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Tiny Chinese Archicebus fossil is oldest primate yet found

Primate skeleton could give clues about human origins

Wikipedia article

The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution

1 posted on 06/06/2013 2:14:27 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: SunkenCiv

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2 posted on 06/06/2013 2:16:29 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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3 posted on 06/06/2013 2:24:49 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar
genus and species named Archicebus Achilles. Name makes me suspect they only found and all their conclusions are based on an ankle bone.

I understand natural selection and remain open to the possibility of trans species evolution, although nobody has observed nor can they, to my limited knowledge, logically explain how such mutation could happen and still result in viable offspring. But wild extrapolation from meager evidence is endemic to paleontology and human anthropology. So over the years I've become a knee jerk skeptic reading these kinds of articles.

5 posted on 06/06/2013 2:44:47 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: EveningStar

Another rewrite ???

At least as many as the Bengzahi talking points...


6 posted on 06/06/2013 2:55:18 PM PDT by Popman (Godlessness is always the first step to the concentration camp.)
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To: EveningStar

Confucius say man who find ape in family tree monkeying aound.


10 posted on 06/06/2013 3:58:14 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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I figured this was another Obama thread...


29 posted on 06/09/2013 4:08:40 AM PDT by MortMan (Disarming the sheep only emboldens the wolves.)
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