Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Evolutionary discovery

"Distant Human Ancestor Had Shark Head"
Peer far enough back in the human family lineage, and you'll find a fishy ancestor that looked surprisingly like a shark.

In fact, this now-extinct fish was among the first to split from sharks, whose bones are made of cartilage, to evolve into a line of tough-boned species that includes everything from bony fish to human beings. A new analysis finds that this controversial class of animals was more shark-like than expected.
Once again, the anatomical reconstruction experts at Paco World News Daily (PWND) have weighed in, creating an artist's conception of what this ancient fishy ancestor probably looked like:

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Hmmm. I'm beginning to think these experts are a one-trick pony.

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

No, sorry, this is a photo of a descendant of the grouper, flat, with eyes on one side of his body - indicative of a particular "political" philosophy - said politics dependent on whatever is more conducive to monetary gain.

A species that isn't vulnerable to extinction, but not one that contributes to the continuing evolution of mankind. We hope.

JeffS said...

That's a human head? Could of fooled me.

rinardman said...

That's not a distant baboon ancestor?

Paco said...

R-man: No reason it might not be. I can kind of see a resemblance; what I took to be the face does sort of look like the south end of a north-bound baboon.

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said...Somebody help me with this, please. Man is made in God's image, but we're supposed to believe that man has a common ancestor with a shark or bony fish. Aren't they saying that God is a shark or bony fish?

If Moses only knew he was talking to the Great Celestial Shark/Bony Fish....

John Kerry is a small fish in a big pond. Call him "fry".

Jonah said...

No Deborah, they're saying that you're a subhuman for using the term ,"God's image."

Therefore, you're only good for fishbait.

Jonah said...

You know, like Jews.