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Here is a recent example of how difficult it is to maintain the 'missing link' [written by creationists whom I don't entirely agree with, but they sound like they did some research]:

"The August 23, 1999 cover story for "Time Magazine" was titled "How Man Evolved." A key part of this article was built around man's supposed oldest ancestor –Ardipithecus ramidus. The article did not tell the readers that the bones had been found over a mile area, and had been but together to form the missing link. 'Time' did it again July 23, of 2001 when it introduced us to our newest missing link, Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba,"How Apes Became Human." was the title for this article.. Time said, "Meet your newfound ancestor." There below the picture of a toe bone was the caption, "THIS TOE BONE PROVES THE CREATURE WALKED ON TWO LEGS." You have to be a careful reader to discover in this eight page article that the "TOE BONE" was found almost 10 miles from the other fragments used to construct this ape man.

"Henry Fairfield Osborn a paleontologist discovered a tooth in Nebraska in 1922 and declared it was an ape man and the missing link. From this single tooth an entire prehistoric man was constructed who became know as 'Nebraska Man.' Pictures were drawn from this single tooth and it still appears in some articles today used to prove evolution. The tooth after further study was found to be from a close relative of the modern pig.

"How about these missing links:

"Piltdown Man- Declared to be 500,000 years old and the missing link. Turned out to be a orangutan jaw with the teeth filed placed with a human skull bone that had been doctored to make it look old.

"What about the Archaeoraptor? Never heard of it. This missing link made the evening news, and was featured in the November 1999 issue of 'National Geographic.' It was described as '"true missing link" proving that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Displayed in National Geographic's Explorers Hall and viewed by over 100,000 individuals. This missing link turned out to be another hoax. This time money was the motive. A Chinese farmer had glued the fragments of bird and dinosaur fossils together. The EXPERTS had been fooled because they were so eager to prove their THEORY OF EVOLUTION.

"Java man is another great example of evolution. A skull found by a river is matched with a leg bone found over a year later in another location. Other researchers at the same site have no evidence of any ancient remains. The whole process was so badly flawed it is not mentioned by most modern evolutionists.

"Peking Man was reconstructed from small scattered fragments that disappeared. Leaving the proof to faith in the honesty of evolutionists."

The latest 'missing link' must be pretty recent.