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No fossil evidence for human evolution

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-06 2:56

Lucy - The skeleton of a three foot tall chimpanzee.
Heidelberg Man - Built from a jawbone that was conceded to be human.
Nebraska Man - Scientifically built up from one tooth, later found to be the tooth of an extinct pig.
Piltdown Man - The jawbone turned out to belong to a modern ape.
Peking Man - Supposedly 500,000 years old, but all supporting evidence has disappeared.
Neanderthal Man - At the 1958 International Congress of Zoology, Dr. A.J.E. Cave said his examination showed that his famous skeleton found in France over 50 years ago is that of an old man who suffered from arthritis.
Newguinea Man - Dates back to 1970, found just north of Australia.
Cromagnon Man - One of the earliest and best established fossils is at least equal in physique and brain capacity to modern man.

Name: Anonymous 2008-02-13 1:06

Lol, because taxonomy is so exact and constant...
Its not like entire kingdoms have been rearranged in the last few decades.

As for the actual argument:
"There are a lot more papers, but what's your dissatisfaction with this one? [This is drivel unless you put forth more papers for the discussion as it is your argument that needs proving.]
There isn't much overwhelming proof for either one. As the paper says, probably no simple model can explain the data we have."

A simple model can almost never explain complex systems where we don't have very much data...  Wow that explains so much.  The sheer chance of convergent evolutionary pathways at roughly the same time from different species resulting in a 'species' (individuals that could interbreed) is ridiculous.  It's a possibility, but remote at best. 

Btw shut the fuck up about a priori knowledge.  Backandforth is not worthwhile.

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