Fossil hominid skulls. Some of the figures have been modified for ease of comparison
(only left-right mirroring or removal of a jawbone). [CLICK HERE] for larger photo.
(Images © 2000 Smithsonian Institution.)
We know that A) is a modern chimpanzee and N) is a modern human. Everyone agrees that M) was a modern human as well. Your challenge is to fill in these blanks:
Fossil | Just an ape | Ape-like transitional |
Human-like transitional |
Just a human | Not related at all to apes or humans |
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B | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
C | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
D | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
E | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
F | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
G | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
H | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
I | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
J | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
K | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
L | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] | [_] |
The Responses So Far:
Person | A Pan troglodytes (modern chimp) |
B, C Australopithecus africanus |
D Homo habilis |
E Homo habilis |
F Homo rudolfensis |
G Homo erectus |
H Homo ergaster |
I Homo heidelbergensis |
J, K Homo sapiens neanderthalensis |
L, M Homo sapiens sapiens (Cro-Magnon, modern human) |
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Mainstream scientists | ape | ape-like trans | ape-like, human-like trans | ape-like, human-like trans | ape-like, human-like trans | human-like trans | human-like trans | human-like trans | human-like trans, human | human |
Published creationists... | ||||||||||
Bowden, Malcolm | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Brown, Walt | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||
Gish, Duane (1979) | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Gish, Duane (1985) | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||||
Luskin, Casey | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human | human | human | human |
Mehlert, A. W. | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||||
Menton, David | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Taylor, Paul | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Amateur creationists... | ||||||||||
DannyTN | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human | human | human | human | |
editor-surveyor | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human |
Elsie | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human |
Michael_Michaelangelo | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human |
MississippiMan | ape | ape | human | |||||||
taxesareforever | human | human | human | human | human | human | human | human | human | human |
vetsvette | ape | human | human |
I think A is human and the rest are apes...
Cute.
Especially fun, no doubt, for the time challenged.
A - E are monkeys and apes, F - L are hominids, i.e. a more advanced branch of the same line as chimps and gorillas than anything we have left, and the last two are humans. DNA studies say humans aren't related to the neanderthal and your pictures clearly show that all the others are further from us than the neanderthal was. We're not related to any of them.