Evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, May 22, 2009, 01:44 (5460 days ago) @ dhw

[/i] The article concludes: "The paper's scientific reviewers asked that they tone down their original claims that the fossil was on the human evolutionary line."
 
> I'm left wondering just how wonderful this wonder is...Any enlightening comments would be much appreciated. - The hoopla about "Ida" is greatly toned down. She 20+ million years old, her line of descent is in dispute and thinking paleontologists are upset at the drama over a fossil that has had only 30 comparisons done instead of the expected 100! Science now is getting more and more PR oriented. Is the recession threatening to cut the number of grants? Yes! So we see this foolishness.