{"id":593,"date":"2009-05-20T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/05\/missing-link-found-was-reincarnation-just-early-buddhisms-explanation-for-evolution.html"},"modified":"2009-05-20T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T08:28:10","slug":"missing-link-found-was-reincarnation-just-early-buddhisms-explanation-for-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/05\/missing-link-found-was-reincarnation-just-early-buddhisms-explanation-for-evolution.html","title":{"rendered":"Missing Link Found? Was Reincarnation Just Early Buddhism&#8217;s Explanation for Genetic Evolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The purported fossil <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/us_world\/2009\/05\/19\/2009-05-19_missing_link_found_fossil_of_47_millionyearold_primate_sheds_light_on_.html\">missing link found<\/a> this morning of 47 million year old <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2009\/05\/darwinius_masillae.php\">Darwinius Masillae<\/a> is causing a stir. Some people think it&#8217;s the key to understanding our entire human evolution, some are <a href=\"http:\/\/dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com\/archive\/2009\/05\/19\/1937065.aspx\">not so sure<\/a>. I just like the fact that she&#8217;s nicknamed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bild.de\/BILD\/news\/bild-english\/home\/regularieninhalte\/world-news-ticker\/world\/2009\/05\/20\/ida-fossil-touted-as-missing-link-unveiled.html\">Ida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ItNXxXkMjK4&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ItNXxXkMjK4&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><!--more-->My question for you to ponder is this: Was the theory of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhanet.net\/e-learning\/reincarnation.htm\">reincarnation<\/a> just Buddhism&#8217;s narrative and mythological explanation of how we got into our mental and physical structures <i>before<\/i> humans had the tools to understand evolution, genetics and so forth? 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