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filthy
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Posted - 01/20/2005 :  01:24:41  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
But from already known species.
quote:
Amazing hominid haul in Ethiopia

Fragments of at least nine hominids were found. Image: Sileshi Semaw
Fossil hunters working in Ethiopia have unearthed the remains of at least nine primitive hominids that are between 4.5 million and 4.3 million years old.

The fossils, which were uncovered at As Duma in the north of the country, are mostly teeth and jaw fragments, but also include parts of hands and feet.

All finds belong to the same species - Ardipithecus ramidus - which was first described about a decade ago.

Details of the discoveries appear in the latest issue of Nature magazine.
It's interesting that there are some nine individuals represented. It would be even more interesting if a skeleton as complete as Lucy's could be found.

Silence thus far from AiG and the Institute for Creative Rubbish.

Edited: gimmie a break, it's 3:30 in the morning...

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and Crypto-Communist!

Edited by - filthy on 01/20/2005 01:27:45

Starman
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Posted - 01/20/2005 :  01:35:51   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Starman a Private Message
Nice!

I'm pretty sure what the cretinist will say.
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But overall, the creature probably looked more like a chimpanzee than a human.
Ape!
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furshur
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Posted - 01/20/2005 :  07:01:47   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send furshur a Private Message
Thanks for the info, Filthy. Walking on 2 feet 4.3 million years ago, amazing. The picture of our origins keeps getting clearer and clearer. Unless you are a YEC in which case the blinders are getting bigger and bigger.
If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know.
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