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Asgara

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Message 7 of 190 (132209)
08-10-2004 12:45 AM

Reply to: Message 5 by NOTHINGNESS
08-10-2004 12:30 AM

Re: Monkey Business?

In the early part of the century a rancher and geologist, Harold Cook, found a human looking tooth in Nebraska. He sent it to paleontologist Henry Osborn. Osborn thought it looked apelike and announced a possible find. He made many casts of the tooth and sent them all over the world for experts to examine.

Most had serious doubts about the tooth. An illustrator for a popular magazine of the time, (think National Enquirer), did a highly imaginative drawing of an apeman.

Scientists of the time NEVER embraced the find as anything of importance. It was the popular press that touted it as a "missing link" type and played up the find. With more evidence gathering and further testing, SCIENCE showed the initial interpretation to be wrong.

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Asgara

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Message 18 of 190 (132343)
08-10-2004 11:43 AM

Reply to: Message 8 by NOTHINGNESS
08-10-2004 3:07 AM

Re: Monkey Business?

How was I agreeing with you? About the tooth? I doubt that anyone here would disagree with the fact that the Nebraska find was a tooth.

YOU were claiming that it is still being taught as truth. I stated the basic story of the find to show that it was NEVER taught as truth.

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Message 74 of 190 (133897)
08-14-2004 6:49 PM

Reply to: Message 73 by jar
08-14-2004 6:43 PM

Re: My Opinion

I don't know about skeletons, but KNMER 1470 from Turkana is the most complete skull.

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