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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

haviour of this species in particular. Why, for example, does it have the unusual
combination of small cheek teeth and a big flat face with an anteriorly posi-
tioned arch of the cheekbone? All other known hominin species with big faces
and similarly positioned cheek bones have big teeth. I suspect the chief role of K.
platyops in the next few years will be to act as a sort of party spoiler, highlight-
ing the confusion that confronts research into evolutionary relationships
among hominins. 179
The BBC report appeared under the captions “Flat-faced man is
puzzle,” “Confusing picture,” “Scientific challenge” and said,
The discovery by Meave Leakey, of the National Museums of Kenya, and col-
leagues threatens to blur still further the already murky picture of man’s evolu-
tion. 180
Dr. Fred Spoor, the famous evolutionist from University College, London, com-
mented of the fossil, “It raises a lot of questions.” 181
In short, the theory of evolution is in a terrible dilemma, as can be
seen from these statements and
confessions. In the field of paleon-
tology in particular, every new
discovery presents the theory
with a new contradiction.
Evolutionists, who set out an
imaginary table for so-called
human evolution, place fossils
belonging to various extinct
species of monkey and

A report concerning
K. platyops on the
BBC website.