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To: whattajoke
"Hesperopithecus (the tooth) was not mentioned by anyone during the course of the Scopes trial"

A brief bit of research is inconclusive whether Nebraska man was brought up. Some references say yes, some say no.

Certainly though Piltdown Man (ANOTHER FRAUD), was, by many references.

From "Evolution Encyclopedia Vol. 3", Chapter 30, "THE SCOPES TRIAL" (found through Google):

"Certain items of "scientific evidence of evolution" were mentioned at the trial, whether or not formally presented. This included Piltdown Man (announced to the world in December 1912, and repudiated in the 1950s when the British Museum's Kenneth Oakley devised a new method for determining whether ancient bones were of the same age), but especially Nebraska Man was proclaimed. The great Nebraska Man, discovered only three years before in Bryan's home state, was exalted at the trial as the outstanding evidence that man had evolved from an apelike creature."

You don't provide your own reference.
73 posted on 03/04/2009 8:28:45 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
From "Evolution Encyclopedia Vol. 3", Chapter 30, "THE SCOPES TRIAL" (found through Google):

"...but especially Nebraska Man was proclaimed. The great Nebraska Man, discovered only three years before in Bryan's home state, was exalted at the trial as the outstanding evidence that man had evolved from an apelike creature."


It's unfortunate that creationist websites continue to promote lies like this. It really puts crimp in their credibility. You have two options; read the trail transcript yourself or you can Google "Nebraska Man Scopes Trial" for the direct discussions of the issue.

Or, if you'd like, refer to none other than Conservapedia where even THEY state the fact - that the pig's tooth was NOT entered into evidence or even discussed at the trial.

Now, this is but a small point in the grand scheme of things to be sure. But, and you should be getting used to this - it once again shows creationist sources to be full of lies and deceptions. It should give you pause.


74 posted on 03/04/2009 1:33:33 PM PST by whattajoke (.)
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