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Portuguese
Noun
elo perdido m (plural elos perdidos)
- (evolutionary theory) missing link (transitional primate between apes and humans)
1873, Mendonça Cortez, “Finanças entre alguns povos antigos”, in O Instituto, volume XVII, Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, pages 243–244:[…] os povos do Mosoch, do Gog, do Magog, do Thubal e tantos outros, cujos nomes pronunciamos na vasta solidão da historia, sem podermos dispertar um echo que nos responda, sem acharmos um monumento que nos traga o elo perdido da cadêa interrupta da historia da humanidade! E não obstante elle deve existir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)