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Chinese scientists inch towards theory man descended from worms
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| Wednesday, April 2, 2003
| AFP
Posted on 04/04/2003 11:20:42 AM PST by Willie Green
For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese scientists believe new finds support a theory that man ultimately descended from worms, state media reported.
Fossilized ancient worms found in southwestern Yunnan province represent the "first step" in a long evolutionary process that eventually led to the human species, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday.
The search should go on for more fossil evidence to test the theory in line with clues provided by modern zoological information, said Shu Degan, a professor at the Northwest China University.
"There is still a long way to go before we can determine a detailed chronology of the evolutionary process of vertebrates," Shu said, according to Xinhua.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: creation; evolution
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To: Willie Green
I know a few who have never evolved past the worm stage. ;o)
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:22:40 AM PST
by
LisaAnne
To: Willie Green
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:22:46 AM PST
by
TheBigB
("When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you."--Chuck Norris (wish he'd say it to Daschle))
To: Willie Green
"man descended from worms "
Jacques Chirac, Daddy!
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:22:51 AM PST
by
APBaer
To: Willie Green
Only the liberals.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:23:51 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Bush/Rice 2004- pray & fast for our troops this lent-Peace through strength)
To: Willie Green
Worm?! I want my monkey!
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:24:01 AM PST
by
xJones
To: Willie Green
worms? I've been called that by several females in my younger days. Guess it's true.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:24:10 AM PST
by
bedolido
To: Willie Green
Chinese scientists inch towards theory man descended from worms I take it these were inchworms.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:24:14 AM PST
by
Nick Danger
(More rallys planned! www.freerepublic.net)
To: Willie Green
I've been using my ancestors as bait when I fish?
To: Willie Green
Somewhere not far along in the process an offshoot split off and stagnated. Soon after, francais was invented.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:25:00 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Chiraq est un ver)
To: Willie Green
Fossilized ancient worms ... And my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmonkey is outraged at this assertion.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:25:05 AM PST
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: Willie Green
Maybe Chinese man...
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:25:06 AM PST
by
KriegerGeist
("The weapons of our warefare are not carnal, but mighty though God for pulling down of strongholds")
To: Willie Green
I've been called a worm.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:25:59 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Semper Gumby - Always Flexable)
To: Willie Green
Jacques Chirac.
To: Willie Green
"For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use."
What Officer? Oh, THESE worms? Yeah, they're for, um ... bait! Yeah for fishing! That's what these worms are for - fishing.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:27:04 AM PST
by
geopyg
To: Willie Green
This is why SARs hasn't been IDed yet.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:27:47 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(http://www.politicsandprotest.org/attack.swf)
To: Willie Green
Jerry Rivers and Pete Arnett descended from worm feces.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:28:52 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
To: Willie Green
To: Willie Green
The French descended for pin worms.
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:30:00 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Caring Rational Alert Professional)
To: Willie Green
The missing link, as depicted in one leading scientific journal:
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posted on
04/04/2003 11:31:08 AM PST
by
steve-b
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