Well, I had a wonderful, link-filled post about Alberto Gonzales' manipulation of the system written and ready to post, but it disappeared into the internet ether. I suspect that I am being watched by the FBI...
So in lieu of that, Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, is calling bullshit on fossils. Fossils? Yep. I don't really understand his thinking and he uses this Newsweek article to support his claim that fossil evidence is BS.
Funny, cause I have a whole different take on that article. The fossil record (as related to human evolution) has always been conjecture and the DNA evidence is now allowing scientists to more specifically match the fossil record to the steps in our evolutionary history.
The most interesting thing to me, is that all the available evidence points to a plethora of potentially human-ancestorial primates whose genetic line didn't survive. In other words, there were lots of candidates for human evolution, and only one survived until this day. Fascinating and humbling, isn't it?
By the way: if you have lots of time, the comments to Scott's post are worth taking a look at.
That was an interesting link. The phrases needed a bit of getting used to. My mom cleaned my mouth too often. :) In polite terms, Scot said that he had often thought of the current evolution theories and supporting fossils with skepticism. There were a LOT of comments. His server must be weeping for mercy already.
Posted by: Harry | May 8, 2007 12:49 PM | Permalink to Comment