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Old 05-20-2009, 11:09 AM   #133
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Missing Link Found (a overzealous news statement, truth is in the details)

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2...s_masillae.php

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm

Here's a really nice closeup of it, considering the age of it, 47 million years, this is mind blowing how well preserved it is.

http://www.revealingthelink.com/more...plate_full.jpg
Great quote from that article:

"Go ahead and be excited by this find, I know I am. Just remember to be excited tomorrow and the day after and the day after that, because this is perfectly normal science, and it will go on."
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