Uncle Thag? Is That You?

[Tuckerfan]

Oldest known homind found.

A skull, dubbed “Toumai” unearthed in Chad in 2002 is now believed to be the oldest known hominid.

The fossils – two jaw bones and an upper premolar tooth – lend credence to the proposition that the creature was probably among the first hominid, or human-like, primates to live after humans and chimpanzees diverged from each other a little more than 7 million years ago. The fossils came from around the time of a major split in the evolutionary tree, with one branch leading eventually to humans and the other branch leading to chimps.

[Snooooopy]

Was there evidence that he was killed by a thagomizer?

[Terrorcotta]

Or a wall of ice?

[Terrorcotta]

Dang! Hit return too fast! That is my favorite Far Side cartoon! I have it on my monitor and use it in conversations sometimes.

“Say Thag… wall of ice closer today?”

[Tuckerfan]

Sigh, Gary Larson, we need you.

[Scott_Plaid]

Indeed we do. Untill his prophecised return, we have worth 1000

[Terrorcotta]

Oh, dear Jeebus! Thanks for the link! I’ve been sitting here in tears trying not to laugh out loud!!!

[Kythereia]

Alas, poor Thag! I knew him, Dopers…