Comments on: Whatever Happened to Kenyanthropus platyops? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/whatever-happened-to-kenyanthropus-platyops/ Meet the members of the tangled human family tree Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Ken http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/whatever-happened-to-kenyanthropus-platyops/#comment-914 Ken Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:18:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2151#comment-914 Just a 'fan note' to say I thoroughly enjoy your blog. I am a Christian (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called Mormons) and completely believe that God created all, including man. I can't 'marry' the two, and don't feel a need to yet - one I take on faith, the other I read and try to understand - but out of all the blogs/books I've run across, I think your blog lays out human evolution information/facts in the most clear and easiest-to-understand manner for a non-scientist (me). Mormons are huge on education and learning and you've helped me in both areas. Thanks for that, and keep up the great work. Just a ‘fan note’ to say I thoroughly enjoy your blog. I am a Christian (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called Mormons) and completely believe that God created all, including man. I can’t ‘marry’ the two, and don’t feel a need to yet – one I take on faith, the other I read and try to understand – but out of all the blogs/books I’ve run across, I think your blog lays out human evolution information/facts in the most clear and easiest-to-understand manner for a non-scientist (me). Mormons are huge on education and learning and you’ve helped me in both areas. Thanks for that, and keep up the great work.

]]> By: Tim http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/whatever-happened-to-kenyanthropus-platyops/#comment-892 Tim Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:04:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2151#comment-892 New species, fine. But what about the skull makes the argument that it's a new genus? If that foot belongs to it, yeah, that would be good evidence. New species, fine. But what about the skull makes the argument that it’s a new genus?

If that foot belongs to it, yeah, that would be good evidence.

]]> By: Erin Wayman http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/whatever-happened-to-kenyanthropus-platyops/#comment-891 Erin Wayman Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:17:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2151#comment-891 Yes, that's right. I had forgotten about that! I even wrote about it earlier this year. Thank you very much for pointing that out. Yes, that’s right. I had forgotten about that! I even wrote about it earlier this year. Thank you very much for pointing that out.

]]> By: Raimo Kangasniemi http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/10/whatever-happened-to-kenyanthropus-platyops/#comment-890 Raimo Kangasniemi Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:54:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/?p=2151#comment-890 The 3.4 million old foot seemed to belong to an Ardipithecus according to early reports at least, extending the known existence of the genus by a million years. The 3.4 million old foot seemed to belong to an Ardipithecus according to early reports at least, extending the known existence of the genus by a million years.

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