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Eel-like creature identified as 'earliest human ancestor'
Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-5-2012 | Nick Collins

Posted on 03/06/2012 10:12:25 AM PST by Renfield

A prehistoric eel-like creature discovered in a Canadian shale bed has been identified as the earliest known ancestor of man.

Fossils dating back 505 million years preserve the relics of tiny, slithering animals which are the oldest life forms ever discovered with primitive spinal cords.

As the precursor of vertebrates the species is also believed to be the direct ancestor of all members of the chordate family, which includes fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.

The finding means the 5cm long creatures, known as Pikaia gracilens, were the forerunners of animals as diverse as snakes, swans and humans, scientists said....

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: burgess; cambrian; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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To: Renfield
thomas baby
21 posted on 03/06/2012 10:30:22 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Renfield

My cousin, Pikaia Gracilens?


22 posted on 03/06/2012 10:36:06 AM PST by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: RinaseaofDs

So that would mean that reason and logic are also for losers, since science depends on both.

You make a lot of assertions without backing them up.

But, then again, you think reason and evidence are for losers.


23 posted on 03/06/2012 10:36:45 AM PST by albionin
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To: Renfield

Once upon a time I would have argued...but having observed Eric Holder in action......


24 posted on 03/06/2012 11:16:10 AM PST by G Larry (We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
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To: UCANSEE2

The “truth” is that man did not “descend” from any animal.....


25 posted on 03/06/2012 11:29:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil
All joking aside about which Democrat this most closely resembles, you are absolutely right.
26 posted on 03/06/2012 11:34:11 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

27 posted on 03/06/2012 11:39:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Renfield

[[Müller stated, “The facts compiled also imply that the ancestor of all metazoans was a sponge-like organism.” Six years later, an international research group found in a “most comprehensive study” and “with a high degree of confidence” that the sponge “was not the ancestor of all other animals.”4 Even under the wrong paradigm, some evolutionists are getting certain pieces right when they follow the evidence where it leads. Led by researchers at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the study found “that humans did not descend from a sponge-like organism.” It also suggested that “the nervous system only evolved once in animal history.”4 Creation scientists would clarify that human and animal nervous systems were created once during the six-day creation week just thousands of years ago.]]

http://www.icr.org/article/4754/

There you have it folks, the ‘facts’ show we’re related to sponges! No- wait a minute, We’re realted to eels... Woops, noope, we’re realted to bananas-

[[Where did the early protochordates come from? In 2006, four evolutionists had a fancy way of admitting they did not know: “Despite their critical importance for understanding the origins of vertebrates, phylogenetic studies of chordate relationships have provided equivocal results.”7 Today, conflicting secular stories compete over vertebrate origins. Since there is no evolutionary pattern inherent in any biological information, Genesis must be accurate. God created kinds to reproduce after their own kinds. We can trust our origin (and destiny) to the One who was there “in the beginning.”]]

hmmmm- chordites just appeared on the scene and a link between protochordite and chordite can’t be established? But yet, we’re suppsoedly ‘related’ to chordites? Where’s the direct evidence showing a progression fro m chordite to man? Oh, there isn’t any? Then what the hell are scientists claiming an eel is our ancestor for then if they have NO FACTS connecting us?

Apparently they just need more government funding- must be nice getting paid whopping amounts of money to sit in a cozy lab and ‘argue’ with other folks about ‘facts’ that turn out to not be facts!!!!!


28 posted on 03/06/2012 12:10:47 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: CottShop

We’re related to all God’s creatures.


29 posted on 03/06/2012 12:24:49 PM PST by null and void (Day 1141 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: null and void

got any evidnece to sho that macroevolution is a fact?


30 posted on 03/06/2012 12:37:49 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Renfield

There is such thing as the theory of Evolution, there’s just a long list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live ...


31 posted on 03/06/2012 12:42:51 PM PST by Scythian
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To: CottShop

Yep. A common genetic heritage. The proof is written in every single gene in your body.


32 posted on 03/06/2012 3:33:43 PM PST by null and void (Day 1141 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: Renfield; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Renfield. Does this mean we taste like chicken? Because I'd always heard we were indistinguishable from pork.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


33 posted on 03/06/2012 7:21:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Do you star as that guy living under a rock in the Geico commercial?


34 posted on 03/06/2012 10:45:54 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: Renfield

My hovercraft is full of them.


35 posted on 03/06/2012 10:48:19 PM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Renfield
Let's eat it.
Or, maybe I could marry it?
36 posted on 03/06/2012 10:54:39 PM PST by right way right (What's it gonna take?)
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To: dfwgator; humblegunner; Markos33; Salamander; Allegra; TheOldLady; JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows



"You vant to go to my place? Bouncy-Bouncy?
(My nipples explode with delight!")


37 posted on 03/07/2012 2:17:05 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: dps.inspect

Wrong slut. (It’s Sandra.)


38 posted on 03/07/2012 2:21:08 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: shibumi
Family is often embarrassing.
39 posted on 03/07/2012 2:23:17 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Renfield; All

;-)

40 posted on 03/07/2012 5:15:23 AM PST by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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