On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:48 Day, Wally wrote: >I think William is the "devil's advocate's devil's advocate". > >Just out of curiosity, William, are you expecting the "missing link" >to look like the Geico cavemen? Or something else? > Those who call for evidence for the "missing link" are forever rewarded, because as soon as a species is discovered that fills one "missing link" space, it immediately creates TWO missing link spaces, one on each side of the newly discovered one. For each new piece of fossil evidence discovered for evolution by way of fossil remains, twice the number of points are revealed for which "links" are missing. In fact, it's just journalists and stirrers who continue to use the term "missing link". It's no longer used in serious palaeological discourse. It's a "pop-journalism" term and seeking a "missing link" is a futile quest because those who call for the revelation of this or that missing link are NEVER going to be satisfied with ANY discovery as evidence for evolution (or, for some people, human evolution). Keith