Our ancestors did NOT evolve from knuckle-dragging apes, finds new study


	Our ancestors did NOT evolve from knuckle-dragging apes, finds new study

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8-11-2009 7:35 AM

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1205730/Our-ancestors-did-NOT-evolve-knuckle-dragging-apes.html

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8-11-2009 7:43 AM

mugofcoffee

They do nothing but study, till the time someone'll study better and bring in another new story: we would clip that too

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