Charlie in Dayton
Rabid radioactive stargazer and JREF kid
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You just know that the Hovind Clan and like-thinking (?) types are gonna be all over this, trying to shred it into garden bone meal...
From Scientific American:
SCIENCE NEWS
September 20, 2006
Special Report: Lucy's Baby, a Stunning New Human Fossil
An extraordinary new human fossil comes to light
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A three year old female Austrolopithecus afarensis fossil skeleton has been found , in a remarkable state of completeness, giving scientists a fascinating view of the transition between the tree dwellers and the land roamers of our far past. Not all the transitions from ape-like to human-like happened at once, apparently. The most useful evolutionary transitions happened first -- and here's the fossil evidence to support that claim.
Transitional fossils, anyone?
The article includes closeup photos of the transition areas of the skeletal structure, in an interactive link.
From Scientific American:
SCIENCE NEWS
September 20, 2006
Special Report: Lucy's Baby, a Stunning New Human Fossil
An extraordinary new human fossil comes to light
*******end excerpt
A three year old female Austrolopithecus afarensis fossil skeleton has been found , in a remarkable state of completeness, giving scientists a fascinating view of the transition between the tree dwellers and the land roamers of our far past. Not all the transitions from ape-like to human-like happened at once, apparently. The most useful evolutionary transitions happened first -- and here's the fossil evidence to support that claim.
Transitional fossils, anyone?
The article includes closeup photos of the transition areas of the skeletal structure, in an interactive link.