Tom the Dancing Bug - Saturday October 10, 2009 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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scientist: ...which is why the discovery of this ardipithecus ramidus fossil is so important to the study of human evolution. she lived 4.4 million years ago and may very well have been our ancestor. the smaller canine teeth indicate that this species was not aggressive, but rather lived cooperatively and peacefully. oop: pshaw! charley: you can tell by a fossilized tooth that this creature was kind and gentle?! scientist: well, by extrapolating from extant primate species... charley: that seems speculative in the extreme, sir! i would submit that this individual was far from kid -- in fact, she was cold-hearted! wait a minute! security, grab him! remove his crude disguise! charley: hey! scientist: aha! an australopithecine -- another extinct hominid! did you know this ardipithecine? charley: worse... i dated her!bitch never gave me back my sharp rock collection! scientist: obviously biased. i return to my theory... next charley: um... can i have that picture?

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