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To: Pharmboy

“An international team of scientists unveiled Thursday the results of 15 years of study of one of the oldest known human ancestors, Ardipithecus ramidus, which they say overturns much of what we know about human evolution.

And surprisingly, it’s also rewriting the story of our relation to gorillas and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, and their development as well.”

Now they’re saying that gorillas and chimps branched off and developed quite a bit from a common ancestor. If so, how can they say that this newly discovered ape-like creature is our ancestor? Maybe it branched out quite a bit too.


35 posted on 10/01/2009 1:23:08 PM PDT by Texan Tory
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To: Texan Tory
You make an excellent point; another dynamic in play here is that every time (or almost every time) a new find is made, it is THE find that will change the way we see evolution from now on (keep those grants coming, doncha know).
50 posted on 10/01/2009 2:06:37 PM PDT by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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