When Was the Missing Link?
Missing Link, Hypothetical Extinct Creature Halfway in the Evolutionary Line Between Modern Human Beings and Their Anthropoid Progenitors. in the Latter Half...
missing link, hypothetical extinct creature halfway in the evolutionary line between modern human beings and their anthropoid progenitors. In the latter half of the 19th century, a common misinterpretation of Charles Darwin's work was that humans were lineally descended from existing species of apes.
When did they find the missing link?
Among the famous fossil finds credited as the "missing link" in human evolution are: Java Man (Homo erectus): Discovered by Eugene Dubois in 1891 in Indonesia. Originally named Pithecanthropus erectus. Piltdown Man: A set of bones found in 1912 thought to be the "missing link" between ape and man.
Who found out the missing link in the evolutionary theory?
In the 1890s the Dutch physician Eugène Dubois set out on an expedition with the explicit aim of finding the missing link and to prove the theory of evolution true.
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