This month, scientists hailed the discovery of two skeletons, nearly 2 million years old, located in South Africa that might provide clues on the age-old question of how apes transitioned into modern humans -- the proverbial "missing link."
Scientists are saying the discovery could help rewrite the history of human evolution by filling in gaps in existing scientific knowledge.
The finding also fuels the ongoing debate on exactly how man, planet Earth and all creation came into being.
I read the interesting story on the finding, and then it dawned on me that I faintly recall reading a story like it sometime before, so I decided to do an Internet search on the term "missing link."
Though the term has fallen out of favor in some scientific circles for giving an inaccurate description of how people evolved, it still helps most of us understand the type of ape-man creature scientists are talking about.
At first, I came up with story from 2009 on the discovery of a fossil from a lemur-like animal named Ida that was discovered in Germany. At that time, the 47-million-year-old fossil was termed a possible missing link.
But before Ida came Lucy.
In 2006, Lucy, the remains of a 3.3-million-year-old ape-human skeleton, was discovered in Ethiopia. It was called "a once-in-a-lifetime find," by Fred Spoor, a professor of evolution and anatomy at University College London.
I'm no scientist, but how can every significant evolutionary discovery be called a "missing link"? And just how many links are missing?
I guess time will tell, but in the meantime, check out this video on the most recent "missing link."
Anthony Hopkins was a God-fearing Christian. As he traveled throughout the rural South, preaching the word of the Lord, he would always have his Bible in tow. Folks who would gather to hear him preach stood in awe. Many even referred to him as a "prophet." This preacher did more than spread the Holy word, though. Little did Hopkins' followers know that he was a possible murderer, rapist and child molester.
Anthony Hopkins was a God-fearing Christian. As he traveled throughout the rural South, preaching the word of the Lord, he would always have his Bible in tow. Folks who would gather to hear him preach stood in awe. Many even referred to him as a "prophet." This preacher did more than spread the Holy word, though. Little did Hopkins' followers know that he was a possible murderer, rapist and child molester.
Four days after Haiti's earthquake, infant Jenny was rescued from the rubble and pulled from the arms of a dead woman. The baby was brought to the University of Miami medical center in terrible condition, and doctors did not expect her to survive, even though doctors called her "a miracle." Yesterday, Jenny was reunited with her parents, who had believed she was dead.
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Ninety-nine-year-old World War II veteran Akasease Kofi Boakye Yiadom has just graduated from Presbyterian University College's business school in Ghana. He enrolled when he was 96.
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