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Nebraska near Snake Brook. This tooth allegedly bore the common characteristics of both man and ape,

and came from a new species dubbed “Nebraska Man.” Based on this single tooth, reconstructions of
Nebraska Man’s head and body were conjectured. Moreover, Nebraska Man was even pictured with his
entire family! But in 1927, other parts of the skeleton were also found, and these newly discovered
pieces showed that the tooth belonged neither to a man nor to an ape, but to an extinct species of wild
American pig called Prosthennops.
3. Ramapithecus is known to be the biggest and longest-lasting fallacies of the theory of evolution.
This name was given to fossils found in India in 1932, which allegedly represented the first stage of the
split between the man and the ape, which supposedly occurred 14 million years ago. This fossil was
used as solid evidence by the evolutionists for 50-some years. However, further analysis revealed that

the dental characteristics of Ramapithecus were quite similar to that of some living chimpanzees. For ex-
ample, Theropithecus galada, a high-altitude baboon living in Ethiopia, has incisors and canines, which
are small relative to those of other living apes, and a short face like Ramapithecus. In the April 1982 is-
sue of Science, an article titled “Humans lose an early ancestor” announced that Ramapithecus is only
an extinct orangutan.
4. In July 1984, a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of an obvious human was discovered in Lake
Turkana in Kenya. It is assumed that this fossil, nicknamed Turkana Boy, had been about 12 years old,

and would have stood 1.83 meters tall when he became an adult. The erect structure of the skeleton is
in no way different from
humans today. The long,
The first Ramapithecus fossil tall build of this skeleton
found consisted of a deficient jaw totally matches with the
in two pieces (see below). But
evolutionist artists had no diffi- skeletons of men currently
culty in drawing the fictitious en- living in the world’s tropi-
vironment and the family mem- cal regions. Richard Leakey
FALSE on this single jawbone. After it unnoticed in a crowd to-
FALSE
bers of Ramapithecus, based only
said that this boy would go
was understood that this creature,
whose family and habitat were
day.
Since this human
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reconstructed from a single jaw-
skeleton was found in stra-
bone, was actually an ordinary
ape, Ramapithecus was silently
removed from humanity's ficti- ta dated to be 1.6 million
years old, it was classified
tious family tree. (David Pilbeam, by age alone as another
“Humans Lose an Early
Ancestor,” Science, representative of Homo
April 1982, pp. 6-7.) erectus. The Turkana Boy is
a typical example of the
prejudiced and tenden-
tious interpretation of the
Source of Inspiration: fossils by evolutionists.
Source of Inspiration:
5. “Lucy” is the name
SINGLE JAWBONE
A A SINGLE JAWBONE given to the fossil discov-
ered by anthropologist
Donald Johanson in 1974.

Many evolutionists claimed that Lucy was the transitional form between the humans and their so-called
hominid ancestors. However further analysis on this fossil revealed that Lucy is only the member of an
extinct ape species, known as Australopithecus. The brain size of the Australopithecus is similar to chim-
panzees. Many other characteristics—such as details in their skulls, the closeness of their eyes, their
sharp molar teeth, their mandibular structure, their long arms and short legs—constitute evidence that
these creatures were no different from today’s chimpanzees. Even the pelvis is similar to that of chim-
panzees. 5

6. Richard Leakey presented the skull designated KNM-ER 1470—which he said was 2.8 million
years old—as the greatest discovery in the history of anthropology. According to him, this creature had
a small cranial capacity like that of Australopithecus, together with a face similar to that of present-day
humans, and was the missing link between Australopithecus and humans. Yet after a short while, it was

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