Famous Fossil "Ida" (Plate B): Analysis with Dr. Robert Bakker

[UpwardsFallings]

Looks like a dinosaur.

[username0u812ic]

this guy was a nobody until he stole a t-

rex skeleton from a couple of guys who actually found it.

[XJFiles]

"our ancestor Lucy" maybe yours !! missing link solved? really? scattered bones belonging to separate creatures and even if they fit plenty of other links are still missing. puzzle complete? i don't think soo...

[Muthsera80]

@XJFiles

Ok look, there are not really any missing links like you imagine it. We cannot find every individual from eons past to today to see how they evolved. But those finds we make, we look at them and we class them into how old they are (ie, in what layer they are found) and what similarities they have with those we already know of. We have a very clear development line from Darwinius to homo sapiens today. Darwinius was just the last fossil that we needed to connect our line with lemurs.

[XJFiles]

@Muthsera80 your whole reply contradicted itself and had not defeated or enlightened the situation one bit. it actually strengthened my statement. you have connected the dots just like those who assume ufo's are aliens. a piece of space garbage construed to be an alien life form. dig up some bones with more bones in adjacent areas with similar dates that have been controversial in dating and throw them in a cup and tumble. then toss the bones out on the ground to re-organize... Yahtzee!

[Muthsera80]

@XJFiles

Do not create strawmen about me. I have made no statement on UFO's. Nor is paleontology a question of Yahtzee. That is offensive to a hole field of people who are honest and work very hard to be as factual and correct as possible. Just because you do not understand it. Does noting towards the validity of their methods. If you want to criticize it. At least take the time to learn how it works first. And don't just make assumptions on how it works from ignorance.

[XJFiles]

@Muthsera80 You misread... I never implied you made any comment on UFO's. Go look. What was that about strawmen? I never said palentology was Yahtzee either. You are connecting dots where the evidence does not lead. I wont make any assumptions from your ignorance either... no need to.

[Muthsera80]

@XJFiles

Well then I'm rather confused now. As it seemed to me that you had great doubts about the method used in paleontology. And when it comes to our human line, the fossils that show how this line is built up, is several hundred fossils. 

[camerrill]

My family took trips to Wyoming for several years to go on dinosaur digs under his leadership. He is extremely intelligent, well spoken, funny, insightful, open-minded, and respectful. AND he could outwalk, outclimb, and outlast anyone on the trip. Anyone who feels like insulting him should spend a day in his presence and you will be subdued. He is one of the true shining stars of all the people I have ever known.

[jojojosmart]

looks liie a small monkey or lemur to me. Not a missing link. Where the proof of evolution?

[flemjob]

@jojojosmart Thats the whole point, lemurs belong to a different group to monkeys. Where's the proof, right in front of you.

[JihadKiller1s1k]

LOL @ evos!

[IronicKismet]

Doctor Bakker is also an ordained pentecostal minister. A true christian humunaist.

[starvingstudentewu]

@IronicKismet he's a pentecostal minister???... hmmm what do you mean by christian humanist? give me a break... he's a quak!!

[skinnywhop87]

damn i've been watching this guy on various dinosaur specials since I was a kid. It's crazy to see how much he's aged

[tyrantslayer24]

Does anyone know the scientific name of this animal?

[tyrantslayer24]

Nvm its Darwinius. I just checked the description haha duh!! me.

[egdeltur666]

hey bakker, why don't you quit playing with that monkey and do somethin' about changing the parave exhibit at your own damn museum!

for christ sake they still acknowledge protavis as a thing! That shits not cool, man!

[sextusloverlord]

God puts these fossils all over the world just to test your faith. Sounds ridiculous? A lot of people actually believe it and one of them almost became the vice-president of the USA.

[reverb508]

I'm not sure if you're pointing out the idiocy of creationism or if you're part of the lunatic fringe who actually believes it.

As for Sarah Palin almost becoming the vice president: another reason why an IQ test should be required to run for public office.

[amorphousguy]

I would never want somebody running my country, who believes that dinosaurs and man lived together. Same for somebody to says that fruit fly research is pointless.

[CommentsKing]

@amorphousguy why is it impossible for man and dinosaurs to live together again??? did u just watch Jurassic Park or something? i've still yet to hear an answer why that's impossible

[gregrutz]

Dinosaurs died off before humans evolved. Read a science book.

[3589546]

Creationist clowns.  Lol.