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    47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans

    Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
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    Image of marko_ramius marko_ramius
    05/19/09

    In reply to 47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
    Umm, how exactly does this qualify as 'the missing link'? I see a long tail, five digits on the hands and feet -- nothing that differs greatly from the modern-day lemur. This only possibly proves that lemurs were able to get their asses fossilized just like everything else back then.


    Sometimes, it seems like scientists are grasping at straws in their race to publicize that they have all of the answers. We ALL know that more research is required before heavy claims like these can be made. Remember what they said about brontosauruses and the planet Pluto?

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/19/09

    @marko_ramius: The link sends you directly to an academic paper on this exact subject, so if you want to know why it's important, just read it.


    But I don't think anyone save an actual paleontologist is going to know what is important and not important.


    Unless you happen to know what a "toilet claw" is, or the "haplorhine diversification". Which you don't.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/19/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: that paper is brow-beatingly weird though. It's a language I really don't understand.
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    Image of Connor Henzel Connor Henzel
    05/19/09

    @marko_ramius: There is no one "missing link" that solves everything, human evolution didn't happen over night.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    05/19/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: "The link sends you directly to an academic paper on this exact subject, so if you want to know why it's important, just read it."


    Why would he do that????????

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/19/09

    In reply to 47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
    along with the digestive tract that allowed researchers to discover the last meal that it ingested - fruits and leaves.


    If it's MY ancestor, that sentence would read: "Bacon".

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    Image of AldoraGreel AldoraGreel
    05/19/09

    In reply to 47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
    Or, God buried her there to test us. And you failed. Shameful.


    I shall go back to sticking my thumbs in my ears now. My thumbs, of course, which did NOT evolve from a creature very similar to if not directly from this here "specimen" (read: devil test).

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    05/19/09

    @AldoraGreel: Christ all fucking mighty. Is it possible to have a discussion about evolution which does not mention creationism at all.


    Seriously, at this fucking point people like you actually bring up creationism MORE than ACTUAL CREATIONISTS.

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    Image of capntim capntim
    05/19/09

    In reply to 47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
    i'm sorry did you say something science? because i was just going on about how there's no examples of transitional forms, and will continue saying it
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    Image of Connor Henzel Connor Henzel
    05/19/09

    @capntim: Did you not notice the article about the transitional form? (Scroll up,you'll find it(: )
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    05/19/09

    @Connor Henzel: I'm pretty sure that's the joke.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    Any chance we could train one or more of these in military tactics and have them organize their wild brethren to defend themselves against predation from humans? Maybe that's how Planet of the Apes REALLY begins.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    Sadly, the only thing I remember about Bononos from anthropology class are their ..."unique" sexual practices.


    I would wager though that those sensitive Bonobo artists must get all the g2g rubbing they can handle.

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/21/08

    @jajbowler: yea... they're really all about the 'make love, not war' lifestyle.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    That orangutan self-portrait is kind of amazing, actually.
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    Image of Jay042 Jay042
    11/21/08

    @braak: It was a joint effort with an artist named Sue Buck
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/21/08

    @Jay042: Oh. Well, that's substantially less impressive.


    Still, I love orangutans.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    You know who else is a brilliant artist?


    Vampanzee.


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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    I. LOVE. BONOBOS.


    They are my favorite animal BY FAR. I saw a special on bonobos on Animal Planet a few years ago and haven't looked back.


    and they're effin AWESOME artists too (neo-expressionists, much?)... where do I sign up?

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