Posted on 02/18/2007 11:40:54 PM PST by LibWhacker
I thought the "missing link" was somewhere between apes and humans...
Yes, they describe this as a missing link. So I take it there is more than one gap in the fossil record?
I would think it's just the brit senationalist press calling it that for fun. But I think the real so-called "missing link" is elsewhere in the chain.
And the "missing link" chain is now, what, about a mile long? But, there is room for more.
Since humans are apes how could there be a missing link such as you thought?
Humans are primates, not apes, although I've seen some people who would make you wonder...
Looks to me like a picture of Hillary speaking.
They had to call it a "missing link" to promote Darwinism. It is not a missing link and it is an ape not half ape half man. See my tag line.
EVERYTHING is called "the missing link" - - it's how vain scientists get their names in the journals and troll for grant money.
Modern humans are a sub-species within that family.
We are apes of the primate order.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens
Subspecies: H. s. sapiens
Teaches me to drunk post.
Thanks for that. I've never understood it. How many "kingdoms" are there, anyway? How many classes, etc.? Do you know of a website where it's all spelled out in a simple straightforward way so a complete beginner can understand it? Thanks.
I am NOT an ape!!!!(though I have been told I have the taqble manners of one)
OK, so in which family, if not Hominidae, do you claim to be?
The Linneaen system is actually outdated at the moment, but I think that you can say with pretty high confidence that there are 3 "kingdoms": Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota. And then there are the viruses, but nobody's really sure just what the hell they are or where they came from, because they evolve so quickly.
The most up-to-date website, although it claims not to be comprehensive in any regard, is the NCBI Taxonomy site: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Root. But if you're a complete beginner, then the best place to go exploring is the Tree of Life: http://tolweb.org
Ok. What makes you not an ape?
Oh, thanks for those! The TolWeb site looks just right for me at the moment (although I think I'll eventually spend lots of time at both): Lots of footnotes and links to other sites, which I always appreciate. This stuff has always been confusing to me. Thanks again. Cheers!
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