Thursday, October 1, 2009

“Primate Practice”

Analysis of the 4 million year-old female ape-like fossil known as “Ardi,” has upset ideas about evolution; mainly that the divergence between man and chimps occurred at least a million years before previously thought. Ardi’s bones revealed this when discovered close to the ruins of the partially buried Statue of Liberty.

Said an angry paleontologist, “You maniacs! You blew it up. Damn you. Damn you all to hell.”

The fossilized remains suggest a creature about 4 feet tall. To prove that she was more human than animal, scientists are carefully combing the site where she was found, certain that they will eventually find high heeled shoes.

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