For the anti-evolution nutbags:

[Skjellyfetti]

Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution's first major step toward modern humans – findings some are calling a potential game-changer.

An analysis of the bones found in South Africa suggests Australopithecus sediba is the most likely candidate to be the ancestor of humans, said lead researcher Lee R. Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

The fossils, belonging to a male child and an adult female, show a novel combination of features, almost as though nature were experimenting. Some resemble pre-human creatures while others suggest the genus Homo, which includes Homo sapiens, modern people.

"It's as if evolution is caught in one vital moment, a stop-action snapshot of evolution in action," said Richard Potts, director of the human origins program at the Smithsonian Institution. He was not among the team, led by South African scientists, whose research was published online Thursday in the journal Science.

Scientists have long considered the Australopithecus family, which includes the famous fossil Lucy, to be a primitive candidate for a human ancestor. The new research establishes a creature that combines features of both groups.

The newly studied bones were found in 2008 in the fossil-rich cave region of Malapa near Johannesberg. Berger's then 9-year-old son, Matthew, found a bone that was determined to belong to the child. Two weeks later Berger uncovered the fossils of the female.

The journal published five papers detailing the findings, including separate reports on the foot, hand, pelvis and brain of A. sediba.

Berger said the brain, hand and foot have characteristics of both modern and early pre-human forms that show a transition under way. It represents a bona fide model that could lead to the human genus Homo, Berger said.

Kristian J. Carlson, also at Witwatersrand, said the brain of A. sediba is small, like that of a chimpanzee, but with a configuration more human, particularly with an expansion behind and above the eyes.

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[Ivytalk]

JellyBelly, you were scooped by polsongrizz. Turn in your Spindoktor credentials at the door on your way out!

[ASUG8]

I'm no archeologist, but the ridge on the head and the fact it was found in a cave is a dead giveaway that this was, in fact, a Sleestak.

[Skjellyfetti]

goddamnit

[Ivytalk]

goddamnit

Get 'em next time!

[AZGrizFan]

goddamnit

Gettin' slow, old man. And you ought to see the fat, old, tired man who BEAT your sorry ass to the punch!

[JoltinJoe]

So did they find bones which are two-million-years old, or two bones which are a million years old?

Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution's first major step toward modern humans – findings some are calling a potential game-changer.

[rebla 49er]

Crocoduck. Your move, evolutionists.

[AZGrizFan]

So did they find bones which are two-million-years old, or two bones which are a million years old?

Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution's first major step toward modern humans – findings some are calling a potential game-changer.

I don't know. How were the quotes used?

[JoltinJoe]

So did they find bones which are two-million-years old, or two bones which are a million years old?

Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution's first major step toward modern humans – findings some are calling a potential game-changer.

I don't know. How were the quotes used?

I think they were placed around, "6.93."

[polsongrizz]

goddamnit

Gettin' slow, old man. And you ought to see the fat, old, tired man who BEAT your sorry ass to the punch!

A s s h o l e

[polsongrizz]

goddamnit

I'm here for you.

No Homo

[AZGrizFan]

Gettin' slow, old man. And you ought to see the fat, old, tired man who BEAT your sorry ass to the punch!

A s s h o l e

Exhibit A is how fucking long it took you to respond to my jab, old-timer.

[CID1990]

This is old, old news. I think Nat Geo had it like 3-4 issues back.

Not surprising that SKfelchyfingers just now came out with it since his media universe is limited to HuffPo.

[Skjellyfetti]

This is old, old news. I think Nat Geo had it like 3-4 issues back.

Not surprising that SKfelchyfingers just now came out with it since his media universe is limited to HuffPo.

It's not old news, fucknut.

The fossils were discovered in 2008. But, NEW research... specifically on its human-like features and links to human evolution... is appearing in the September 2011 issue of Science Magazine presents new evidence that is discussed in the article.

NEW research...

The Endocast of MH 1, Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1402" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1407" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1417" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1421" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[D1B]

This is old, old news. I think Nat Geo had it like 3-4 issues back.

Not surprising that SKfelchyfingers just now came out with it since his media universe is limited to HuffPo.

Nice try Joltin Joe.

[CID1990]

This is old, old news. I think Nat Geo had it like 3-4 issues back.

Not surprising that SKfelchyfingers just now came out with it since his media universe is limited to HuffPo.

It's not old news, ****.

The fossils were discovered in 2008. But, NEW research... specifically on its human-like features and links to human evolution... is appearing in the September 2011 issue of Science Magazine presents new evidence that is discussed in the article.

NEW research...

The Endocast of MH 1, Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1402" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1407" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1417" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6048/1421" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nat Geo Online April 2010:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... -pictures/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Old news. Get your head out of HuffPo and join the world. You'll like Nat Geo. It is a AGW alarmist rag, but it has plenty of pretty pictures and graphs and sometimes a coloring section in the back. You'd like it.

[JoltinJoe]

This is old, old news. I think Nat Geo had it like 3-4 issues back.

Not surprising that SKfelchyfingers just now came out with it since his media universe is limited to HuffPo.

Nice try Joltin Joe.

A nice compliment for CID1990, and apropos too, since CID proved he was right about this being "old news" in the very next post.

[D1B]

Nice try Joltin Joe.

A nice compliment for CID1990, and apropos too, since CID proved he was right about this being "old news" in the very next post.

Uhhhhh, surrrrrre, but it's just that CLIT1990 was changing the subject in order to deflect attention from the main point of the thread, which is anti-evolution christian nutbags and their ongoing challenges in defending their position. You mainly do it to avoid answering difficult questions or when your're pinned up against the wall, by me.

Still waiting.



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[JoltinJoe]

A nice compliment for CID1990, and apropos too, since CID proved he was right about this being "old news" in the very next post.

Uhhhhh, surrrrrre, but it's just that CLIT1990 was changing the subject in order to deflect attention from the main point of the thread, which is anti-evolution christian nutbags and their ongoing challenges in defending their position. You mainly do it to avoid answering difficult questions or when your're pinned up against the wall, by me.

Still waiting.

Yea, you're right, I think that happened one time, and I did change the subject.

[D1B]

Uhhhhh, surrrrrre, but it's just that CLIT1990 was changing the subject in order to deflect attention from the main point of the thread, which is anti-evolution christian nutbags and their ongoing challenges in defending their position. You mainly do it to avoid answering difficult questions or when your're pinned up against the wall, by me.

Still waiting.

Yea, you're right, I think that happened one time, and I did change the subject.

"Perception modifies reality..." Hitchens 2010