August 21, 2003
Well, it May be a Cousin, but I'm Sure not Gonna Kiss it.

BBCnews is reporting the discovery of a new, and very strange, cousin of humans. Well, humans and every other vertebrate that ever lived at least. Turns out a really weird worm-like thing found at the bottom of a Swedish lake is the closest invertebrate relative of humans found to date. No, we didn't evolve from them; it's just that, like all cousins, we share a common ancestor.

Posted by scott at August 21, 2003 11:42 AM

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