Pictures - Stages of Human Evolution (1960's)

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Human Evolution: What is it?
Human evolution is not supported by the fossil evidence. Much of the alleged evidence that filled text
books over the last 50 years has now been reclassified or rejected altogether. The missing links are
still missing.
Human Evolution: The Legacy of the Fossil Evidence
Human evolution has many issues, including the realities of genetics, biochemistry, design theory,
irreducible complexity, DNA structure, and information systems. However, the reality of the human
fossil record alone is enough to reject the theory of human evolution all together. Here are just a few
of the major problems with the alleged fossil record of the past century:
Ramapithecus was widely recognized as a direct ancestor of humans. It is now established that he
was merely an extinct type of orangutan.
Piltdown man was hyped as the missing link in publications for over 40 years. He was a fraud based
on a human skull cap and an orangutan's jaw.
Nebraska man was a fraud based on a single tooth of a rare type of pig.

Java man was based on sketchy evidence of a femur, skull cap and three teeth found within a wide
area over a one year period. It turns out the bones were found in an area of human remains, and now
the femur is considered human and the skull cap from a large ape.
Neandertal man was traditionally depicted as a stooped ape-man. It is now accepted that the alleged
posture was due to disease and that Neandertal is just a variation of the human kind.
Human Evolution: The Current Tree
Human evolution has its currently fashionable specimens that lead from small ape-like creatures to
Homo sapiens. These are examples of the most recent alleged links:
Australopithecus afarensis, or "Lucy," has been considered a missing link for years. However,
studies of the inner ear, skulls and bones have shown that she was merely a pygmy chimpanzee that
walked a bit more upright than some other apes. She was not on her way to becoming human.
Homo erectus has been found throughout the world. He is smaller than the average human of today,
with a proportionately smaller head and brain cavity. However, the brain size is within the range of
people today and studies of the middle ear have shown that he was just like current Homo sapiens.
Remains are found throughout the world in the same proximity to remains of ordinary humans,
suggesting coexistence. Australopithecus africanus and Peking man were presented as ape-men
missing links for years, but are now both considered Homo erectus.
Homo habilis is now generally considered to be comprised of pieces of various other types of
creatures, such as Australopithecus and Homo erectus, and is not generally viewed as a valid
classification.
Human Evolution: The Most Recent Find
In July 2002, anthropologists announced the discovery of a skull in Chad with "an unusual mixture of
primitive and humanlike features." The find was dubbed "Toumai" (the name give to children in Chad
born close to the dry season) and was immediately hailed as "the earliest member of the human
family found so far." By October 2002, a number of scientists went on record to criticize the premature
claim -- declaring that the discovery is merely the fossil of an ape.