'Astonishing' skull unearthed in Africa: the missing link?

[Luis G]

'Astonishing' skull unearthed in Africa
A seven-million-year-old human-like skull found in Chad is being described as the most important find of its type in living memory.

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[Justintime]

cool stuff!

 

[Leslie]

Hopefully a great discovery. I'm looking forward to seeing it on TLC

 

[Gato_Solo]

Guess that means sbcanada and I are descended from the same people...scary, isn't it?

 

[Leslie]

 

[Justintime]

 

[Luis G]

probly he's from a different ape

 

[Justintime]

 

[outside looking in]

I love it when something throws a wrench in the standard evolutionary models. Not because I don't believe in evolution, but because it always comes away from these types of discoveries more coherent, more refined, more complete, and more elegant.

 

[ris]

history and archaeology are alwys being refined and refocused, there is a constant revaluation of old finds and theories, that's what makes it so interesting.

 

[unclehobart]

I also find the refocusing and refining of the religious discrediting arguments interesting as well...

 

[Leslie]

Yes, that is generally amusing

It seems the skull has now become a controversy

 

[Luis G]

of course that a skull candidate to be "the missing link" will most likely generate controversy because they would not be able to say if it is "human" or if it is ape, gorila or whatever species it has come from.

 

[Professur]

Hey, isn't that Bertie from the mailroom?