47-million-year-old Fossil

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:19 am

This fully intact fossil from bare time ago, said one of our great great aunts or something lol.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8057465.stm

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:27 am

Seen this on the news, not that old to be fair

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:28 am

Lol just said 47 million on the news site, still though quite a good find and good piece of history invealed imo

Rommy T · Post by **Rommy T** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:16 am

sick video dinosaurs are the best creatures ever

missedthebus · Post by **missedthebus** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:11 pm

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:53 pm

IT'S A REPTILLIAN!

magma · Post by **magma** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:27 pm

Rompie wrote:sick video dinosaurs are the best creatures ever

DanRev wrote:IT'S A REPTILLIAN!

Both of these posts confuse me!

This isn't a great find because it's so old (you could find older fossils at your nearest beach, probably), it's a great find because it's a possible missing link that pieces together a massive bit of the evolutionary puzzle between lower mammals and primates.

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:49 pm

It looks more like a dinosaur than a lemur.

I think these "scientists" are just agents of the reptillian overlords plan.

reference · Post by **reference** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:04 am

reference · Post by **reference** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:04 am

boy_arena · Post by **boy_arena** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:17 pm

photoshop

carlyx · Post by **carlyx** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:32 am

To make this fine specimen,
all you need is some paste.. this can be made by using flour and water, simply mix together 1 part flour to 2 parts water. You will want it to be the consistency of thick glue, but you also want it to be runny and not thick like paste you can add more water or flour if necessary, also remember to mix well to remove any lumps. Now you need lots & lots of paper, for example scrunched up newspaper and even bits of cardboard from a cereal box if you want to give you're fossil a more define flaky look. Now for a change, you don't actually need a toilet roll tube. Mix you're paper with a paste to create the paper-mache. Now we need a canvas for you're fossil, again we could use some cardboard, or alternatively use you're front garden. Create the shape of you're fossil with the paper-mache.. and leave to set for about 20 minutes to half an hour. Finish off by adding details to you're fossil such as paint, and even give it a more realistic feeling by spreading glue all over the cardboard and sprinkling sand or mud over the canvas. Once dry Compress down with a large enough paper weight and leave over night.

and there we have it you're very own 47 million year-old lemur type thing fossil
....here's one I made earlier.

I need a life.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:31 pm

carlyX wrote:....here's one I made earlier.

Where??? lol

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:34 pm

It's Dead Rats' grandma.

did · Post by **did** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:38 pm

Reverend Dale wrote:It's Dead Rats' grandma.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEF!!!!!!!!!

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:41 pm

Reverend Dale wrote:It's Dead Rats' grandma.

i can see the resemblance lol.

Whistla · Post by **Whistla** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:43 pm

really looking forward to readin sum more papers (when they get published) about this.
might be time for the creationists to give up

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:46 pm

DJ Whistla wrote:really looking forward to readin sum more papers (when they get published) about this.
might be time for the creationists to give up

Theres a documentry about this on bbc1 26th may 9oclock

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:06 pm

Overrated, overhyped, waay too sensationalized.

Ida may be a turning point, though, but for all the wrong damn reasons. They sold this as a 'missing link' that would impact our understanding of human evolution how we're linked to apes. Meanwhile, this is older, in fact 20 million years older, than any ape in the fossil record. It's a transitional form between non-tarsier Prosimians and Simians (monkeys, apes, tarsiers, great apes, etc). No more, no less, and she's amazing for her completeness. 95% of the whole skeleton of a primate is incredible. However, this is absolutely NOTHING we didn't expect to find, at all. It's found in the Messel Pit in Germany, aye? The fact that its found in Germany is no surprise to anyone and the time frame is exactly what we had expected to.

It doesn't answer any questions, nor raise new ones. It confirmed predictions.

Now, this is a turning point in science because these douche bags are overhyping it to capitalize on their discovery. They're milking a great find, neglecting what is great about it and whore it out to the media to make some quick cash without letting any other scientist research it. It's a travesty.

I post at a paleontology forum and guess how much discussion there is about it? Exactly, none. You know why? It's nothing we hadn't predicted. Nada. And it's pretty much irrelevant to our descend from apes. Some (all) mainstream articles conclude that this fossil could 'finally confirm Darwin's claim of common descend'. Bullcrap, bullcrap, bullcrap. It's all been confirmed already. This fossil doesn't change anything.

As far as discoveries that shed new light on animal evolution go, Tianyulong and the discovery of venom glands in Komodo dragons are far more exciting.

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