[Taxacom] Media hype over Darwinius (new Adapoid primate fossil)

[Robert Huber]

Thanks for the linkl! I also like this article (a dino nerd
perspective): http://openpaleo.blogspot.com/2009/05/about-that-adapid-or-hype-in-digital.html,
I found via Geoblogosphere News (http://geoblogs.stratigraphy.net)

best regards,
Robert

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Barry Roth <barry_roth at yahoo.com> wrote:
> An excellent, blogged response:  http://networkedblogs.com/p5172205
>
> Barry Roth
> .
> --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Kenneth Kinman <kennethkinman at webtv.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dear All,
>      I'm not going to address the advisability of all the media hype
> that was orchestrated along with today's publication of the description
> of Darwinius, other than that the phrase "missing link" can too often
> involve more PR than good science.
>       I assume that the assignment of Darwinius to the Adapoidea is
> correct, but whether adapoids should now be regarded as members of
> Strepsirhini or Haplorhini is less certain.  The authors of today's
> paper in PLOS regard Darwinius as a member of Suborder Haplorhini, while
> adapoids are more generally regarded as basal members of Suborder
> Strepsirhini.
>        There will now be a contentious debate over which placement is
> correct.  However, we should not overlook a third possibility, namely
> that adapoids could be a paraphyletic grouping that gave rise to both
> Strepsirhini and Haplorhini.  In other words, when you hear the debate
> in the coming weeks and months, just remember that there are three
> possibilities, not just two.
>           --------Ken Kinman
>
>
>
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