To: PatrickHenry
Piltdown Man was already being criticized by December 1912 for not conforming to evolutionary theory. Creationists, by their rejection of evolutionary theory, cannot use this as an argument for the falsity of Piltdown. Later, radiocarbon dating was used to show that the parts of Piltdown were of differing ages. Creationists, bu their rejectio of radiocarbon dating, cannot use this as an argument for the falsity of Piltdown. In fact, creationists did nothing to expose the Piltdown fraud; this was done through evolutionary theory and through radiocarbon dating.
72 posted on
06/11/2003 11:03:22 AM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
In fact, creationists did nothing to expose the Piltdown fraud; this was done through evolutionary theory and through radiocarbon dating. Therefore Piltdown Man is a glorious triumph for the scientific method generally and for the theory of evolution specifically. However, in a creationist model, or an ID model, Piltdown Man would fit right in without the slightest question.
75 posted on
06/11/2003 11:08:51 AM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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