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Sun Apr-04-10 10:47 AM
Response to Reply #40 |
| 48. Certainly in the broad scheme of things we are "the naked apes" |
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and can firmly be placed among the great apes, even though we belong to the hominidae line. But "human exceptionalism" does exist biologically; speciation occurs when interbreeding between a group and the original population ends, either due to choice or physical incompatibility. Since no two great ape species (humans, chimps, gorillas. etc) interbreed, or are even capable of doing so, we all meet the definition of separate species.
On the intelligence issue, I remember a quote by an anthropologist who said "It remains to be seen whether higher intelligence will end up being an evolutionary advantage or yet another evolutionary dead end."
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| -Missing link between humans and apes found |
Juche |
Apr-04-10 03:05 AM |
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There's already loads of evidence for evolution. |
harry_pothead |
Apr-04-10 03:20 AM |
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TeaBaggers ARE the missing link |
FreakinDJ |
Apr-04-10 06:01 AM |
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More accurately, |
quaker bill |
Apr-04-10 07:18 AM |
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I prefer to think that they are a branch unrelated to the branch |
tblue37 |
Apr-04-10 08:49 AM |
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Rush Limbaugh? |
FarLeftFist |
Apr-04-10 11:04 AM |
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I think you've nailed it! |
Zambero |
Apr-04-10 12:00 PM |
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Teabaggers are the "missing link" between |
Bigmack |
Apr-04-10 11:07 AM |
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or maybe defective mutant n/t |
AlphaCentauri |
Apr-04-10 12:15 PM |
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also known as homo hillbillius. nt |
Lorien |
Apr-04-10 12:42 PM |
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LOL. Homo Hillbillyus |
Tutankhamun |
Apr-04-10 08:55 PM |
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LOL! Good one! |
Raksha |
Apr-04-10 09:44 PM |
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Thanks for the early-morning laugh! |
tango-tee |
Apr-05-10 01:24 AM |
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Please |
awoke_in_2003 |
Apr-04-10 03:05 PM |
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At first I thought that this was just another post |
BlueMTexpat |
Apr-04-10 03:25 AM |
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no no no no no |
upi402 |
Apr-04-10 03:36 AM |
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Ahh yess... |
Jim Sagle |
Apr-04-10 03:44 AM |
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First creature that came to my mind. |
No Elephants |
Apr-04-10 03:54 AM |
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that's insulting the chimp! |
feslen |
Apr-04-10 09:35 AM |
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Neat. |
sagat |
Apr-04-10 03:51 AM |
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... |
UpInArms |
Apr-04-10 07:12 AM |
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Dickeus Cheneypithicus, perhaps? . . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Apr-04-10 03:58 AM |
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... that one is of the cold-blooded lizard species... |
Myrina |
Apr-04-10 10:37 AM |
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Title of article is misleading. Find is not a "missing link" between apes and humans. |
Garbo 2004 |
Apr-04-10 04:23 AM |
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+1 |
BumRushDaShow |
Apr-04-10 05:24 AM |
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Yes |
edhopper |
Apr-04-10 12:35 PM |
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My thoughts as well |
14thColony |
Apr-04-10 06:27 AM |
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Probably there is only one ebcause the one we belong to was more agressive and murderous than its |
tblue37 |
Apr-04-10 08:52 AM |
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Interesting proposition |
14thColony |
Apr-04-10 10:32 AM |
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I think |
pipoman |
Apr-05-10 07:04 AM |
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That depends on your definitions of 'human' and 'ape' |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-04-10 07:29 AM |
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important to remember also |
wial |
Apr-04-10 08:03 AM |
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There's no evidence for this, actually |
Chulanowa |
Apr-04-10 09:58 PM |
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Humans are cousins of Apes, not monkeys. |
and-justice-for-all |
Apr-04-10 10:43 AM |
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And would you call that common ancestor an ape? |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-04-10 11:02 AM |
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correct |
wial |
Apr-04-10 07:57 AM |
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mangled science...ugh |
Aleric |
Apr-04-10 08:58 AM |
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there is no fucking debate |
Kali |
Apr-04-10 10:36 AM |
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How can there be a missing link? |
protocol rv |
Apr-04-10 10:23 AM |
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If anyone's asking me, humans ARE apes. |
hunter |
Apr-04-10 10:31 AM |
#40 |
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Certainly in the broad scheme of things we are "the naked apes" |
14thColony |
Apr-04-10 10:47 AM |
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"Our ancestors were apes, our descendants will be apes, therefore we are apes." |
Teaser |
Apr-04-10 10:55 AM |
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there is plenty of justification for Homo... |
mike_c |
Apr-04-10 01:01 PM |
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My first thought was that it was going to be another story about the actual missing link |
47of74 |
Apr-04-10 06:04 AM |
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+100 |
smirkymonkey |
Apr-05-10 08:39 AM |
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Like Rocky said to Bullwinkle, "Again?!" |
deutsey |
Apr-04-10 07:00 AM |
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Natasha, yes Boris, Moose and Squirrel are smoking reefer! |
Lost4words |
Apr-04-10 08:09 AM |
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Curly n/t |
wilt the stilt |
Apr-04-10 07:01 AM |
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I've read a very interesting book by one of the discoverers of Little Foot. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-04-10 07:34 AM |
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self delete, thanks |
Lost4words |
Apr-04-10 08:06 AM |
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I was so surprised when I saw what it was -- I thought they were going to say |
tpsbmam |
Apr-04-10 08:25 AM |
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More accurately; evidence of another species between humans and apes found |
stray cat |
Apr-04-10 08:48 AM |
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MISSING? |
Jackpine Radical |
Apr-04-10 09:01 AM |
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We've known about the Australopithicenes for some time now. |
DailyGrind51 |
Apr-04-10 09:02 AM |
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They won't be able to teach it in Texas for fear of another Scopes monkey trial |
MajorChode |
Apr-04-10 09:35 AM |
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Mrs. Pies? nt |
Voice for Peace |
Apr-04-10 09:26 AM |
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There is no "missing" link. |
AlbertCat |
Apr-04-10 09:46 AM |
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Beat me to it. 100 years later, they're still using this misleading term |
jgraz |
Apr-04-10 10:31 AM |
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Technically so. Once they find it, it's no longer missing. |
Bucky |
Apr-04-10 11:14 AM |
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This sounds more like it's more about politics than science |
starroute |
Apr-04-10 09:46 AM |
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There's no such thing as a missing link |
uberllama42 |
Apr-04-10 10:06 AM |
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The conservatives already beat us to the missing link. They found him and nominated him 10 years ago |
Bucky |
Apr-04-10 10:11 AM |
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That was Homo Please Don't Erectus. |
RedCloud |
Apr-04-10 10:22 AM |
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Letting your enthusiasm override your reason a tad, aren't you, Juche? |
Joe Chi Minh |
Apr-04-10 10:31 AM |
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That's the Telegraph's headline, not Juche's |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-04-10 11:09 AM |
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So, it is, Muriel. What I said to Juche evidently applies to Richard Gray, |
Joe Chi Minh |
Apr-04-10 11:35 AM |
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There are more than enough of a fossil history |
and-justice-for-all |
Apr-04-10 10:41 AM |
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Law is meaningless in scientific terms |
comrade snarky |
Apr-04-10 02:11 PM |
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Theory is as good as it gets. |
AlbertCat |
Apr-04-10 05:44 PM |
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I will have to disagree...nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Apr-06-10 09:45 AM |
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Maybe I can explain what I mean a little better |
comrade snarky |
Apr-06-10 02:35 PM |
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Wow, the Telegraph butchers another science story |
EvolveOrConvolve |
Apr-04-10 10:45 AM |
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Yep, "missing link" is a trap. |
wickerwoman |
Apr-04-10 05:35 PM |
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Isn't finding Sarah Palin enough? |
anachro1 |
Apr-04-10 11:01 AM |
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Funny, I thought the missing link was going to be members of Free Republic |
Taverner |
Apr-04-10 11:15 AM |
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He's left handed, so he can't be a member of FR |
alfredo |
Apr-04-10 08:02 PM |
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Rush? |
vssmith |
Apr-04-10 11:28 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-04-10 11:39 AM |
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Keep it down, |
Ticonderoga |
Apr-04-10 11:44 AM |
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Other recent detections |
Zambero |
Apr-04-10 11:56 AM |
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All fossils are transitional forms or "links" - there isn't one in particular that is missing |
D23MIURG23 |
Apr-04-10 12:47 PM |
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I like to think of it as a big hairy tree. |
hunter |
Apr-04-10 01:08 PM |
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For a second I thought you meant the primate. |
D23MIURG23 |
Apr-04-10 11:35 PM |
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So Planet of the Apes was right |
lovuian |
Apr-04-10 01:16 PM |
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Missing link |
CrisisPapers |
Apr-04-10 01:24 PM |
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Sarah Palin? |
Joey Liberal |
Apr-04-10 01:30 PM |
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Wasillius Palinii? It actually precedes the apes! |
Zambero |
Apr-04-10 03:53 PM |
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Wasillius Palinii - hahahaha |
Joey Liberal |
Apr-05-10 04:58 PM |
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I attended a lecture by Professor Lee Berger |
tabatha |
Apr-04-10 02:42 PM |
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That's the author of the book I mentioned above. Thanks! |
Odin2005 |
Apr-04-10 04:38 PM |
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Think we're hybrids . . . |
defendandprotect |
Apr-04-10 05:11 PM |
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Missing link...heh, heh |
MilesColtrane |
Apr-04-10 05:41 PM |
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Want to see a Picture. |
Optimistic |
Apr-04-10 08:58 PM |
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It's a myth that evolution says humans are descended from "apes." |
Honeycombe8 |
Apr-04-10 09:54 PM |
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A chimp is an ape too |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-06-10 10:11 AM |
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Posted the article to my facebook... |
sheldon |
Apr-04-10 10:22 PM |
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You mean, missing link between old apes and older apes. Humans are separate, created in God's image. |
Kablooie |
Apr-05-10 05:22 AM |
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I thought that George Bush was the missing link between apes and humans. |
totodeinhere |
Apr-05-10 07:21 AM |
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Here's a pricture of the missing link delivering a Fox News commentary |
Elmore Furth |
Apr-06-10 11:06 AM |
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Dr Simon Underdown |
underpants |
Apr-06-10 05:12 PM |
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I believe its name was Curly |
Old Troop |
Apr-06-10 07:59 PM |
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speciation |
sludlig |
Apr-16-10 04:25 PM |
#101 |
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