{"id":1557,"date":"2009-05-19T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2009-05-19T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T19:30:09","slug":"they-found-grandpa-lemuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/they-found-grandpa-lemuel\/","title":{"rendered":"They Found Grandpa Lemuel"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mean, Grandpa Lemur. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n\n\n
The search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom has taken 200 years – but it was presented to the world today at a special news conference in New York.<\/p>\n

The discovery of the 95%-complete ‘lemur monkey’ – dubbed Ida – is described by experts as the “eighth wonder of the world”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Oh. I got the name wrong. Sorry about that, Grandma Ida.<\/p>\n\n\n
They say its impact on the world of palaeontology will be “somewhat like an asteroid falling down to Earth”.<\/p>\n

Researchers say proof of this transitional species finally confirms Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, and the then radical, outlandish ideas he came up with during his time aboard the Beagle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I thought ole Piltdown<\/a> was the “finally confirms” they’ve been hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n
Sir David Attenborough said Darwin “would have been thrilled” to have seen the fossil – and says it tells us who we are and where we came from.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

First of all, I thought I’d heard\/read information that Darwin actually would have been dismayed. Maybe that’s just an urban legend sprung forth by an overzealous right wing (different, non-simian branch of the evolutionary tree apparently) conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Secondly, if a monkey tells us who we are, what are?<\/p>\n

Thirdly, and most importantly perhaps, where are we going?<\/p>\n

Anyway, if you want to learn more about this Would Have Been Thrilled news (and it may be a good idea), here you go: Missing Link: Scientists In New York Unveil Fossil Of Lemur Monkey Hailed As Man’s Earliest Ancestor<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other monkey business that should weigh more heavily on your mind than Grandpa Lemur-el<\/strike> Grandma Ida:<\/p>\n