[RobRoy]

I've never seen so many people so desperately rejecting even the idea of a pre-human species.

You're joking, right? Since God made man last, all species are "pre-human." You're creating a straw man.

[mewzilla]

Well, how about Cro Magnons and Neandertals? :) (Though I guess those are really sub-species).

[balrog666]

Since God made man last, all species are "pre-human.

Heretic! How do you know God is done creating?