Comments on: Ida the Fossil Primate https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/ Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Mike Walley https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535928 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:07:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535928 Great to re-visit the article on Ida, I looked it up again after reading about the discovery of a new species of Tarsier from Thailand dating from the mid Miocene Epoch (Tarsius sirindhornae).

]]> By: Anonymous https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535927 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:59:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535927 Wow, all of you people are nerds.

]]> By: NATHANIEL https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535926 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:30:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535926 I thought that you made an extreme effort to explain what many perceive as primate evolution and I must say that I agree with you. Many are very religious about their devotion to evolution and that’s why the reaction was as exaggerated as it was. My question is however, why do we as human beings get excited over dead things. Are the answers in the stars? In ancient civilizations? Or is it in the Divine? I believe there is a unity and harmony in all sciences and studies if we would all open our eyes. Random chance mutations and even natural selection is not enough for a one celled organism evolve into creatures capable of analyzing fossils like, Ida. The answers are in front of our face if we would only open our eyes and our heart.

]]> By: NATHANIEL https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535925 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:28:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535925 I thought that you made an extreme effort to explain what many perceive as primate evolution and I must say that I agree with you. Many are very religious about their devotion to evolution and that’s why the reaction was as exaggerated as it was. My question is however, why do we as human beings get excited over dead things. Are the answers in the stars? In ancient civilizations? Or is it in the Divine? I believe there is a unity and harmony in all sciences and studies if we would all open our eyes. Random chance mutations and even natural selection is not enough for a one celled organism evolve into creatures capable of analyzing fossils like, Ida. The answers are in front of our face if we would only open our eyes and our heart.

]]> By: Indra Hatasura https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535924 Thu, 28 May 2009 03:02:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535924 Nice story… thank you very much…

Indra, http://enviroeduguide.blogspot.com

]]> By: Marilyn Colyer https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535923 Fri, 22 May 2009 19:40:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535923 Please give me address and price of video that covers the TV program that will air May 25. I would like to purchase this video. Thank you.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535922 Fri, 22 May 2009 09:24:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535922 I’m beginning to think that there is a very logical reason why there is more hype over this fossil than has ever been seen ever anywhere. Anyway, I’m thinking about it.

]]> By: Monkey Man https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535921 Fri, 22 May 2009 08:01:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535921 The full story revealing the significance of the amazing primate fossil Ida can be found at: http://www.revealingthelink.com

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535920 Thu, 21 May 2009 20:14:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535920 Thanks very much, John.

]]> By: John Hawks https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535919 Thu, 21 May 2009 14:12:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/20/ida-the-fossil-primate/#comment-535919 Great post, Greg — I like the way you covered the “hype” aspect, the non-phylogeny aspects of the paper (which are far more interesting, I think) and the intrinsic problems of phylogenetic comparisons of early primates. This is really good coverage of the science in the paper!

–John

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