Rick Perry's Head Just Exploded

[ChoppinBroccoli]

http://news.yahoo.com/closest-human-ancestor-may-rewrite-steps-evolution-141606435.html


A startling mix of human and primitive traits found in the brains, hips, feet and hands of an extinct species identified last year make a strong case for it being the immediate ancestor to the human lineage, scientists have announced.

These new findings could rewrite long-standing theories about the precise steps human evolution took, they added, including the notion that early human female hips changed shape to accommodate larger-brained offspring. There is also new evidence suggesting that this species had the hands of a toolmaker.

Fossils of the extinct hominid known as Australopithecus sediba were accidentally discovered by the 9-year-old son of a scientist in the remains of a cave in South Africa in 2008, findings detailed by researchers last year. Australopithecus means "southern ape," and is a group that includes the iconic fossil Lucy, while sediba means "wellspring" in the South African language Sotho.

Two key specimens were discovered — a juvenile male as developed as a 10- to 13-year-old human and an adult female maybe in her late 20s or early 30s. The species is both a hominid and a hominin — hominids include humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and their extinct ancestors, while hominins include those species after Homo, the human lineage, split from that of chimpanzees.

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[bullwinkle428]

1. Perry : "For all we know, that could be a cat skeleton!"

[glowing]

3. LOL.. Seriously, chimps are smarter than Perry.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. And, therefore, WAY smarter than the millions who will vote for Perry

[Drale]

2. So thats what the hollow popping sound I heard was. /nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Some of the comments are priceless. Wackos.

:crazy:

[Ilsa]

6. The ignorance and attitude in the comments are both disturbing. nt

[benld74]

7. Place Palm into forehead,,, Repeat to infinity

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. K&R for more right-wing head explosions!

[7wo7rees]

15. You asked for it!

[d_r]

9. I wonder if they could speak

Wow, the comments really are amazing-

"an ape cannot have sex with a monkey and create an apemonk! creatures are replicating with thier own kind as they always have. why the media continue to push this pre cival war scientific "theory" is ludacris. DNA has already deliverd it's death blow to this archaic theory"

"If humans came from monkeys, wouldn't the evolution still be happening? Wouldn't there be half monkey half man walking around. Apes and monkeys are not continuing to evolve into man. They stay apes and monkeys...that in itself should tell you that we did not come from monkeys!"

"If we come from apes, why are there still apes today? Evolution means the species evolved into something else. They say birds evolved from dinosaurs and you don’t see any dinosaurs…..why do we still see apes? Man has to always explain the unknown and keeps finding himself more and more confused."

[CanonRay]

10. Comments show there's a whole new generation of "teh stupid" comin up

I think we're doomed.

[Iggo]

11. Don't tease me. (n/t)

[Champion Jack]

12. Damn you got my hopes up with your thread title...

I was really hoping his head DID explode...

[gratuitous]

13. Oh, come on

If we're talking about Rick Perry's empty head, you know it would implode, not explode. Basic physics.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. I guess I will say what we are all thinking the headline should be:

Missing Link Found