Wired Science: Woolly Mammoth fossils enlighten evolutionary scientists
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Woolly mammoth - whose remains have been unearthed in New Jersey - is an evolutionary icon. Critics of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution often cited the fossil record's lack of creatures "caught in the act" of evolution. And though fossils had been important to the development of Darwin’s evolutionary thoughts, these absences frustrated him.
Fossils had been important to the development of Darwin’s evolutionary thoughts. He had collected the bones of many strange fossil mammals from South America during his days voyaging on the Beagle and wondered if there was a connection between animals like the giant ground sloths of prehistory and the continent's modern, arboreal sloths.
Fossils had been important to the development of Darwin’s evolutionary thoughts. He had collected the bones of many strange fossil mammals from South America during his days voyaging on the Beagle and wondered if there was a connection between animals like the giant ground sloths of prehistory and the continent's modern, arboreal sloths.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/24/2010 11:00 AM 
Categories: Mammals
Tags: woolly mammoth fossils darwin evolution
Categories: Mammals
Tags: woolly mammoth fossils darwin evolution
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