It's really amazing how uniquely negative the creationist ideology is. You really have nothing to contribute to the discussion. No ideas of your own --- you attack scientists, fine, but what have you yourselves accomplished? Where exactly in Ethipia are the creationist scholars toiling? Why can't you ever come up with anything more substantive than soundbites to advance your ideology?
THIS is NOT a sound bite.
Dr. Johanson gave a lecture at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Nov. 20, 1986, on Lucy and why he thinks she is our ancestor. (snip) After the lecture he opened the meeting for questions. (snip)
Roy Holt asked: "How far away from Lucy did you find the knee?" (The knee bones were actually discovered about a year earlier than the rest of Lucy).
Dr. Johanson answered (reluctantly) about 200 feet lower (!) and two to three kilometers away (about 1.5 miles!).
Continuing, Holt asked, "Then why are you sure it belonged to Lucy?"
Dr. Johanson: "Anatomical similarity."
(Bears and dogs have anatomical similarities).