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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
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Subject: Re: The Scientific Case for Creation: (Part 9)
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 14:24:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 14:24:46 1985
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>     THE SCIENTIFIC CASE FOR CREATION: 116 CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE
>
>       18.  Stories claiming that primitive, ape-like  men  have  been
>            found   are   overstated  [a-c].  It  is  now  universally
>            acknowledged  that  Piltdown  man  was  a  hoax  [d].  The
>            fragmentary  evidence  that constituted Nebraska man was a
>            pig's  tooth.  Prior  to  1978,  the  known   remains   of
>            Ramapithecus  consisted  merely  of a handful of teeth and
>            jaw fragments. It is now known that these  fragments  were
>            pieced  together  incorrectly by Louis Leakey [e] so as to
>            resemble portions of the human jaw [f].  Ramapithecus  was
>            just  an  ape  [g].  The  discoverer  of  Java  man  later
>            acknowledged that Java man was similar to a  large  gibbon
>            [h,i]  and  that  he  had withheld evidence to that effect
>            [j-m]. Peking man is considered by many experts to be  the
>            remains  of  apes that were systematically decapitated and
>            exploited for food by true man [n,o].  Furthermore,  Skull
>            1470, discovered by Richard Leakey, is more human-like and
>            yet  older  than   Java   man,   Peking   man,   and   the
>            Australopithecines [p,q]. Detailed computer studies of the
>            Australopithecines have conclusively shown that  they  are
>            not   intermediate   between   man   and   apes  [r].  The
>            Australopithecines, which were made famous  by  Louis  and
>            Mary Leakey, are actually quite distinct from both man and
>            apes. Lucy, a type  of  Australopithecine,  was  initially
>            believed  to have walked upright in a human manner. Recent
>            studies of  Lucy's  entire  anatomy,  not  just  her  knee
>            joints,  now  show  that this is highly improbable [s] and
>            that she probably swung from the trees  [t,u].  For  about
>            100  years  the  world was led to believe that Neanderthal
>            man was stooped and ape-like.  Recent  studies  show  that
>            this was based upon some Neanderthal men who were crippled
>            with  arthritis  and  rickets  [v-x].   Neanderthal   man,
>            Heidelberg  man, and Cro-Magnon man were completely human.
>            Artists' depictions, especially of the fleshy portions  of
>            their  bodies, are quite imaginative and are not supported
>            by the evidence [y]. Furthermore,  the  dating  techniques
>            are questionable.

Even if all of this is true, it has nothing to do with disproving
evolution.  It merely indicates that SOME evidence may have been
misinterpreted.  Owing to the immense amount of evidence for evolution,
it is no surprise that some of it has been misinterpreted.

Keith Doyle
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