Yesterday, 20 May 2009, Google's homepage had a logo design based upon the discovery of Darwinius masillae, an important transitional form of early primate.

Creationists that frequent the Rapture Ready forum were foaming at the mouth. This was not just about the news but also about Google - the liberal search engine - promoting evolution. The news media didn't help matters by screaming that this was the 'missing link' and proof of evolution. The Pharyngula science blog picks up a tiring but necessary point, that public scientific knowledge is never going to get beyond slogans and cartoons if science journalists and their publications continue to wilfully misguide how science is reported.

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