Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Ardi: The New Human Ancestor

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Dr. Mariottini has posted a great blog post about a new human ancestor supposedly showing common ancestory with chimpanzee and other apes. Here is part of what Marriottini wrote.


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National Geographic News is announcing that scientists have found the oldest “human” skeleton which, according to the scientists involved in the discovery, refutes the view that there was a missing link in the evolutionary chain.

I find myself intrigued. I want to know more about the evidence. One thing I keep wondering...when we find so-called ancestors to humans, why are they always seem to be female?

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Ardi: The New Human Ancestor