Challenging Fossil of a Little Fish

[mcg]

http://www.fredheeren.com/boston.htm

'CHENGJIANG, China — The fish-like creature was hardly more than an inch long, but its discovery in the rocks of southern China was a big deal. The 530-million-year-old fossil, dubbed Haikouella, had the barest beginning of a spinal cord, making it the oldest animal ever found whose body shape resembled modern vertebrates.

In the Nature article announcing his latest findings, Jun-Yuan Chen and his colleagues reported dryly that the ancient fish “will add to the debate on the evolutionary transition from invertebrate to vertebrate.”'

[bbinacan]

1. More proof of evolution

as if we needed more proof. :headbang:

[El Supremo]

2. Where does * fit in the tree?

Before invertebrates I assume.

[MaineYooper]

3. with the potted plants. nt

[Somawas]

4. Missing link?

[LibDemAlways]

5. I suspect he's of the species

"australopithecus afarenis" or "Southern Ape" that predates humans but could stand and had a very small brain about the size of an orange.