Missing-link fossil wasn't a fish -- it has a pelvis

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Thursday, July 4, 2002 | David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor

[Phil V.]

A fossil previously mistaken for the remains of an extinct fish turns out to hold the earliest known creature to have emerged from the Earth's waters and walk on land some 350 million years ago.

This ancestor of every four-limbed, backboned animal living today -- the first creature clearly designed to walk on land, with forward-facing feet -- fills a major gap in the evidence for the evolution of vertebrates from sea to land, scientists say.

[Junior]

Abuse button hit.

Maybe I should hit the abuse button every time you post the out-of-context quotes of mine. Seems you are quite capable of dishing it out, but God forbid you should have to take it.

[Scully]

Ah, a brother from the tree of Abraham. :)

(love the "MooseLimb" thing!)

[RadioAstronomer]

Sadly, I still do not have a lab ferret.

We need to get you a lab mouse :-)

[PatrickHenry]

And how is Plato these days? Sadly, I still do not have a lab ferret.

Plato has been sulking, as the creationists have been questioning his ancestry. Ah, if only the creationists could know what lurks in their own family trees ...

[RadioAstronomer]

Or, it could be fossil remains of that dude from Mars who crashlanded a few thousand years ago?

LOL! I must have been asleep in class for that particular lecture.

[PatrickHenry]

Maybe I should hit the abuse button every time you post the out-of-context quotes of mine.

It only works when a creationist hits the abust button. Trust me, I know.

[Scully]

Well something anyway...I need a little "life" in my lab besides just me. ;)

[RadioAstronomer]

LOL! What a graphic!

[PatrickHenry]

The pic was made by godel, and I always try to remember to give him credit.

[Scully]

ROFLMAO! I wondered why the restorations looked a bit "off"!

[RadioAstronomer]

Well something anyway...I need a little "life" in my lab besides just me. ;)

Hmmm...Well, I can spare some spores, mold, and fungus from my collection if you like. :-)

[Scully]

Hehe! I'm saving this one to my desktop. Thanks!

[Scully]

Awww...that's all?

[RadioAstronomer]

Well, I could throw in UGM.

[Don Myers]

"...I must have been asleep in class for that particular lecture."

A day in freerepublic is better than a week in the average college.

[RadioAstronomer]

A day in freerepublic is better than a week in the average college.

LOL :-)

[Scully]

Poor UGM, is he working on a consistant basis yet?

[RadioAstronomer]

Poor UGM, is he working on a consistant basis yet?

Naw, my poor lab assistant seems to still have a mind of his own. :-)

[PatrickHenry]

Great links. However, medved regards it as a grevious personal attack to provide such information. He will likely hit the abuse button and your post will go "poof." I don't know why this happens, but it appears that one of the moderators is a fan of medvedian fantasy.

[Everyone is advised to save this page or bookmark those links if you want to preserve the info.]