andrewwhaley
Missing Link: Scientists In New York Unveil Fossil Of Lemur Monkey Hailed As Man’s Earliest Ancestor | World News | Sky News So, I haven’t read this over too closely yet, but thought I’d toss it out there for your perousal. The most interesting comment I’ve heard thus far, regarding this animals characteristics unlike other lemurs and typical of monkies, is “But, what if it’s a retard?”  My young friend raises the question, in a somewhat non-PC manner, of whether finding one “link” can ever be proven as a “link” and not just a malformed instantation of one of the two species supposedly linked. I personally have no real problem with a natural selection and man’s corporality having evolved over millenia, but I do have a problem with bad arguments and overstated claims.

Missing Link: Scientists In New York Unveil Fossil Of Lemur Monkey Hailed As Man’s Earliest Ancestor | World News | Sky News

So, I haven’t read this over too closely yet, but thought I’d toss it out there for your perousal. The most interesting comment I’ve heard thus far, regarding this animals characteristics unlike other lemurs and typical of monkies, is “But, what if it’s a retard?”  My young friend raises the question, in a somewhat non-PC manner, of whether finding one “link” can ever be proven as a “link” and not just a malformed instantation of one of the two species supposedly linked. I personally have no real problem with a natural selection and man’s corporality having evolved over millenia, but I do have a problem with bad arguments and overstated claims.