There's a lot evolution doesn't address.
Which of the following are "just an old ape" and which are "just an old human"? Try it, it's fun!
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 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 |
editor-surveyor | 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 |