Talk:Proconsul (genus)
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Who were its ancestors? - by User:kenallen
- (More correctly: What were it ancestors?) The second paragraph says we don't know. The external link can show you some possibilities. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradictory information
I put the "Contradict" banner at the top of the page for the following 3 reasons:
- First it is stated that there are 4 species of Proconsul, then later it says that there are "at least 5"
- The time range given is "27 to 17 million years ago", and then later it is given as "22 and 14 million years ago"
- The chimp who this genus was named after is given as "Consul" and then later "Pronconsul" (note the extra n).
I would encourage any experts on this subject to please edit this page as neccesary Iffykid 00:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
- I believe I have addressed these issues... the contradictory information was pasted in from a different article, and was never properly massaged into the rest of the article. - UtherSRG (talk) 04:37, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fact needs verifying
"Ancestral Passions" Chapter 8 note 5 says:
- "The first Proconsul fossil was found at another Lake Victoria site, Koru, in 1927 by H. L. Gordon, the medical officer there. Louis guided Hopwood to Koru in July 1931 with the hope that additional specimens would be found, and they were."
This information, which is backed up by the other reference I found and listed in the article, does not square with what the article has. Also under Proconsul africanus the discovery is basically attributed to Mary in 1948. After Louis left Mary too he was vilified by his ladies even more and everything he did was attributed to someone else, often Mary. Louis became in their repute a prevaricating philandering scoundrel of no scientific value around here or after his affair with Dian and his passes at Jane "besotted" and "pathetic." It is time to put a stop to that nonsense fomented by outraged ladies.
Anyway, whoever thinks the 1907 discovery is valid, do you have a reference for that? The issue will be coming up again.Dave 11:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
