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The model of Australopithecus afarensis on the left was created from the fossil remains of the picture to
its left. How the artist knew what this specimen looked like when it was alive is mind-boggling. You
can see that the artist must have a vivid imagination to successfully create the model on the right.

For a thorough treatment of the assessment of human fossils, read Marvin L. Lubenow’s book,
Bones of Contention—A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils, published by Baker Books.

Genesis 1: 26 – 28
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. And God created man in his own image, in the
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image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them: and God said
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unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The picture to the right is an
artist rendering of what
Hesperopithecus haroldcookii
(ape of the western world)
looked like. The picture was
drawn from the fossil remains
found in Nebraska 1917 by
geologist Harold Cook. The
artist was Amedee Forestier.
The evidence used to draw this
picture was ONE TOOTH.
Turned out, the tooth belonged
to an extinct pig.

Let’s Practice…

1. How is the taxonomical system of Linnaeus different from that used today by evolutionists?

2. What does ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny mean?

3. Why do most modern scientists no longer support embryological recapitulation?

4. Explain what a missing link is.

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