NJBible Science org Early Man Gerald Lenner Ph

NJBible. Science. org “Early Man” Gerald Lenner, Ph. D. November 17, 2010

NJBible. Science. org Talk Outline • • Review The Short Story - A Tale of Two Buckets False Ancestors of Man Candidate Ancestors - Neanderthals - Australopithecines - Homo erectus • No Ancestral Tree for Humans • Biblical / Secular Anthropology 2

Three Strikes and You’re Out ! 4. 5 Billion Earth Formed 3. 5 Bya 2. 0 Bya “Organic Soup” Photosynthetic Plants How did life begin ? Cambrian Explosion 1. 0 0. 6 ap Theory of Evolution em en NJBible. Science. org present Animals Man 4 Mya How did we get le irreducib ty complexi ? How did life evolve ? 3

NJBible. Science. org You are here Theoretical Evolution of Man 4

NJBible. Science. org Cambrian Explosion Example Trilobites 5

NJBible. Science. org Gap Example: Fish to Amphibian Fish 6

Terrestrial Vertebrates NJBible. Science. org Creation Evolution Time Morphology 7

NJBible. Science. org The Short Story A Tale of Buckets – Apes and Men 8

NJBible. Science. org Apes & Man Both apes and man have distinctive anatomy 9

The Short Story NJBible. Science. org APES HUMANS Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples” Homo habilis Skull KNM-ER 1813 Cro-Magnon Skull Australopithecus robustus Skull SK-48 Australopithecus boisei Skull KNM-ER 406 Australopithecus afarensis Models from Bone Clones Inc. , Canoga park, CA Homo neanderthalensis Skull La Chapelle -aux-Saints Homo neanderthalensis Skull La Ferrassie 1 10

NJBible. Science. org False Ancestors of Man 11

Eoanthropus NJBible. Science. org dawsoni (Piltdown man) Discovered 1910 -12 in Sussex England. Consisted of an orangutan jaw with filed teeth and a human skull cap. It was an intentional hoax and accepted until 1953. R O T CES N A S U G O B 12

Nebraska man NJBible. Science. org (Hesperopithecus haroldcookii) Based on a single tooth found in 1922 by Harold Cook in western Nebraska. Later it turned out to be from an extinct pig ! N A S U G O B R O T S E C 13

NJBible. Science. org Ramapithecus Discovered 1932 in India, Consisted of teeth and jaw fragments, Now accepted as an extinct orangutan BOGUS ANCESTOR 14

NJBible. Science. org Candidate Ape Men: Neanderthals Australopithecines Homo erectus 15

NJBible. Science. org Neanderthals 16

NJBible. Science. org Neanderthals First discovered in 1856. Evidence of tool use, ritualistic burial of their dead, and jewelry. Now regarded as human. 17

Neanderthals NJBible. Science. org Tools Jewelry 18

NJBible. Science. org Australopithecines 19

Australopithecines NJBible. Science. org EXTINCT APES Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples” Australopithecus robustus Skull SK-48 Australopithecus aethiopicus Skull KNM-WT 17000 Australopithecus boisei Skull KNM-ER 406 Models from Bone Clones Inc. , Canoga park, CA Australopithecus afarensis Skull "Lucy" 20

NJBible. Science. org A Famous Australopithecine Australopithecus afarensis - “Lucy” as in “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” 21

NJBible. Science. org Laetoli Footprints Discovered in 1976 by Mary Leakey, dated to be 3. 5 million years old – the time of the australopithecines but are fully human in appearance ! 22

NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus 23

NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus 280 individual fossils • morphologically similar to humans • 40 out 83 sites have stone tools, 8 controlled fire • 1 burial, 1 cremation, human carving, shelters, etc. 24

Homo erectus NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus Modern man Similar to modern humans below the neck 25

NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus - Java man (Pithecanthropus erectus) Found by laborers for Eugene Dubois in 1891 near Trinil, Java. Based on a skull cap and femur found 50 ft. away. At the time of the discovery, he also found two human skulls nearby that he did not reveal. 26

Homo erectus NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus Skull Sangiran 17 BH-018 Java man Homo erectus Skull - Tattersall / Sawyer Recreation 27

NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus tools When “Hand Axe” is thrown like a discuss it lands knife edge side 93% of the time 28

Cranial Sizes NJBible. Science. org Homo erectus and Neanderthals may be the same Homo erectus Neanderthals 29

NJBible. Science. org Putting It All Together 30

NJBible. Science. org Pre-men Fossil Catalogs ? The question is why is there not more work done in pre-men Systematics ? The last catalog of fossil was made in 1976. At that time the following fossilized individuals were found – roughly 4000; Africa Europe and USSR Americas, Asia, Australia 1, 390 1, 516 1, 092 (1976) (1969, 1970) (1974) Marvin Lubenow estimates the current total to be 7000 in (2004); 31

NJBible. Science. org A Class Exercise Can the lineage of man be found in the scientific literature? Each of the 30 college students were given 5 “pre-men” fossils Rules: 1) Minimum 8 hours of research 2) At 5 evolutionist sources / no creationist material 3) Find the date 4) Find the category (Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Neanderthal, australopithecine) When the students put the evolutionists’ results together theory of evolution was falsified ! 32

NJBible. Science. org Homo sapiens Human Family Tree ? Homo erectus No clear ancestor path Australopithecines 33

NJBible. Science. org Homo sapiens Homo erectus Australopithecines Evolutionary Show-Stopper (In detail) Humans, Homo erectus, and Australopithecines lived at the same time ! 34

NJBible. Science. org Homo sapiens Neander. Homo erectus Australopithecines Evolutionary Show-Stopper (Simplified) Humans, Neanderthals, Homo erectus, Homo Habilis, and Australopithecines lived at the same time ! 35

Secular Anthropology NJBible. Science. org Intelligent and capable n o i ut l o Ev r a l u ec n r te t a P S Cave man 36

Biblical Anthropology NJBible. Science. org Intellige nt and capable creation Gen 4: 17 Cain builds city named after son Gen 4: 19 Jabel invents harp & flute Enoch Gen 4: 22 Tubal-cain foundry with bronze and iron T ur Bib na wa lic y fr al om Pa tte God rn Turn “stupid” 37

NJBible. Science. org Summary 38

The Missing Link ? NJBible. Science. org APES HUMANS Homo habilis Skull KNM-ER 1813 Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples” Cro-Magnon Skull Australopithecus robustus Skull SK-48 Australopithecus boisei Skull KNM-ER 406 Australopithecus afarensis Models from Bone Clones Inc. , Canoga park, CA Homo neanderthalensis Skull La Chapelle -aux-Saints Homo neanderthalensis Skull La Ferrassie 1 39