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Old 05-21-2009, 11:14 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by FuglyStick View Post
and I wish we still had tails, cause that would be, you know, cool
It seems like they would get in the way when doing it doggy style. Though if they were prehensile, you could get a tail job. And how would pants work? You'd have a hole right above your anus. Plus there's the added social complexity of having a tail: how to carry it, how to move it, when and where touching a tail is appropriate, etc... I have enough trouble with social conventions with my existing body parts, I don't need another one complicating things further. Anyways, back to more serious points...
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Personally, I would argue that we will never find a "true" missing link between apes/monkeys/humans because the way that evolution occurs means that a single identifiable species that split into three different lines (or even two distinct lines) may not actually exist, and probably will not exist in the very limited fossil record.
Not to mention the fact that "species" is a human construct, and somewhat nonsensical when applied to evolution.
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Of course, this suggests a further blow to Creationism.
If all of the evidence amassed so far hasn't stopped Creationism, this fossil won't either.
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