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Several years ago the Chinese thought they found it. They were dead wrong. Also is it just me or does a lot of science seem to be based on accidents? Erosion should could of messed with this things bone structure making some changes that we could mistake for human traits.
Also when ever they try to figure out the big bang, evolution. ect I find it funny how they always come up with one missing part. They do not want to accept the idea of a God who controls everything!
P.S. Why do a non- believers feel the need to put Christians down?

- Joseph, Springfield., 23/05/2009 05:29
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Bless you Napolean Blownaparte I have always wanted that award. So many people say that I deserved it. Your faith in me is justified.

- Jon Vickers, SC USA, 21/05/2009 14:10
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Gary, Brentwood:

I don’t feel the need to drag anyone down, I just ignore anyone who belives in a god as I think they are nutters.

George Bush springs to mind.

And now I see the church in Ireland is going to have to pay out millions because of the churches pervert actions.

- Sean Dempsey, hayes london., 21/05/2009 10:19
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Isn't it ironic that those who refute evolution are generally those who are most badly in need of it?

- Bob, Cheam, 21/05/2009 09:15
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This is Rubbish. They will do anything to try to prove their point. Just another old Monkey.

- Ruckus (Ex-Pat), Myrtle Beach USA, 21/05/2009 02:08
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"The current "evolution therioes"have more to do with Masonic claptrap hype,..promoting their own clique,..than proving life was deliberately brought here by alien species in UFO's and is still so to this very day"

...interesting (if only a lot silly). OK - aliens brought the early humans here, did they? Ummm, where did they come from before they were brought here? And you know the answer... because... what?

Idle curiosity - how did Freemasonry get involved in this (other than being an obvious pet hate that in all likelihood gets blamed for everything this silly-brigade spokesman doesn't like)? To be a freemason, you have to believe in a deity - not the most fertile ground for ardent evolutionist support.

But don't let rational thought get in the way of a good, mindless rant. Takes all the fun out of it, doesn't it!

- Rogan, Irving, 21/05/2009 01:51
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Napoleon Blownaparte: Don't worry, this piece of "filth" is happy to pray for you: believe me mate, you need it.

- Sean, London, 21/05/2009 01:40
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All species modify to their environment. But one species swap to another its nonsense. This is clearly a reptile. No matter how many billionbs of years you need to do it it wont happen. Its like Piltdown man its a fraud.

- Peter, Camberley UK, 21/05/2009 00:25
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All this fuss over a dead rat!

- Napoleon Blownaparte, London, 20/05/2009 16:57
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I'm a non-believer and proud of it. Religion, particularly the catholic church, is FILTH.

- Napoleon Blownaparte, London, 20/05/2009 16:47
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"I'm still not convinced that one species can evolve into another. I can totally see how species can modify based on their environment." - Hailey Bell, London

Read up on allopatric speciation.

- Paul, London, 20/05/2009 16:29
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I am not a fan of the "search for a missing link" approach to proving evolution. If the religeous zealots cannot see the similarities and be open enough to try and understand DNA then let them foam at the mouth and resort to snide remarks (very tollerant!) to try and defend their quickly eroding patch.

Great chunks of evolution will always be missing because they happened so long ago. If this proves to fill a gap in this history then great for the scientists and I am sure they will learn a great deal. However it still leaves a gap before and a gap afterwards. We should not see it as a gap filler, but more of a piece in a puzzle.

By pretending that there are missing links and that as a result there are weaknesses in the theory of evolution just gives comfort to the zealots. While I am on the topic, everything in science is a theory because scientists are brave enough to be open minded and will question appraise and re-assess their work to refine it and improve it. On the other hand, zealots will close the doors, place their fingers in their ears and shout "la la la la la la.." if you ask them to question, *really question* the religion they stand for. They are encouraged by their church to never question because there is strength in faith. I guess that the zealots will be treating their ailments with prayer since they wouldn't want to consider that scientists have made improvements through evidence based medicine would they?

- Jon, london,England, 20/05/2009 16:24
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this is bad, as some of the theries on tv. get lost

- Lyndal Hainley, south fulton tn, 20/05/2009 16:24
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Nothing will ever satisfy people who want to believe. They have too much at stake and fear too much to give up superstition.

- Angela, London, 20/05/2009 16:23
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So Scientists have proved Darwin was right. These are the same cretinous Scientists who believe that the Earth is not the centre of the Universe (how else would God create it - you unbelievers will burn) - or that the Earth is not flat. Scientists are crazy folk. If the Earth was round we would fall off the bottom part. God created Labradors. Who ever saw a Labrador give birth to a Cocker Spaniel. You would have to be mad to imagine that God did not create every race of man seperately. Indians never give birth to Inuit. Scientists are MAD.

- Richard Holland, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 20/05/2009 16:12
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The Life Of Brian was spot on then?

- Jonnie Of Brixton, brixton,london,england, 20/05/2009 16:04
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Maybe when our current crop of holy books, the Bible, the Qu'ran, the Torah, the Vedas, the Book of Morman to name but a few, start singing from the same hymn sheet as to how we came to be, I might pay a little more attention to the religious explanation.

Until then I'm thinking of becoming a Pastafarian, one who follows the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (blessed be his noodly appendages. Long ago, His Noodliness decided, in his great wisdom, to make stuff. His first task was easily the most difficult. On the first day, he made a mountain, trees and a "midgit". The midgit took the greatest time, as He had to create a small human, having never even created a human before. At the end of that day, it was so, at which point, He spent the next 3 days making everything else, including the first 3-day weekend, the Shroud of Napkin, and fake carbon atoms to fool scientists and geologists. He then rested on the 5th, 6th and 7th days. Simple, eh?

What's not to like about this creation story? After all it's not as though its any more unbelievable than its esteemed alternatives!

- Leytonstoner, London England, 20/05/2009 15:54
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Hear ye, hear ye, Miss P. I agree with you totally. I firmly believe in God and can definitely reconcile my religious beliefs with science. God is all powerful and capable of anything, even evolution. However I'm not clever or scientifically minded at all ad I'm still not convinced that one species can evolve into another. I can totally see how species can modify based on their environment.

- Hailey Bell, London, 20/05/2009 15:53
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Congratulations Jon Vickers! You have just won the coveted award of Weirdo of the Year!!

- Napoleon Blownaparte, London, 20/05/2009 15:49
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God created the earth. Why I have not a clue or how and a million other questions and he certainly created the earth to evolve from 'AFTER' the big bang. The big question for me is who invested God???

- Peter Mills, 3rd world Brtain, 20/05/2009 15:49
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Scientists reveal the 'missing link' that proves Darwinism - Wow what a stab in the dark. This is a great article that reveals the desperate position that the Religion of Evolution finds itself in. We found an old fossil - it has 2 forward looking eyes - it must be where we came from. Article is titled this proves Darwinsism - then inside article it says it could be missing link? Why do Christians get put down for putting faith into a God - Evolution requires a great deal of faith - to say it is based on fact is not true? There are many artifacts that have been discovered that validates the Bible. Not one artifact validates evolution. The earth can be millions or billions of years old and that still does not contradict the bible. The 6 Days of creation could be periods of time as that Hebrew word for day "YOM" is used elsewhere for periods of time. What kind of answer do the evolutiionist have for the primordial soup's origin, where did it come form, and if they can answer that, where did that source come from? Cna you take a box full of lincoln logs and shake them up and throw them out and expect a log cabin to come out perfectly put together - can this happen on one try - of course not, but if you shook the container of logs up for a million years do you think you could at one point look inside the box and find a perfectly put together log cabin. Now that is faith - that is a crutch - that is a blind leap based on nothing.

- Jamie, Chillicothe, Ohio, 20/05/2009 14:59
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If Darwin's evidence is "overwhelming", how come this is the very first fossil of a "transitional" species ever found?? It's not like Baldrick hasn't been digging up all our back gardens for years.

I think all you Darwinians should be a bit more circumspect.

Meanwhile, I'll stick to Paul von Däniken's theory. You know it makes sense.

- Haskey, London SE1, 20/05/2009 13:53
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I is gratifying to know that open minded people like Miss P, of Londen still exist.
The bible states that God is spirit and must be served in spirit and in truth.
God exists in Spirit universe and is only concerned with
salvaging (salvation)the souls of men which are also spirit entities.
Man the terrestrial exists in Matter universe and flesh and blood cannot inherit thr spiritual kingdom of God.
Human souls have been incarnating into terrestrial bodies for thousands of years and as spiritual beings, have been manipulating and altering terrestrial DNA just like a taylor alters a suit, untill it fits the requirements of the wearer.
Souls were the third of the stars which Satan (previously Lucifer)drew out of heaven with his tail or tale (propaganda)and cast IN the earth.The souls were naive and fell into his trap. Eve was not the first woman on earth, Eve or Ev is the metaphore for a soul and exists for ev-er.
Adam was not the first male of the terrestrial species as Adam is a metaphor for the mind of.
The serpent was a demonic entity, snakes cannot talk and never have. So the terrestrial we know as man is actually a combination of Mind And Nature MAN.
The number seven is mentioned 150 times in the bible S/EVE/N.Spirit/Eve/Nature, the terrestrial.
I pray for all who do not beleive in God. Seek and you will find.

- The Terrestrial, South Africa, 20/05/2009 13:41
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Yo, this is God speaking. So I made a few mistakes trying to create you morons. Remember I'm working in the dark. I didn't know how I look. I just wanted to make someone like me. I created some weird creatures but none of them felt right, so I let them die out. Then a few million years ago i created something that almost felt like me. But I don't think I succeeded. I don't do wars and hate, you do. So, I am going to let you morons die out, then I am going to try again. Maybe next time I will be successful. So long suckers.
God.

- Jon Vickers, SC USA, 20/05/2009 13:26
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Evolution does not preclude a God, just demonstrates all the holy books to be a wonderful story books. Personally I find Aesop Fables to be a better series of scripture to follow ones life with than the Koran, bible or the Vedas. Evolution is a fact based on the theory which becomes a fact as it has been observed, whereas god, Buddha or Profit Mohammed. Or at least in manner we can check in the 20th centaury.

Sean Dempsey you may have a point as everyone needs hope, so logically a poorer person would find a friend in religion whereas the richer landowner is seeking control to stop the upraising and to justify his selfish habits, thus why the state encourages religious beliefs. Shame you feel the need to drag people down with you

- Gary, Brentwood, 20/05/2009 12:20
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Was A Brown educated at one of Labour's new academies?

- Anil Chatterjee, Manchester

I think that bit of "anil chatter" is in the wrong post!

- Napoleon Blownaparte, London, 20/05/2009 12:13
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Do any of you not think that science and religion can co-exist and that it is indeed possible to believe in a higher power/God who may well have created the world originally and intended evolution to take place anyway? To me, Darwin's theories have been proven and yet for such amazing evolution to have happened over the millions of years on this planet, I find it incredible that people have so little imagination as to think there is nothing out there but what one can see. It wasn't long ago people had no concept of atoms...i feel sorry for people that go through life without an open mind.

- Miss P, London, 20/05/2009 12:12
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Was A Brown educated at one of Labour's new academies?

- Anil Chatterjee, Manchester, 20/05/2009 12:02
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Interesting that the posts that pop up first are written by atheists. There is nothing to dipute that the good lord is at odds with Darwinism, unless of course you're dealing with some fundamentalist half wit that believes the Bible was written by God to omit the scientific evidence that our grey matter has disearned. Of course the next worst thing is a person who can't wrap their mind around something they can't see, or touch. As the religeous zelots fight with the robots of tangible reality we lose sight of what's really going on. Everything dies! It's how you live that matters.

- Robert C., Pittsburgh,PA. USA, 20/05/2009 12:02
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Mr Brown.

I think your spelling needs some evolution.

Why is the less educated the person is, the more they believe in a god.

Strange.......

- Sean Dempsey, hayes london., 20/05/2009 11:29
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OK, here goes, bloke is conceived without sex, is born in stable under big shiny star surrounded by cute animals and his visited by gift bearing 'kings', escapes alleged death threat by nasty Roman types, then...disappears, many years later resurfaces again, does miracles? you know, water to wine (now that would be handy), fishes, loaves etc, cures all sorts ailments all by himself with no medical training either, then there's the whole crucifixion episode, sadistically tortured and killed, came back to life after 3 days and even had a conversation with people before finally taking off for the heavens assisted by.. wait for it angels, yep you got it flying humans, where he is still hanging out with his dad and some bloke called the holy ghost! Mmmm OOOOOKKKKKKK!!! I think i'll stick with Darwin, fossils and monkeys. How many creationists does it take to change a lightbulb? None, god is their light and he never goes out!.. unless he evolves into a dead star in which case, oh never mind !

- Ed, Hants, 20/05/2009 11:28
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Here! Here! Michael of London - very well said. I've had a lifelong interest in evolutionary science, and I am curently studying an Open University degree reading geology and palaeontology. What my interest and my studies have taught me is to be clear minded, to look at the evidence, and use reason to understand how the world works - not superstition. Whenever a good story like this it promoted, the vitriolic religious zealots are the first on the warpath.

Comments like A Brown's that make me grateful I'm an athiest. To me, religion is the root of all ignorance and controls people through fear. Please educate yourself by a visit to London's Natural History Museum.

I'll be tuning into David Attenborough's programme about this next week to find out more about this fascinating creature.

- Cally G, Essex, UK, 20/05/2009 10:57
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This is all carp.
I AM God and I didn't make that.
I did however make the aliens who made it.
For irrefutable proof of alien life amongst us, see the Polish blokes photos of Cardiff nightlife earlier this week;none of that is human.

- Kedge, marlboro wilts, 20/05/2009 10:49
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A Brown, Attenborough did not say they designed themselves; rather selection pressure modified their form to suite their ever changing environment. Each animal is not unique; DNA evidence proves that we are all related whether insect, plants or animals, we all stem from a common ancestor. Working in a pathology department all I can say is your so called god is a complete amateur when it comes to design.

- Stephend, London, England, 20/05/2009 10:39
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There is something about the nature of Time which makes it difficult to determine the true origin of man. At the moment science is just scratching at the corner of understand how time may run forwards and backwards.And to consider the possibility that there are other dimensions in which Time is meaningless. What, you ask, has this got to do with man's evolution? Simply this, that in the 1890s an acheologist found a human footprint in a rock in Arizona, in a strata 86000000 years old. How can this be a missing link if it came 39Million years later?

- Jeremiah, London, 20/05/2009 10:39
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What a truly breathtaking discovery, but it was only a matter of time, and, of course, there's more to come. I have to pinch myself to be aware that I wake and not dream when I see religious fundamentalism - and, let's face it, just good ole fashioned religion not only existing but on the rise. This is surely proof of the saying 'There's one born every minute.' May the non-existent gods bless Darwin.

- John Neighbour, London., 20/05/2009 10:18
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As interesting as this specimen may be, I agree that whewther or not it is a "missing link" hardly matters in terms of proof of Darwin's theory; even if we had no fossils the evidence from DNA and physiology etc etc etc overwhelmingly supports evolution by natural selection and this includes Homospiens.

- Alan, London, 20/05/2009 10:18
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I have to disagree with Dave Davies, Basingstoke.

It does in fact look like a grovelling Tory politician caught with his hand in the till and apologising for the "error".

- Glennm, London, 20/05/2009 10:09
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This is the best news for years,as it takes us one step closer to debunking"if we haven't already" the total fictitious nonsense of the Adam and eve preposterous myth that has been perpetrated through ignorance and superstition by people that really should know better for centuries.But then i suppose there will always be those that fall for delusional clap trap.

- Kev, London-UK, 20/05/2009 10:07
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A Brown - congratulations on the most entertaining post here for some time.

I thought you were going to be just another creationist, but managing to explain away Darwin and evolution as the result of 'Masonic Claptrap' and that all life on earth has been brought here by aliens! Genius!

Do you have a website?

- Liberal And Proud, London, UK, 20/05/2009 09:55
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I'd be more impressed with A Brown's sweeping certainties if they were backed up with actual evidence.

And even then, the evidence will have to be so conclusive and clinching as to overturn a century and a half of biological, geological and cosmological research, all of which suggests that Darwin was anything but "a cretin".

What's so extraordinary about his theory isn't so much its magnitude as its even more breathtaking simplicity - and the fact that every discovery we've made since (notably genetics and DNA) has reinforced its essential truth. Darwin was wrong about certain things (just as any scientist engaged in cutting-edge research will make mistakes), but there's no serious doubt any more that he was absolutely right about the fundamentals.

Creationists can huff and puff all they like, but they lost this argument decades ago, and need to come up with a far more convincing one to stay in the game. Claiming that all scientists (Worldwide? Over decades?) are part of a gigantic Masonic conspiracy doesn't really cut it somehoe - not least because there's no evidence to back THAT up either!

- Michael, London, 20/05/2009 09:38
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Pure logic states we evolved but mooting this subject is always spoiled by religious nuts searching for a meaning to life. All this begs the question does god play dice?

- Gary, Brentwood, 20/05/2009 09:33
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I think most people agree with Darwin his evidence is over whelming. The amount of data collected over the past 150 years about evolution is incredible, and now with DNA sampling showing we are 98% chimpanzee clinches it. At the end of the day we are just another species of ape, unless of course you believe in fairy stories.

- Stephend, London, England, 20/05/2009 09:08
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It looks like a grovelling Labour politician caught with his hand in the till and apologising for the "error".

- Dave Davies, Basingstoke, 20/05/2009 08:54
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The missing link can be viewed on English town centres every weekend by the drunken antics of the innebriated citizens.

- William, Haywards Heath UK, 20/05/2009 08:31
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I have never heard such garbage spoken over evolution..one hears it on BBC by Attenborough only this week in a film about beetles,..HE like others state that animals can design, bulld and grow their own body to match their enviroment
The film this week he said over a particular beetle,..can & had designed ITSELF (reffering to something to dowith its wings & legs)

no animal, tree, plant etc ,.."can design itself"or construct its DNA,..each life form is unique,..MAN is unique, Darwin is a cretin,..each race, species of man is unique,.
we did not EVER emerge from a soup,swim,..grow legs emerge on land ,..walk then talk and now build space rockets
Darwin is a fraud,..like many theroies promoted by UK Freemasonry,..to hype up their old and long forgotten ex-members work in various feilds of science
The current "evolution therioes"have more to do with Masonic claptrap hype,..promoting their own clique,..than proving life was deliberately brought here by alien species in UFO's and is still so to this very day

- A Brown, uk, 20/05/2009 08:24
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