"I've never yet found any convincing evidence that a fossil has proven to be a man-ape cross of some kind. There have been frauds who have tried to fuse the two together, but they were found out. You don't hear about the charade. You only hear about the "new" discovery. An ape is still going to be an ape. A human is going to be a human. A plant is going to be a plant. A horseshoe crab is going to be a horseshoe crab. That's what has been proven."
And what exactly is your point? Not a single word in that sentence offers any evidence against evolutionary theory. What "frauds" are you referring to? The infamous "piltdown" episode that the Watchtower trots out as proof against evolution? Have you got anymore because I would be interested in you providing the published references to these events or at the very least some real evidence for your outlandish conspiracy claims, otherwise, you are talking out of your ass, like most creationists. "An ape is still going to be an ape". Yup. Probably true. But I wonder how you account for the fact that anatomically apes and humans share virtually the same skeletal structures? That we share over 95% of our genome with apes? Just a coincidence? I wonder why your god would "create" these proto-hominid animals with such stunning similarities to homo sapiens? Coincidence?
You claim that both "creation" and "evolution" represent "theories" ? Completely false! Do you understand the criteria for a "scientific theory"? A theory is a set of testable and falsifiable hypotheses, open to observation, replication and experimentation. Within the "theory" of evolution, many hypotheses have been put forth. They have been tested and replicated. Some have been falsified, some have been proven to be correct following rigorous replication and tangible experimentation. Do you think "creation", an ancient mythological story concocted 2000 years ago by wondering nomads in the desert represents this criteria? How does one perform an experiment as to whether or not some magical creature in the sky one day decided to create human beings in his little garden of eden? Do you think this "hypothesis" can be examined in any way shape or form, beyond the mythological writings of an ancient tribe 2000 years ago?
You think there are no transitional hominid forms in the fossil record? You just demonstrate your complete and utter ignorance of the field, phylogeny and anatomical evolution. The hominid fossil record is astoundingly complete, showing gradual evolutionary changes in hominoid form and function over millions of years. You just chose to ignore reality in your religious fantasy world. I wonder who is really being arrogant here, the petulant and superstitious ignoramuses who blindly insist on some spirit in the sky as being responsible for the existence of biological lifeforms on this planet, or the scientists, who devote 10-15 years of solid academic study, using empirical reasoning, experimentation and logic to arrive at conclusions regarding the true nature of biological existence and how it evolved on this planet?
The defensiveness of the "creationists" on this thread is laughable. As mountains of evidence is presented to quash silly superstitions and demonstrate unequivocally the reality of evolution, the best defense is " the evil scientists have a diabolical plot to destroy belief in god"....lol.....Just like the good old Watchtower and Awake used to tell us, eh? Ah good old anti-intellectualism, the modus operandi of the Watchtower. Sadly, so many ex-JWs cant seem to shake this disease and blissfully choose to exist in the glass bubble of superstitious mythology..............
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2cHumanevop2.shtml
How did humans evolve?
About six million years ago in Africa 1 , the chimpanzee lineage and our own split. What happened to us after that split? The hominid lineage did not march in a straight line to Homo sapiens. Instead, the early hominid lineage gave rise to many other (now extinct) hominids. Examining the fossils, the artifacts, and even the DNA of these relatives has helped us understand how this complex hominid tree evolved, and how modern humans came to exist. Here are some of the important events in human history, with approximate dates, which reflect the evidence currently available: |  |
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| 1) Before 5 mya: In Africa, our ancestral lineage and the chimpanzee lineage split . |
| 2) Before 4 mya: The hominid Australopithecus anamensis walked around what is now Kenya on its hind legs. |
| 3) >3 mya: Australopithecus afarensis (“ Lucy ”) lived in Africa. |
| 4) 2.5 mya: Some hominids made tools by chipping stones to form a cutting edge. There were perhaps four or more species of hominid living in Africa. |
| 5) 2 mya: The first members of the Homo clade , with their relatively large brains, lived in Africa. |
| 6) 1.5 mya: Hand axes were used. Also, hominids had spread out of Africa and into much of Asia and Europe. These hominids included the ancestors of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. |
| 7) 100,000 years ago: Human brains reached more or less the current range of sizes. Early Homo sapiens lived in Africa. At the same time, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus lived in other parts of the Old World. |
| 8) 50,000 years ago: Human cultures produced cave paintings and body adornment, and constructed elaborate burials. Also, some groups of modern humans extended their range beyond Africa. |
9) 25,000 years ago: Other Homo species had gone extinct, leaving only modern humans, Homo sapiens, spread throughout the Old World.
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