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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

regarded it as being closer to man. This fossil, which gave rise to consid-
erable debate, was given the name of Nebraska Man. A scientific name
for it was also produced: Hesperopithecus haroldcooki.
Many authorities supported Osborn. Based on this single tooth,
pictures of Nebraska Man’s skull and reconstructions of his body were
drawn. This in fact went even further, with depictions being produced
of Nebraska Man, his wife and children, in their natural environment.
All these fantasies were spun from a single tooth. Evolutionist cir-
cles so adopted this fictitious man that when one researcher, William
Bryan, opposed such definitive verdicts being given on the basis of just
one tooth, the heavens fell down on top of him.
In 1927, however, other parts of the skeleton were found.
According to these, the original tooth actually belonged neither to an
ape nor to a human being, but to a species of extinct wild American pig,
Prsothennops. William Gregory captioned his article in which he an-

Imaginary drawings of Nebraska Man and his family

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