[yellowdoghunter]

Well we will just have to agree to disagree.

Maybe one day science will have some facts or maybe not. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

I must say though that people who believe in evolution are quick to assume a person who does not is illiterate when it comes to science. It does not help your argument.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

" Maybe one day science will have some facts or maybe not."

There already are facts in science.

"I must say though that people who believe in evolution are quick to assume a person who does not is illiterate when it comes to science. It does not help your argument."

When someone demonstrates they do not know the first principles of science, it is a reasonable inference that they are scientifically illiterate.

[Coyoteman]

Maybe one day science will have some facts or maybe not.

Its facts you want? Here are some facts. Cute little guy, too. I studied this skull in grad school some years back. One of my favorites (but I was always partial to Mrs. Ples. The way this thread is going I suspect you will be seeing her anon and anon).

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Fossil: Taung Child

Site: Buxton Limeworks, Taung, South Africa (1)

Discovered By: M. de Bruyn, 1924 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil: 2.3 mya * determined by Faunal & geomorphological data (1, 4, 5)

Species Name: Australopithecus africanus (1, 3, 7, 8)

Gender: Unknown (1)

Cranial Capacity: 405 (440 as adult) cc (1, 3)

Information: First early hominid fossil found in Africa (7, 8)

Interpretation:

• Juvenile (3 years old based on deciduous teeth, first permanent molars) (1, 3, 4, 7)
• Bipedal hominid (based on position of foramen magnum, brain endocast, small canines) (1, 3, 4, 7)
  
• Killed possibly by bird of prey (based on fractures and puncture marks on skull) (1, 10)

See original source for notes:
http://www.mos.org/evolution/fossils/fossilview.php?fid=27