NJBibleScience.org. Early Man. Gerald Lenner, Ph.D. November 17, 2010

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1 Early Man Gerald Lenner, Ph.D. November 17, 2010

2 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

3 Three Strikes and You re Out! The Theory of Evolution Cambrian Explosion 4.5 Billion 3.5 Bya 2.0 Bya present Earth Organic Soup Photosynthetic Animals Man Formed Plants 4 Mya How did life begin? How did life evolve? 3

4 You are here Theoretical Evolution of Man 4

5 Cambrian Explosion Example Trilobites 5

6 Gap Example: Fish to Amphibian Amphibian Fish 6

7 Evolution Terrestrial Vertebrates Creation Time Morphology Morphology 7

8 The Short Story A Tale of Buckets Apes and Men 8

9 Apes & Man Both apes and man have distinctive anatomy 9

10 APES Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples The Short Story HUMANS 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

11 False Ancestors of Man 11

12 Eoanthropus dawsoni (Piltdown man) Discovered in Sussex England. Consisted of an orangutan jaw with filed teeth and a human skull cap. It was an intentional hoax and accepted until

13 Nebraska man (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! 13

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

15 Candidate Ape Men: Neanderthals Australopithecines Homo erectus 15

16 Neanderthals 16

17 Neanderthals First discovered in1856. Evidence of tool use, ritualistic burial of their dead, and jewelry. Now regarded as human. 17

18 Neanderthals Tools Jewelry 18

19 Australopithecines 19

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

21 A Famous Australopithecine Australopithecus afarensis - Lucy as in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 21

22 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

23 Homo erectus 23

24 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

25 Homo erectus Modern man Homo erectus Similar to modern humans below the neck 25

26 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

27 Homo erectus Homo erectus Skull Sangiran 17 BH-018 Java man Homo erectus Skull - Tattersall / Sawyer Recreation 27

28 Homo erectus tools When Hand Axe is thrown like a discuss it lands knife edge side 93% of the time 28

29 Cranial Sizes Homo erectus and Neanderthals may be the same Homo erectus Neanderthals 29

30 Putting It All Together 30

31 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 At that time the following fossilized individuals were found roughly 4000; Africa 1,390 Europe and USSR 1,516 Americas, Asia, 1,092 Australia (1976) (1969,1970) (1974) Marvin Lubenow estimates the current total to be 7000 in (2004); 31

32 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 the theory of evolution was falsified! 32

33 Homo sapiens Human Family Tree? No clear ancestor path Homo erectus Australopithecines 33

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

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

36 Secular Anthropology Intelligent and capable Cave man 36

37 Intelligent and capable creation Biblical Anthropology Gen 4:17 Cain builds city named after son Enoch Gen 4:19 Jabel invents harp & flute Gen 4:22 Tubal-cain foundry with bronze and iron Turn stupid 37

38 Summary 38

39 APES Australopithecus africanus Skull Sts 5 "Mrs. Ples The Missing Link? HUMANS 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 39