News to Note, October 3, 2009 (with a special report on “Ardi”, the latest icon of evolution)

AiG ^ | October 3, 2009

[GodGunsGuts]

1. Meet “Ardi”

Evolutionists aren’t yet sure if they should call it a human ancestor, but one thing they do know is that “Ardi” does away with the idea of a “missing link.”

Although first discovered in the early 1990s, the bones of Ardipithecus ramidus are only now being nominated for evolutionists’ fossil hall of fame—via a slew of papers in a special issue of the journal Science. In it, Ardi’s researchers describe the bones and make the case that Ardi is even more important in the history of human evolution than Lucy.

Despite claims of its evolutionary significance, one of the scientists who studied Ardi noted...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ardi aka Chalkman

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[GodGunsGuts]

Great for stomach aches, just add water :o)

[SERKIT]

Michelle-Omarosa sat on his lap while watching the Olympics.

[count-your-change]

Looks like Ardi and Lucy are going to have to duke it out now. Lucy is younger, so that's in her favor but Ardi has lots of replacement parts that can be “resized” to fit.

Sounds like a fair match, but I predict Ardi will be tripping over her/him/its own feet/hands/paws.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!