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A symbolic portrayal of human evolution, showing developmental stages as a matter of illustration. "Missing link" is a hypothetical or recently-discovered transitional fossil. It is often used in popular science and in the media for any new transitional form.
Jan 20, 2019 · Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious fossils represents a “missing link” in humanity’s family tree.
missing link, hypothetical extinct creature halfway in the evolutionary line between modern human beings and their anthropoid progenitors. In the latter half of the 19th century, a common misinterpretation of Charles Darwin’s work was that humans were lineally descended from existing species of apes.
Jan 19, 2019 · In a new breakthrough, scientists have confirmed a key “missing link” in the human family tree that helps explain the evolution of upright apes into early humans. The findings put an end to a decade-long debate and confirm that early humans were in fact still swinging from trees less than 2 million years ago.
Jan 6, 2014 · DUF1220 has duplicated in humans more rapidly than any other protein-coding region of the genome and has been linked to brain size, suggesting it contributed to the evolution of the human brain...
Mar 6, 2018 · “To me, the idea of a ‘missing link’ implies a linear chain of one species evolving into another, evolving into another, and so on,” says Smithsonian Human Origins Program anthropologist...
Sep 1, 2020 · In 1891 Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois discovered remains on the Indonesian island of Java that he thought belonged to the long-sought missing link between apes and humans.
