Comments on: Ardi, Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:48:55 +0000

PS and dont forget HOOSIERUNTER you might be talkin about our greatx grandmother!

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:50:10 +0000

HOOSIERHUNTER
Where’s all these missing links?

Are you mixing up newspaper hype with history neatly unfolding? We can’t apparently have sasquatch to drool over but we can have such as Ardi. Not my kind of girl, but she makes up for it with her strange beauty in the shape of beautiful theory, beautiful research and beautiful accessibility. One can dwell on the doubtless beauty of how in her time, she was a glossy coated, bright eyed, thriving part of a natural Eden-with lively offspring! She is a rare event and isnt the thing thus to do, enjoy her coming out.

Despite 15 years of work I think there is a lot more to be decided as the researchers peers have not had their chance to conjure up and come out with alternative scenarios? There will surely be a lot of questions and a lot of answers.

I wonder as a non-expert, about the extent of her bipedality at such an early time, was it partial in view of her climbing feet? About her musculature, wasnt it much better developed? Did she really stand bolt upright as shown? Was she a bit of a jumper, like a lemur, with those strong looking legs and hugh hands?

In addition she looks very much like one of the cryptozoological creatures that we find so interesting and just brings them all a little bit nearer if we can suspend reality a little.

By: norman-uk

norman-uk — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:18:01 +0000

Maeko Whats ”pseudo bipedality?
Sounds like Jake the Peg not using his extra leg!

By: HOOSIERHUNTER

HOOSIERHUNTER — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:51:17 +0000

Sigh…yet another missing link.
And no doubt it too will eventually be shown to be just a species of extinct primate.
I can hardly wait for the next one-and-only human ancestor that should come along in another few years as soon as someone finds another monkey bone or tooth.
[yawn].

By: faron27

faron27 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:47:37 +0000

I think maybe this is a ape/monkey however this fossil does not prove man came from apes. I mean they don’t even know if walked upright and I know I will probably get hammered by negative comments but it just seems to be a monkey to me and humans look like humans in my opinion we have 2 different paths in nature and I do not believe in evolution or the theory that one animal produces another animal of totally new species and monkey/apes are different than humans. I do like the drawings they are great and I know it energize the science world to do more research which is great .

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:18:37 +0000

Thanks for the information, Loren.

Definitely worth digesting.

And it only took 15 years…

By: fmurphy1970

fmurphy1970 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:25:46 +0000

Sorry Loren, must have skipped over title. Understand now. Thanks.

By: CalebKitson

CalebKitson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:14:18 +0000

This is amazing. I’m being forced to re-examine my beliefs.

By: maeko

maeko — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:29:28 +0000

this is mind-blowing! the (possibly pseudo) bipedalism itself. i would like to know more about the position of the skull on the vertebrae column. the thumb! what’s up with that thumb?! smaller proportions than pan! Ardi to Lucy is a HUGE leap in a short time! i have a feeling that Ardi OR Lucy is going to end up a parallel. either way, close enough for me. wow!

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:30:12 +0000

FMurphy, did you miss the title of this posting?

The song, not the singer, alludes to the fact that Ardi is teaching the teachers (the anthropologists and us) what we need to learn about this fossil form:

It’s a very ancient saying,
But a true and honest thought,
That if you become a teacher,
By your pupils you’ll be taught.

As a teacher I’ve been learning –
You’ll forgive me if I boast —
And I’ve now become an expert,
On the subject I like most.

Getting to know you.

Getting to know you,
Getting to know all about you.
Getting to like you,
Getting to hope you like me.