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Question: What is the "missing link" in the theory of evolution?
Category: Science > Biology
Keywords: missing link, theory, evolution
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The "missing link" refers to the gaps in the knowledge base of the sequence of what type of being existed between homo sapiens (smart man or modern humans) and the presumed beast from which we evolved (be it ape, monkey or orangutan). There have been a few anthropological finds that later were rejected as being a part of this evolutionary line but those are in the minority. The reason there is still a missing link is because as evidence is unearthed further back in time then we can start looking even farther back in time. Also (arguably) the gaps in the record get smaller with new finds. This is like much of science, there is always something that is unknown yet hypothetically knowable. In the case of human evolution, the unknown is referred to as the "missing link."

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[1] Psych, "Missing link and evolution", Online posting. NEWTON BBS Ask a Scientist.

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