Bad Human... Go back in time : Coal

That website is the biggest pile of trash I've ever seen. The pictures don't even closely resemble fossils. The so-called human fossils in the slate just look like a big blob. Even if they were fossils, why does he have to make the automatic assumption that they are human fossils? On the "More Evidence" page, he shows some photos of the fossils at 2000X. I don't doubt that those are bones, but I do doubt that they are fossilized bones, or even hominid bones in this case. He could have split up some beef bones and taken their pictures and pretend that they are fossilized human bones. Has Ed Conrad even studied anthropology? Has he even gone to college?
Anyway, the question about human fossils in coal beds:
Conrad can say anything he wants on his website. He doesn't have to provide any citations or other proof. He could claim anything about this so-called "coal." There are many explainations. The main, and probably best explaination is that there was already some charcoal in the area where these fossils were found from a forest or brush fire previous to the hominid's death. Even if there was only an inch of faint charcoal residue in the soil, he could claim that it is a coal bed.
Another explaintion is that the hominid did actually fall into an oil-rich bog which then turned into a coal bed after a few million years.
Ed Conrad shows no proof for his findings. And, because it is the internet, he can say whatever he damn well feels like saying. Photographs can decieve you. Don't fall for his fun and games.

Oh yeah...One other thing: The only human remains found in North America have been homo sapiens sapiens...