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To: Sopater
A couple bones from here a couple bones from there and a bunch of speculation from everywhere makes for a very weak theory.
18 posted on 06/01/2006 1:46:35 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon
A couple bones from here a couple bones from there and a bunch of speculation from everywhere makes for a very weak theory.

Are you actually familiar with the database for evolution? So that you can, from your own knowledge, say "A couple bones from here a couple bones from there?" Or are you getting this from some creation website?

Here is an example which might help:

The fossil below is numbered "KNM-WT 15000" -- which stands for Kenya National Museum, West Turkana area, specimen #15,000.

There are a lot more than 15,000 now. There are a lot more areas in Kenya with their own numbering systems. And there are a lot more countries in Africa producing fossils. Further, there are a lot of fossils from other continents as well.

So much for your "couple of bones" contention.



Fossil: KNM-WT 15000

Site: Nariokotome, West Turkana, Kenya (1)

Discovered By: K. Kimeu, 1984 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil: 1.6 mya * determined by Stratigraphic, faunal & radiometric data (1, 4)

Species Name: Homo ergaster (1, 7, 8), Homo erectus (3, 4, 7, 10), Homo erectus ergaster (25)

Gender: Male (based on pelvis, browridge) (1, 8, 9)

Cranial Capacity: 880 (909 as adult) cc (1)

Information: Most complete early hominid skeleton (80 bones and skull) (1, 8)

Interpretation: Hairless and dark pigmented body (based on environment, limb proportions) (7, 8, 9). Juvenile (9-12 based on 2nd molar eruption and unfused growth plates) (1, 3, 4, 7, 8). Juvenile (8 years old based on recent studies on tooth development) (27). Incapable of speech (based on narrowing of spinal canal in thoracic region) (1)

Nickname: Turkana Boy (1), Nariokotome Boy

See original source for notes:
Source: http://www.mos.org/evolution/fossils/fossilview.php?fid=38

28 posted on 06/01/2006 1:55:18 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
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