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The Unveiling of Ardipithecus

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SixDegrees10/04/2009 9:53:47 am PDT

From the photo on the cover of Science, I gotta say that those bones don’t look to be much like “smithereens” at all. Compared to the grotty bits a lot of fossil hunters wind up working with, this specimen is remarkably intact and complete.

And yet, the wailing has already begun, aimed at people who will never read anything but their Bible and their church bulletin.