[Tribune7]

This is type of thing that has made me skeptical of evolution.

[VadeRetro]

This is type of thing that has made me skeptical of evolution.

So it's nothing to do with, say, your religious views.

[That Subliminal Kid]

told ya so

[That Subliminal Kid]

Don't mind VadeRetro. He's just a broad minded "Free thinker" /snicker/

[That Subliminal Kid]

One has to wonder if Vade's anti-religious views have any particular impact on his ability to be objective?

[moneyrunner]

I had the same kind of reaction. With nothing but an old skull, we are now required to believe that there is enough evidence that the skull is that of a human – not an ape. By the way, I’m curious how it can be deduced from a skull fragment whether the creature walked upright?

[DallasMike]

Agreed. Finding a partial skull and deducing that it belonged to a critter who walked upright is embarassingly unscientific. And to think that I snicker at those who believe the earth is only 6,000 years old. I guess I owe them an apology.

[Heartlander]

Nice post.

Scientific naturalism can become a religion.

[concerned about politics]

that of an ancient female gorilla

When I was a kid, I saw clouds that were shaped like different things, too.
One time while playing by the creek, I found a rock shaped like a fish.
See? I can see things just like these scientists.
(Can I get a nobile prize for that?)

[medved]

They also walked upright about 5 percent of the time. Sound familiar?

Sounds like an evolutionist. Was it able to tie its shoes without bending over?

[medved]

You'd think on first blush that a semi-major screwup like this one would embarass the evolutionists; in real life, evolutionists don't embarass easily. They've now had over 100 years worth of training in dealing with embarassment.

[ZULU]

Huh???

No one but a scientific moron can possibly refute the reality of evolution as the method used by the Almighty to create physical bodies. While the evolution or genesis of the human soul is best left to theologians, the evolution of the human body clearly derives from a lower primate.

Belief in the Bible and God, and belief in Evolution, are no more contradictory than belief in a heliocentric planetary system and belief in the Bible. Those theologians who persist in denying the obvious by attacking evolution will find themselves in the same penalty pew as the Vatican officials who condemned Gallileo.

[Gumlegs]

Mark placer.

[Aquinasfan]

Brigitte Senut of the Natural History of Paris sees Brunet's skull as probably that of an ancient female gorilla and not the head of man's earliest ancestor.

I can just picture the lab-coat-wearing, pitchfork-carrying scientists storming Brigette's castle office. Kill the heretic!

Too bad they don't print articles like this in the papers here in Boston.

[StoptheDonkey]

Maybe
George "Mussolini" Bush is the missing link.

[The Raven]

>> Unfortunately for them, links are absolutely essential to evolution

Nothing is essential to the evolution methodology. The scientific method allows for a hypothesis test and then one can fiddle with the theory if all is not well. I just read an article which claims the earth's core is a nuclear reaction and not a cooling iron core - as has been thought for quite a while now.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Farmer is a professional artist living in Houston. He can can be contacted via his Web site, www.theglobalzoo.com"

"This is type of thing that has made me skeptical of evolution."

Ah, yes--the opinion of an ARTIST (B.A. in "Fine Arts") whose actual understanding of science is nil is just absolutely devastating evidence against evolution ---ROFLMAO!!

[Stultis]

This is type of thing that has made me skeptical of evolution.

I don't get it? The article highlights the healthy scepticism of scientists versus the sensationalism of reporters. It should make you skeptical of newspaper evolutionism (or any science reporting by reporters who have not earned your trust, or of preliminary results not yet subjected to scientific peer review) but should reassure you that science itself is still working according to it's normal hard-nosed, put-up-or-shut-up precepts.

[jejones]

Goodness knows that if I wanted to find out more about biology, I'd consult a professional artist.

[rwfromkansas]

Interesting, but not surprising.

[Prolix]

Just what, exactly, do you mean by a "missing link?" As I've seen it used, it appears to be a synonym for "straw man."