Oxytropidoceras Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ancient human ancestor looked like an eel: study Kendra Mangione, ctvtoronto.ca. March 5, 2012 http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120305/pikaia-gracilens-fossil-analysis-human-genetic-link-study-120305/20120305?hub=Toronto Humanity’s origins could be traced to ancient worm: scientists. Postmedia News March 5, 2012 http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/05/humanitys-orgins-could-be-traced-to-ancient-worm-scientists/ Did we evolve from a worm? Independent, March 6, 2012 http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/discovery/did-we-evolve-from-a-worm-1.1249764 Humans' ancient ancestor revealed - as a 505 million-year-old 'eel' Cambridge News, March 5, 2012 http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Education-and-Training/Universities/Humans-ancient-ancestor-revealed-as-a-505-million-year-old-eel-05032012.htm The paper is: Morris, S. C., J-B. Caron, 2012, Pikaia gracilens Walcott, a stem-group chordate from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia. Biological Reviews. Article first published online: 4 MAR 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00220.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00220.x/abstract A related article is: Burgess Shale: Cambrian Explosion in Full Bloom by James W. Hagadorn. PDF file at http://www3.amherst.edu/~jwhagadorn/publications/Lag2.pdf Pikaia – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikaia and http://paleobiology.si.edu/burgess/pikaia.html Best wishes, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I saw the story on the news last night.. Thanks for posting these, I read the first article but I'm not sure why they make it sound like a new revelation that Pikaia might be our ancestor, this has been suspected for decades now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Actually...you could just as confidently post the headline: Ancient Human Ancestor Looked Like A Bacterium -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Actually...you could just as confidently post the headline: Ancient Human Ancestor Looked Like A Bacterium -Joe :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehunt Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) Stephen Jay Gould made Pikaia the star of his book Wonderful Life published way back in 1989. He muses about what the world would be like if Pikaia had been one of the early phyla that died out instead of some of the others from the Burgess shale. Edited March 8, 2012 by davehunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Berghof Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 sorry to disappoint you but they never did and never will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 sorry to disappoint you but they never did and never will Please explain... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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