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== transitional fossil? ==

== transitional fossil? ==

<blockquote>"Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but their remains are examples of [[transitional fossil]]s along a subsidiary branch, an evolutionary dead end."{{fact}}</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but their remains are examples of [[transitional fossil]]s along a subsidiary branch, an evolutionary dead end."<nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki></blockquote>

A transitional fossil to what?  Extinction?  Somehow this seems an incorrect usage.  There is no linkage from one form to another.  Perhaps the following wording should be employed?

A transitional fossil to what?  Extinction?  Somehow this seems an incorrect usage.  There is no linkage from one form to another.  Perhaps the following wording should be employed?

<blockquote>"Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but formed along a subsidiary branch that ended in extinction."{{fact}}</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but formed along a subsidiary branch that ended in extinction."<nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki></blockquote>

[[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 02:51, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

[[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 02:51, 15 May 2007 (EDT)