Darwinius: It delivers a pizza, and it lengthens, and it strengthens, and it finds that slipper that’s been at large under the chaise lounge for several weeks. If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that’s fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment.
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Further Reading
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2009/05/poor_poor_ida_or_overselling_a.php
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/darwinius_masillae.php
http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/everything_changes.php
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