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a) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.b) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.
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Missing Link — is a nonscientific term for any transitional fossil, especially one connected with human evolution; see Transitional fossil Missing links and List of transitonal fossils Human evolution. Missing Link (capitalized) may refer to: The Missing Link,… … Wikipedia
Missing-Link — (Мармарис,Турция) Категория отеля: Адрес: 10. Sokak No:24 Aktas Mevkii, 48700 Мармари … Каталог отелей
missing link — n 1.) a piece of information that you need in order to solve a problem ▪ Could this be the missing link in the search for a cure for cancer? 2.) the missing link an animal which was a stage in the development of humans from ↑apes, whose bones… … Dictionary of contemporary English
missing link — missing links N COUNT: usu sing The missing link in a situation is the piece of information or evidence that you need in order to make your knowledge or understanding of something complete. Here was the missing link between the claims that he had … English dictionary
missing link — noun count a fact or piece of information that you need in order to have complete knowledge of something the missing link an early human being believed to have existed long ago and that was half APE and half human … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
missing link — (izg. mȉsing lȉnk) m <indekl.> DEFINICIJA antrop. 1. pretpostavljeni, zamišljeni antropološki dokaz koji nedostaje u evolucijskom razvoju čovjeka od čovjekolikog majmuna; karika koja nedostaje, veza 2. pren. bitni nedostatak, nešto bez čega … Hrvatski jezični portal
Missing link — (engl.), s. Fehlendes Glied … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
missing link — ► NOUN ▪ a hypothetical fossil form intermediate between humans and apes … English terms dictionary
missing link — n. something necessary for completing a series; specif., an animal not yet found in the fossil record, that is an intermediate form of two animals, as such an animal coming between an ape and a human … English World dictionary
Missing link — Dieser Artikel behandelt den Begriff Missing Link in der Evolutionsbiologie. Für die gleichnamige Popgruppe siehe Missing Link (Band). Als Missing Link bzw. fehlendes Bindeglied wird in der Evolutionsbiologie eine bislang fehlende Mosaikform… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Missing Link — Als Missing Link („fehlendes Bindeglied“) wird in der Evolutionsbiologie eine bis zum Zeitpunkt der Entdeckung fehlende Mosaikform bezeichnet, die Merkmale zweier Taxa (also zweier systematisch unterschiedlicher Organismengruppen) aufweist. Sie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
