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In response to "Police turned out and shut down Santiago Canyon College after receiving reports of someone in camo with a high powered weapon in the parking lot..." by MojaveMeg

Hey, MojaveMeg, as a person in the field, do you have an opinion on our missing link friend unveiled yesterday?

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) May 20 '09, 23:11

Personally, I'm ambivalent. "Missing link" is a misnomer generally used by people outside the field, given that evolution - by definition - is a progression and thus there cannot be one specific "link".

Mop

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Exactly. 45 million years is a long time to trace a line to man. I'll grant that this is a wonderful specimen, and will advance our knowledge of - MojaveMeg May 20, 23:19 5
- what Meg said. There is no missing link. Someone hired PT Barnum as their publicist. -- nm - loosilu May 21, 07:13
- 95% complete is freaking awesome for 45 million years old! Now we know with absolute certainty that it... - Mop May 20, 23:25 3
  - Mop, no one laughed when they saw it in the film. I doubt they'll start now. - tee-woo-gee May 21, 06:42 2
    - That joke's from a movie? I thought it was a Mop original. -- nm - Roger More May 21, 06:44 1
      - Madagascar and Madagascar 2 (I enjoyed both, although the first one is better) -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 07:17

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Hey, MojaveMeg, as a person in the field, do you have an opinion on our missing link friend unveiled yesterday?

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