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To: WildTurkey; Michael_Michaelangelo

Not to mention that the main reason that Piltdown man was suspected of being fraudulent was that it conflicted with the predictions of evolution, not that it in any way demonstrated that creationism was correct.


344 posted on 03/01/2005 8:45:15 AM PST by stremba
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To: stremba
Not to mention that the main reason that Piltdown man was suspected of being fraudulent was that it conflicted with the predictions of evolution, not that it in any way demonstrated that creationism was correct.

Yes, many in the early 1900's were suspicious and it became largely ignored. It was NEVER a basis for supporting evolutionary theory so the determination that it was a fraud has no impact, other than to say that science worked.

347 posted on 03/01/2005 8:50:29 AM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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Creationists did not work refuting Piltdown. As many (if not all) Creationists reject both radioactive dating and evolutionary theory, it's not evident what basis they have for such a rejection.


368 posted on 03/01/2005 10:53:24 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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