fossils. No one is saying whether he is hyping the fossil to help recoup his investment.

Hmmm piltdown man all over again- Yay science!

9 posted on 05/20/2009 9:49:54 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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Isn’t that what the Evos want...to make monkeys out of themselves?


10 posted on 05/20/2009 9:58:43 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: CottShop

Yep, all these overhyped missing link stories have a very similar ending!


11 posted on 05/20/2009 10:01:20 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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Google found a new smirking chimp ...
12 posted on 05/20/2009 10:06:52 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Yeah, I saw that. Very in your face of them...but it woulnd’t be the first time. Conservatives have got to come up with their own search site!!!


13 posted on 05/20/2009 10:14:04 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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This is the real thing!

This link comes complete with a Certificate of Live Birth from Hawai’i. It’s name is Bark Mohammed Lemur.


14 posted on 05/20/2009 10:18:57 AM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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::grin::


15 posted on 05/20/2009 10:19:18 AM PDT by woollyone (I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thanks for the ping!


16 posted on 05/20/2009 10:56:18 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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LOLOL!


17 posted on 05/20/2009 10:57:31 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: GodGunsGuts

Everyone better make their deals and collect the advance money before the hype wears off and someone figures out that it may be an interesting fossil but that’s all it is.
If it is.


18 posted on 05/20/2009 12:49:40 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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Making monkeys out of themselves is actually a pre-requisite to being an evoloon.


19 posted on 05/20/2009 4:02:59 PM PDT by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for g!ood men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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“Isn’t that what the Evos want...to make monkeys out of themselves?”

If that’s not bad enough, they fling poo at anyone that doesn’t agree with them.


20 posted on 05/20/2009 4:20:21 PM PDT by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for g!ood men to do nothing---Edmund Burke)
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