But what about those previous, almost-human creatures? Would they be human, or not human? Did God breathe life into a remarkably chimp-like human, which "begat" over time, changing to look like us along the way? Or did the ape-descended hominids evolve up to a certain point and die out, after which God fashioned a nearly identical creature out of clay?
Once you accept the skulls, you have to accept the gradual evolution of the hominids. But how do you set us apart from that chain? Are those the skulls of our ancestors, or not? What are those things, anyway?
I don't accept those skulls because I have never seen them, don't know what was actually found, where, when, under what circumstances, or how many are composites. By the way, how many have you personally examined and under what circumstances?