Evolutionary Theory Challenged By Fossils

CBS NEWS ^ | 08/09/2007

[the OlLine Rebel]

I see nothing in this article, nor in such as Caesar’s posts, which has anything to do with refuting evolution generally. Thus, accusing them of “defending” is totally moot because that’s not at all what they’re doing. They’re talking about details within the ET.

[mountainlyons]

The last thing I read about “Luci” was that she was an Orangutan and that her broken jaw was put together wrong to make it look like a prehuman.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m a conservative “scientific” God&Jesus-believer.

I don’t know if Genesis is literally true, or analogically true (searching for correct term there), or if “evolution” as postulated now is true.

I don’t think 1 necessarily precludes the other at all.

I think it’s all very interesting, but I’m not any kind of biological researcher. Neither am I a great Bible scholar, though I have read the American version completely through (the Gospels many times).

[Coyoteman]

The last thing I read about “Luci” was that she was an Orangutan and that her broken jaw was put together wrong to make it look like a prehuman.

You read incorrect information.

Try scientific sites rather than creationist sites and you'll get more accurate information.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDm7BWpjmk

[the OlLine Rebel]

Wish I could watch YouTube here.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Scientists usually seem to be on the side of athiests. Being a “thinker” doesn’t mean you’re thinking the right things.”
To be a “Conservative” means you have to be religious? I don’t agree!

[RobbyS]

No, he was a product of German philosophy. Darwin, like most Brits his age, was strongly influenced by German idealism , also, and Darwinism as an intellectual movement, as opposed to the theory, was also. Darwin himself was amazed by the boldness of his German supporters.

[Stark_GOP]

I was making a joke about Haekel’s phony sketches.

[mysterio]

Of course they lived side by side until one competed the other out of the niche. How is this new information?

[Steve_Seattle]

"The two species lived near each other, but probably did not interact, each having its own "ecological niche," Spoor said. Homo habilis was likely more vegetarian while Homo erectus ate some meat, he said."

Were homo habilis the first Democrats, and home erectus the first Republicans?

[Aquinasfan]

The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution — that one of those species evolved from the other.

This is true of most supposed human fossils. Either these different supposed human species existed contemporaneously (judging by the dating given by paleoanthropologists themselves), the difference in skull/body shape falls within the range of contemporary human morphology, or these fossils simply represent extinct ape species.

The fossil evidence for human evolution is shockingly flimsy. I'm in the middle of reading Bones of Contention. I highly recommend it.

[KarinG1]

Scrappleface covers the story: New Lack of Evidence Boosts Certainty of Darwinism

[RobbyS]

They were phony because he was more true believer than scientist, The sad thing is that he used Darwinism to establish himself as THE biologist in German-speaking countries. Adolph Hitler read his textbooks. His art, by the way, is very good. ;-)

[RobbyS]

They were phony because he was more true believer than scientist, The sad thing is that he used Darwinism to establish himself as THE biologist in German-speaking countries. Adolph Hitler read his textbooks. His art, by the way, is very good. ;-)

[Non-Sequitur]

The evolutionists like the antiwar crowd and the global warming nuts wont let a little thing like facts get in the way of their religion.

If you accept the underlying premise that Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived at the same time then that is a clear indication that there were multiple, distict, ape-like animals on Earth at the same time. How do you reconcile that with either Intelligent Design or Creationism?

[Non-Sequitur]

I wonder if this is the first time they’ve noticed that the fossil record has presented problems to Darwin’s fantasy from the beginning.

So what does this fossil record do to Intelligent Design or Biblical creationism? How would either explain that?

[Caesar Soze]

This is the kind of thing I get a kick out of. The way evolutionsists come up with complicated explanations to defend the dead THEORY. Isn’t the whole point of a theory supposed to be that when its wrong you drop it and find a better one?

Do you think a theory was proven wrong and not replaced with a better one?

[Non-Sequitur]

Wildebeast and lion each has its own "ecological nich," yet certainly interact.

By 'interact' I don't think that they mean that Homo habilis ate Homo erectus. I think they're talking about procreating.