Is it still missing?
2007-05-01 17:48:29 · 9 answers · asked by robert_roseth 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Neanderthal was a missing link but it turned out it was not an ancestor. Zinjanthropus (Paranthropus Boisei) was a missing link but was also not an ancestor. Habilis was a missing link but is also probably not an ancestor. Java Man, him too. There are clearly missing links in the human evolution and as pointed out there are a chain of them. The problem is identifying them with the limited fossil evidence. Everyone wants to find one so whenever anyone finds something close they argue for it being a missing link. I suspect that Sahelanthropus, Homo rudolphensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo ergaster and probably a few others were links in that they later evolved into humans. It is really impossible to be sure at this point.
2007-05-02 04:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by JimZ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There's not one missing link. We don't have a complete chain from the common simian ancestor up to us, so there are multiple missing links. Also as soon as we find one, it's not missing anymore. :)
There is also a heated debate among the scientific community about when we stopped being simians and started being humans. Homo habilis? Homo neandertalus? Homo erectus? Which one is human?
2007-05-02 04:40:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The tree from which modern human has evolved has multiple links and they were many different sub-species in our ancestors, so we are not really sure how many missing links we look after, but since it is very difficult to even look for mammals remains, it is even more difficult to find remains from the H.O.M.O family up to ours.
2007-05-02 21:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I typed into yahoo seach your phrase
"Missing link in human evolution"
Here are three that turned up.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0413_060413_evolution.html
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-04/2006-04-12-voa67.cfm?CFID=69756268&CFTOKEN=34767817
http://goldsea.com/Asiagate/603/26skull.html
If you have more information on what you mean, you could narrow the search down.
2007-05-02 01:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by Ray M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its still missing.
2007-05-08 11:39:24 · answer #5 · answered by soulsearcherofthetruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are here so what is missing? The human is what evolution made him/her.
2007-05-08 13:42:54 · answer #6 · answered by abigale g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did find the missing link. He can be found on just about every NBA , NHL and NFL team.
2007-05-02 00:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by WestTex Kid 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a friend who looks just like "number four from the end" on the Evolutionary Chart. Does that help?
2007-05-02 01:38:57 · answer #8 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, found 1976
2007-05-02 00:52:11 · answer #9 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋