On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:40:57 -0500, ~ Säblë ~ <Sable666@gmail.com>
wrote:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060920_baby-afarensis.htm

"Lucy's Baby": pre-human fossil dazzles scientists
Sept. 20, 2006
Special to World Science

Re­search­ers say they've unearthed the pos­sib­ly most com­plete known
fos­sil of a fore­bear of hu­mans: a ba­by of the same spe­cies as the famed
"Lu­cy" fos­sil found in 1974.

as per usual... ' science ' doesn't explain scientifically where the
matter came from that Big Banged it's way into our universe as we know
it today..

as per usual... ' science ' doesn't explain scientifically how living
things initiated life in itself way back when... they must answer how
life begot itself from absolute sterility.

to accept this ' science ' you must swallow hook, line and sinker all
the unexplained parts they simply dont answer only to arrive at
Atheism via Gnosticism.

~ Säblë ~ wrote:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060920_baby-afarensis.htm

"Lucy's Baby": pre-human fossil dazzles scientists
Sept. 20, 2006
Special to World Science

Re­search­ers say they've unearthed the pos­sib­ly most com­ple

te known

fos­sil of a fore­bear of hu­mans: a ba­by of the same spe­cies

as the famed

"Lu­cy" fos­sil found in 1974.

Oh, Baby! Another Missing Link Discovered
by Frank Sherwin, M.A.
The Bible teaches, and the fossil record shows, that man and ape have
always been separate. Evolutionary naturalists disagree and attempt to
interpret shattered fossil remains of apes in a Darwinian context,
producing questionable "missing links."

On September 20, the story broke of "a remarkably complete skeleton
of a 3-year-old female from the ape-man species represented by
'Lucy'" (Ritter 2006). This fossil was discovered 6 years ago in
Ethiopia's Dikika region, and, not surprisingly, it was dated at "3.3
million years old making [it] the oldest known skeleton of such a
youthful human ancestor" (Ritter 2006).

But what are the facts about this "member of Australopithecus
afarensis, which lived in Africa" and may have been "quickly buried
by sediment in a flood" (Ritter 2006)?

The Lower Body
Ritter's story states that "the lower body is very human-like"
and that this creature supposedly "stood upright and walked on two
feet." It should be noted, however, that no one has actually seen
this Ethiopian creature walk upright. On the other hand, scientists
have consistently observed the living pygmy chimpanzee walking upright
about 10 percent of the time. In other words, upright walking is not
convincing evidence that this "3.3 million year old" ape was on its
way to producing the human race. The origin of bipedalism has its share
of problems.

The field of human evolution has never been placid or calm. Although
Darwinists insist man was not created (Genesis 1:26-27), there is,
and always has been, outright disagreement regarding all facets of
human evolution and this recent Ethiopian discovery has simply fanned
the flames of this "contentious debate." Indeed, evolutionist
Bernard Wood states that the climbing ability of this ape "won't
settle the debate among scientists, which he said 'makes the Middle
East look like a picnic'" (Ritter 2006).

For decades there have been two sharply differing evolutionary camps:
the fossil experts (paleontologists) and the molecular biologists. Each
group has its unique scenario for human evolution. Understandably,
creationists are very interested to hear what the molecular
evolutionary biologists have to say about this "human-like child"
fossil (BBC 2006).

Bipedal locomotion (mentioned in several stories regarding this
recently-discovered juvenile fossil) is one of the most contentious
issues between Darwinists. Evolutionist Simon Underdown of Oxford
Brookes University in England says, "This tremendous fossil will make
us challenge many of the ideas we have about how and why we came to
walk on two feet" (Reaney 2006).

Darwinists continue to strongly disagree among themselves: "How and
why natural selection favored the transition to bipedal posture and
locomotion are likewise ongoing subjects of scholarly debate and
conjecture" (Stanford 2006).

The Upper Body
The upper body of the newly discovered child fossil is virtually
indistinguishable from an ape's. Ritter states that the hyoid bone is
"very chimp-like," not human; the fingers are very curved, which
indicates climbing ability, like an ape, not a human; the organ of
balance in the inner ear is ape-like, not human; the shoulder blades
are gorilla-like, not human; and the neck is short and thick like a
great ape's, not like a human's.

Ritter states, "The question is whether such features [long arms]
indicate climbing ability or just evolutionary baggage." Yet, science
has shown repeatedly that the secular evolutionary baggage argument is
without merit. A typical and popular example of evolutionary baggage is

the outdated vestigial organs argument that was popular long ago.

Scientific research has since shown that people and animals do not have
evolutionary leftovers and that there are clear explanations for organs
and structures such as the coccyx, appendix, and tonsils. The long arms
in the afarensis specimen were created as such because the specimen was
an ape, a tree climber.

While evolutionists continue to debate the form and function of this
newly-discovered fossil, creationists continue to base the model of
man's origin on Genesis 1:26-27.

Ritter's story states that "the lower body is very
human-like" and that this creature supposedly
"stood upright and walked on two feet." It should
be noted, however, that no one has actually seen
this Ethiopian creature walk upright.

On the other hand, scientists have consistently observed
the living pygmy chimpanzee walking upright about 10
percent of the time.

The field of human evolution has never been placid or calm.

~ S=E4bl=EB ~ wrote:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060920_baby-afarensis.htm

"Lucy's Baby": pre-human fossil dazzles scientists
Sept. 20, 2006
Special to World Science

Re=ADsearch=ADers say they've unearthed the pos=ADsib=ADly most com=ADp=

fos=ADsil of a fore=ADbear of hu=ADmans: a ba=ADby of the same spe=ADci=

"Lu=ADcy" fos=ADsil found in 1974.

Oh, Baby! Another Missing Link Discovered
by Frank Sherwin, M.A.
The Bible teaches, and the fossil record shows, that man and ape have
always been separate.