New evolutionary research disproves living missing link theories
Evolution is not a steady march towards ever more sophisticated beings and therefore the search for the living 'missing links' is pointless, according to findings published by a team of researchers led by Dr Herve Philippe of the Universite de Montreal's Department of Biochemistry. 'Aristotle was the first to classify organisms - from the least to the most sophisticated. Darwin's theory of evolution continued this idea, with the concept of a hierarchy of evolution. This way of thinking has led researchers and sceptics alike to look for less sophisticated ancestors in order to prove or disprove evolution,' Philippe explained. 'What we now know is that evolution does not happen in a single direction - when people talk about a missing link, they're generally excluding the possibility of more sophisticated ancestors'...