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Ardi Not A Missing Link!
Pravda ^ | October 10, 2009 | Babu G. Ranganathan

Posted on 10/13/2009 2:48:10 AM PDT by bogusname

The problem with evolutionary news of fossil finds, like the recent discovery of Ardi, is that the public is given an impression in the popular media that all scientists agree with the evolutionary conclusions of such finds. The public is never, or very rarely, exposed to scientific disagreements. There are many assumptions and personal interpretations of the fossil evidence which are conveniently passed on by the media as scientific fact. What we know of Ardi is that it is an extinct primate with all the features of an ape. But, it was a unique ape, not like any of the apes living today. Ardi had features found in various ape species. Ardi was a mosaic of various ape features, but it was still compeletely ape. No part of Ardi was in any transition to becoming human. Some evolutionists simply assume Ardi to be an ancestor of humans simply because it was a unique ape.

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TOPICS: History; Religion & Science; Theology
KEYWORDS: afradapis; belongsinreligion; evolution; fossil; ida; longicristatus; notasciencetopic; pravda; primate; propellerbeanie; science
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To: MestaMachine
of course evolution is a proven theory.

its is only the minutiae that is unknown. evolution on the whole is NOT a theory, but proven fact.

21 posted on 10/13/2009 5:24:37 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Dr. Ursus
Did NatGeo pull the TV program on Arti?

???I dunno, Doc, did they?

I haven't seen it yet, but it is on my DVR.

22 posted on 10/13/2009 5:26:29 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero
of course evolution is a proven theory. its is only the minutiae that is unknown. evolution on the whole is NOT a theory, but proven fact.

Yep sure it is. Now given you have made this claim, how will you 'fair' under BamaKennedy's practice of that scientific methodology.... See now what has been good for the 'golden' goose is NOW going to be good for the gander.

23 posted on 10/13/2009 5:27:18 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: bogusname
Yea, when I want science/religion news I always go to Pravada then I stop at Debka.
24 posted on 10/13/2009 5:29:29 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
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To: NTHockey

No kidding! That’s the second good article from Pravda I’ve posted lately. It scares me just a little. If everything that comes out of the American media is a lie but Russia now has a tolerance for the truth on occasion, that is not a good sign.


25 posted on 10/13/2009 5:31:02 AM PDT by bogusname (Banish All Lliberals)
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To: Vaquero

Thanks,it was on Discovery Channel and not Nat Geo.


26 posted on 10/13/2009 5:33:17 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: mad_as_he$$

I’m not crazy about Provda either but I’ll take the truth from whoever wants to tell it.


27 posted on 10/13/2009 5:34:39 AM PDT by bogusname (Banish All Lliberals)
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To: bogusname

Zinjanthropus boesei, Physical Anthropology LACC 1974.


28 posted on 10/13/2009 5:37:19 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

ROTFL I’m from Los Angeles originally. Oh no.


29 posted on 10/13/2009 5:42:39 AM PDT by bogusname (Banish All Lliberals)
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To: Just mythoughts
You like to muddy the waters don't ya???

why are you trying to deliberately confuse the issue by bringing in Obama Kennedy and the highly political non science of global warming....(I suppose that's where your going.)

no rational scientist believes in Gorbal Warming unless their grants depend upon it.

Great, evolution believing scientist like the late Michael Crichton and the guy who created the weather channel know Global Warming is only a political ticket to Marxism.... ....

Does belief in evolution lead to Marxism??? no. ....

30 posted on 10/13/2009 6:14:39 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero
You like to muddy the waters don't ya??? why are you trying to deliberately confuse the issue by bringing in Obama Kennedy and the highly political non science of global warming....(I suppose that's where your going.) no rational scientist believes in Gorbal Warming unless their grants depend upon it. Great, evolution believing scientist like the late Michael Crichton and the guy who created the weather channel know Global Warming is only a political ticket to Marxism.... .... Does belief in evolution lead to Marxism??? no. ....

Oh please it is NOT my mud that is muddying up your troubled waters. BamaKennedy said he supports the scientific methodology. And BamaKennedy told his religious followers that he had a partnership with his 'god' to decide who lives and who dies.

Now get out the evolutionist's artwork and looooook at what it pictures. BamaKennedy is about restoring through the scientific methodology what he believes has been taken.

31 posted on 10/13/2009 6:22:24 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Just mythoughts
bama Kennedy lie about everything...what makes you think they are not lying about that please....

they will say anything. why do you give them any credence for what they purport to say??

32 posted on 10/13/2009 6:33:49 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero
bama Kennedy lie about everything...what makes you think they are not lying about that please.... they will say anything. why do you give them any credence for what they purport to say??

Actually when BamaKennedy speaks freely he does not lie. It is that programmed teleprompter he reads from that produces the lies. BamaKennedy in his own teleprompter free speaking told Joe the Plumber he was going to redistribute the wealth. Well now follow the money and one soon figures out who is on BamaKennedy's most fittest to survive list. The literal manual on the system of scientific methodology has been written and well introdrictinated into the minds of the majority of Americans through the religious houses of evolution called public education.

33 posted on 10/13/2009 6:52:38 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: Just mythoughts

I got my education in a private religious school...


34 posted on 10/13/2009 7:37:05 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero

Evolution species by species. Man evolves into more advanced man. Apes do not evolve into men. Evolution of the species is much different than one species becoming another. Reptiles are reptiles and will not become mammals. Fish are fish and will not become monkeys. Insects will not become reptiles. APES did not, and will not ever become human.
Man has evolved and continues to evolve...or devolve...depending on your POV. But we never were, and will not ever be, anything other than human.
New species appear on earth every day. Evolution is forward progress, but cats will never become dogs.


35 posted on 10/13/2009 11:48:07 AM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: bogusname

Ah yes, my old friend Babu G. Ranganathan. This guy used to live near me and used to bombard the local papers with ranting letters and attempts at freelance op-eds EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

He was generally regarded as quite the nutter and became a bit infamous. (He went to Western New England Law School - and left without a degree - and hassled EVERYONE all over the area about EVERYTHING.

I had no idea he held a prestigious bachelor’s degree in biology from Bob Jones U! Nor did I know his claptrap was being picked up by Pravda!

He’s really making it after all. Keep at it Babu!

(And yes, I AM making fun of the messenger and not bothering with his ridiculous message. So be it.)


36 posted on 10/13/2009 7:24:17 PM PDT by whattajoke (Let's keep Conservatism real.)
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To: whattajoke

You concocted that entire story just to support evolution? You really need to find a hobby...like writing fiction.


37 posted on 10/13/2009 9:13:25 PM PDT by bogusname (Banish All Lliberals)
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To: bogusname
You concocted that entire story just to support evolution? You really need to find a hobby...like writing fiction.

? My post did nothing to support evolution at all. I even caveated my post with "(And yes, I AM making fun of the messenger and not bothering with his ridiculous message. So be it.)"

Please tell me what part of my post is fiction. I suppose he's not really my "friend" so you've got me there. What else?
38 posted on 10/14/2009 4:36:32 AM PDT by whattajoke (Let's keep Conservatism real.)
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To: whattajoke

That was a precoffee post. I apologize.


39 posted on 10/14/2009 6:42:15 AM PDT by bogusname (Banish All Lliberals)
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