Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings. (Konrad Lorenz)
Thinking about the musings from DAY 85: The Scientific Revolution – Part 3 – E = mc2 +/- 1....
I would submit to you that one of the greatest stumbling blocks with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is the absence of the ‘missing link’ between apes and humans. I would further submit to you that the most logical and scientific facts that would explain why this absence exists is because there was never one in the first place.
As I enter the final couple of weeks of my 52nd year on planet Earth, one of the few things that I remember from my high school days back in the early 1980’s, was the story that several science and social studies teachers taught us about where humans came from…
They taught us about the story of Lucy.
Back in November of 1974, a scientific team consisting of: paleo-anthropologists, geologists, fossil-hunters and graduate students from around the world, were following in the footsteps of Dr. Donald Johanson and his graduate student, Tom Gray, in Hadar, Ethiopia.
It is here, that Johanson and Gray were reputed to have discovered a partial skeleton of a human, dating back 3.2 million years. The team, listening to the Beatles song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” made naming this collection of bones, a no brainer.
According to this discovery regarding the age of humanity in 1974, the science was clear…
Humans were really, really old.
This is what the team at Hadar, Ethiopia found:
As I presented in both:
I presented 60 pictures that visually brings Darwin’s Theory of Evolution into question.
After looking at the picture of ‘Lucy’ above, compare it to the human skeletal system here:
After comparing these two visuals, a question you need to ask yourself is this:
Are the skeletal remains of ‘Lucy’ the skeletal remains of a human?
It is a scientific fact that the adult, human skeletal system, consists of 206 bones. (At birth, we have 270 bones, however as we age, many bones will fuse together into 206).
It is also a scientific fact that ‘Lucy’ consists of 47 bones, many of which are just fragments of the original bones in shape, size, or both.
To keep the math simple, I will divide the number of bones that the human skeletal system has with the amount of bones that ‘Lucy’ has:
206 / 47 = .228 or 23%.
In other words, according to science, as of November of 1974, the bones of ‘Lucy’ are the 2.3 million year old fossilized remains of a human.
Here are 3 questions to ask yourself after comparing the math equation above:
When you were in school, if you were earning a 23% in a class, would you pass?
If you were cooking a meal, how would it taste if you only had 23% of the ingredients?
If you were leaving your home bound for your favorite destination, how soon would you get there if the car you were driving only had 23% of its parts?
I would submit to you that there are many more questions that you could probably ask yourself using this similar questioning style, and the answer will still be the same.
Yet, science has taught us that since November, 1974, the bones of ‘Lucy’ are in fact, the 2.3 million year old fossilized remains of a human.
Is it possible then, that this team had to reconstruct the skeletal remains of ‘Lucy’, according to their preexisting beliefs about whether ‘Lucy’ was an ape…an ape-man…
Or human?
So, is it possible that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is still to be considered scientifically accurate, after the discovery of ‘Lucy’?
Is there more evidence that can be presented to help someone come to a definite and logical conclusion regarding the evolution and age of humans?
And if there is more evidence, where is this evidence?
That will be covered next time.
Do not feel discouraged if you cannot come to a conclusion regarding the scientific evidence presented regarding the discovery of ‘Lucy’ in November, 1974. Do not feel discouraged if the science may or may not add up regarding Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Instead, understand that the evidence is out there for you to discover and to ultimately come to a solid, scientific conclusion about how old humanity really is.
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? (Psalms 89:47 KJV)
Was today’s blog a little confusing at times? Was the content perhaps a little overwhelming? Did you feel lost not understanding some or most of the subject matter?
Those feelings are totally understandable and it is ok to have one or more of those feelings. Remember that you are reading DAY 86: The Scientific Revolution – Part 3 – What Missing Link?.
If you haven’t been in class since the first day of school…or when the project began…or when the contract was first signed, etc., these feelings make perfect and logistical sense.
Please feel free to go back to where all of this began: