47-Million-Year-Old Darwinius Masillae Fossil the Missing Link?
Women on the Web, NY
Technically called a Darwinius masillae, but nicknamed "Ida," the juvenile female primate was discovered in Germany's Messel Pit and is one of the most intact fossils ever found. In fact, scientists were even able to identify her last meal: fruit, ...To be continued.
Creationists freak out over Darwinius
ScienceBlogs
How are the creationists reacting to the discovery of Darwinius masillae? With denial and outrage, of course, but one thing that is an interesting datum is that they are all responding to the extravagant hype surrounding it. The fossil is important and ...To be continued.
Creationist Apocalypse
Examiner.com
Meet Darwinius masillae, the Creationist Movement Killer. This cute little character is being billed as the long-sought Missing Link, the ancestral father of all humanity. Ida's discovery is sure to ruffle more than a few feathers. ...To be continued.
Secrecy in science
ScienceBlogs
So it's understandable that Kevin Drum is confused about the secrecy surrounding "Ida", the name given to the newly-described fossil scientifically known as Darwinius masillae. The fossil represents an unusually well-preserved early primate, ...To be continued.
Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in ...
Elites TV, TX
The specimen is described as Darwinius masillae n.gen. n.sp. belonging to the Cercamoniinae. Because the skeleton is lightly crushed and bones cannot be handled individually, imaging studies are of particular importance. Skull radiography shows a host ...To be continued.
Google celebrates missing link
PC Advisor, UK
Darwinius masillae is a small lemur-like creature that lived 47 million years ago. The Times reports that the fossil, nicknamed Ida, "could be an ancient ancestor of humans". Wikipedia states that the first Google Doodle was designed by Larry Page and ...To be continued.
Roundup: News From Around the Web
Advocate.com, CA
Meet Darwinius masillae, aka Ida: Scientists hail the newly discovered 47-million-year-old primate fossil as a "missing link" in the study of human evolution. Marriage equality = pedophilia? The new chief Republican counsel for the Senate Judiciary ...To be continued.
STRATEGISTS <----> JOURNALISTS <----> PUBLICS
ScienceBlogs
As the NY Times describes, today's media event that unveils the fossilized remains of the monkey like creature Darwinius masillae features a unique collaboration between the History Channel, the open-access journal PLoS One, and the American Museum of ...To be continued.
Lemur links the blind and the lame
Canoe.ca, Canada
The fossil whose Latin name is Darwinius masillae is the latest blast in the ongoing battle between science and religion. There's been a pretty predictable response from the creationist blogosphere. Answersingenesis.org, for example, hastens to assure ...To be continued.
Ida: Humankind's Earliest Ancestor! (Not Really)
TIME
Ida — her scientific name is Darwinius masillae — dates to about 47 million years ago, when temperatures were warmer than they are today and when mammals underwent a burst of evolutionary diversification. In particular, that's when the primates began ...To be continued.
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