"Lucy" and that ape look just alike, at least comapred to the blonde.
So, I'm waiting on you to tell me how we got from there to here.
"Paging Jenny, paging Ms JennyP. Please pickup the white courtesy phone..."
I believe we have a questionnaire candidate.
Sorry I'm a little late to the party! But just in case there's still a crowd milling about, it is a good time to bring back The Questionnaire:"Lucy" and that ape look just alike, at least comapred to the blonde.
So, I'm waiting on you to tell me how we got from there to here.
"Paging Jenny, paging Ms JennyP. Please pickup the white courtesy phone..."
I believe we have a questionnaire candidate.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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, human-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 |
The responses... | ||||||||||
Bowden, Malcolm | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Brown, Walt | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||
editor-surveyor | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human |
Gish, Duane (1979) | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Gish, Duane (1985) | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||||
Luskin, Casey | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human | human | human | human |
Mehlert, A. W. | ape | ape | human | human | human | |||||
Menton, David | ape | human | human | human | human | |||||
Michael_Michaelangelo | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | ape | human | human |
MississippiMan | ape | ape | human | |||||||
Taylor, Paul | ape | human | human | human | human |