Is the missing link a real concept in evolution?

[kasse]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42519/181/

What do you think? Is this what we've been looking for?

 

[mgb_phys]

There is no 'missing link'.
The missing link is either an over-simplification of a children's explanation of evolution or a creationist device to attack it (depending on how charitable you feel)

 

[kasse]

You mean that there are thousands of missing links?

 

[lisab]

There's already a thread on this in the Biology forum:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=315184

 

[zoobyshoe]

I would like to apply for the position of Missing Link. What's the salary, by the way?

 

[OAQfirst]

Leaves and fruit, and the occasional insect and small animal.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Leaves and fruit, and the occasional insect and small animal.

No cave?

 

[Sorry!]

Huge cave.

 

[Huckleberry]

I would like to apply for the position of Missing Link. What's the salary, by the way?

The salary is two horses, some rope, and a few guys handy with their shovels. The only reason people want a missing link is so they can see who makes the strongest rope.

 

[russ_watters]

You mean that there are thousands of missing links?

Yes, that's a better way of putting it: there's always another missing link.

 

[John37]

There is no missing kink they've been searching for ages!

 

[kasse]

There is no 'missing link'.
The missing link is either an over-simplification of a children's explanation of evolution or a creationist device to attack it (depending on how charitable you feel)

Even if there's no missing link, it's a very useful concept!