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Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called Transitions:The Evolution of Life His previous blog can be found here.
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BioLogos, The Fossil Record, And Human Evolution

Category: Creationism • Insanity
Posted on: April 30, 2009 11:38 PM, by afarensis, FCD

Brian has an excellent post about the discussion of the fossil record at BioLogos. Brian does a great job pointing how just how bad the discussion of the fossil record is at BioLogos. Long story short, they briefly discuss the early evolution of tetrapods, the reptile/mammal transition, and then move on to whales - and do an inadequate job on all three. I bring this up because BioLogos is, apparently, going to be discussing human evolution. Based on their discussion of the fossil record I don't expect much in the way of a competent discussion of the subject. I will post on it when it becomes available, until then, here is what they have to say:

Current scientific evidence suggests that all organisms, including humans, are related to each other by their descent from common ancestral species. This response will look at recent findings from the genome, which supports this claim. The fossil records of humans and human-like creatures also helps to sketch the story of human evolution.

I can hardly wait...

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Thanks, Afarensis! I am not particularly looking forward to their take on human evolution, either. It is just so frustrating to see people who consider themselves to be popularizers of science get so lazy when it comes to actually communicating science!

Posted by: Laelaps | May 1, 2009 8:09 AM

Yup, that bit about "human-like creatures" doesn't say much about the level of science we will be seeing...

Posted by: afarensis, FCD | May 1, 2009 8:27 AM

"human-like creatures" - What? Are they going to be discussing the regular posters at Uncommon Descent?

Posted by: J-Dog | May 1, 2009 8:48 AM

Could be, I interpret it as they are going to be talking about the Creature from the Black Lagoon...

Posted by: afarensis, FCD | May 1, 2009 10:00 AM

I'll bet they're going to discuss the aliens on Star Trek, and how they all look like humans in cheap costumes ans stage makeup.

Posted by: Trin Tragula | May 1, 2009 1:31 PM

This is off topic but I couldnt load the contact webpage. I am responding to this statement in your bio:

"Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both."

Arent humans apes? That statement appears to dichotomize the two.