missing link

Below I've compiled a list of the known ancestors of modern hominidae (great apes and humans). My purpose in compiling it is threefold: 1. To show that with so many transitional forms, the anthropological fossil record is very complete and thorough, even if our understanding of the precise...

A scientific bombshell just got dropped this morning. It's a day of extraordinary evidence in any event. 2009 is shaping up to be one of significant debate.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Missing-Link-Scientists-In-New-York-Unveil-Fossil-Of-Lemur-Monkey-Hailed-As-Mans-Earliest-Ancestor/Article/200905315284582?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15284582_Missing_Link%3A_Scientists_In_New_York_Unveil_Fossil_Of_Lemur_Monkey_Hailed...

I'm personally intrigued by the discovery of this fossil, which is supposedly so old that it gives scientists invaluable knowledge on our origins. Anyone else heard of it? http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/19/fossil-ida-missing-link

I looked on the last three pages, and couldn't find a thread on this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8057465.stm

Apparently Charles Darwin predicted this fossil, and now it's been found. Canadian fossil find sheds new light on seal evolution

Another gap sliced in twain: Turtle Ancestor Odontochelys - the Toothed Turtle http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/sc_nm/us_china_turtle_1

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081015-tiktaalik-evolution-missions.html If science can discover another few thousand of such "missing links" the Creationists may be finally satisfied. (Or, then again, maybe not. ;) )

A new fossil "Frogamander" find gives definition to the ancestors of three classes of amphibians with something very close to a common ancestor of two of them. One (or more!) gap gods bite the dust. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080521/sc_nm/fossil_frog_dc_1 Discovered in 1995, now reported in...

This was in this morning's USA Today. The jaw and 11 teeth were found in 2005, and may be from the last common ancestor of us, and the apes. "SCIENTISTS say a 10-million-year-old jaw bone in Kenya they believe belonged to a new species of great ape could be the legendary "missing link" in the...

Tiktaalik - a "fishapod" (fish with feet) time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1180415,00.html (can't post a link 'cause I'm too new - you'll need to copy/paste)