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<blockquote data-quote="Kylie" data-source="post: 74019581" data-attributes="member: 343110"><p>You claim that Lucy doesn't count as a transitional species between modern Humans and our ape ancestors by claiming that Lucy had features that were more like those of an ape than a Human. This doesn't invalidate the claim, as we wouldn't expect a transitional form to lack ape-like characteristics entirely. We'd expect to see such a transitional form to have some ape-like characteristics and some human-like characteristics. And that's exactly what we see with Lucy. <a href="http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-afarensis" target="_blank">Australopithecus afarensis</a></p><p></p><p>You also mentioned neanderthals. This isn't really a fair example, since no reputable scientists would say that humans evolved from neanderthals or vice versa. Humans and neanderthals both evolved from a common ancestor. We aren't on the same line of descent. It's like you and your cousins - neither of you is the ancestor of the other, but you both share a common ancestors - a grandparent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kylie, post: 74019581, member: 343110"] You claim that Lucy doesn't count as a transitional species between modern Humans and our ape ancestors by claiming that Lucy had features that were more like those of an ape than a Human. This doesn't invalidate the claim, as we wouldn't expect a transitional form to lack ape-like characteristics entirely. We'd expect to see such a transitional form to have some ape-like characteristics and some human-like characteristics. And that's exactly what we see with Lucy. [URL="http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/australopithecus-afarensis"]Australopithecus afarensis[/URL] You also mentioned neanderthals. This isn't really a fair example, since no reputable scientists would say that humans evolved from neanderthals or vice versa. Humans and neanderthals both evolved from a common ancestor. We aren't on the same line of descent. It's like you and your cousins - neither of you is the ancestor of the other, but you both share a common ancestors - a grandparent. [/QUOTE]
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