Tiktaalik & Neanderthals

As we read about 

Tiktaalik rosae and Neanderthals

Check out the following videos for more information.

Neil Shubin, co discoverer of Hyner fossils (Hynerpton and Hyneria) once more intentionally went looking for a transitional (gap filling) fossil. PBS shows a re-cap of this incredible discovery.

We'll spend some time reading about 

Human Origins

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If we look for transitional human fossils we find that transitions aren't a clear as we'd like them to be. It's Okay to be SMART explores why we're the only humans left.

It's important to not that discovering the first of something isn't really how things happen. In the case of the chicken and the egg we've got the question all wrong.