Tag: missing link
More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence
This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for.
Fossil Friday: Hagfish and Lampreys Overturn Scenarios of Vertebrate Phylogeny and Evolution
Their fossil record as well as their incongruent pattern of anatomical similarities is better explained by intelligent design.
Fossil Friday: Is the Four-Legged Snake Tetrapodophis a Missing Link or Not?
There should have existed transitional forms, which exhibit at least some typical features of basal snake anatomy.
Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo
The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania.
Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar
The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent.