The Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
Index to Creationist Claims,
edited by Mark Isaak, Copyright © 2005
Claim CC003:
The knee of the "Lucy" fossil (the most complete
Australopithecus
afarensis fossil) was found over a mile away from the rest of the
skeleton, so it cannot be used as evidence that Lucy walked upright. That
evolutionists have never admitted this fact in print shows their
dishonesty.
Source:
Response:
- The claim is false. The skeleton called Lucy does not have an intact
knee. A different, isolated knee fossil was found two to three
kilometers away (Johanson and Edey 1981). Confusion over the two
fossils apparently led to the false claim.
- Far from indicating evolutionist dishonesty, this claim shows how
creationists fail to check their claims (Lippard 1999).
Links:
Lippard, Jim, 1999. Lucy's knee joint : A case study in creationists'
willingness to admit their errors.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/knee-joint.html
References:
- Johanson, Donald C. and Maitland A. Edey, 1981. Lucy: The Beginnings
of Humankind. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Lippard, Jim, 1999. (See above)
created 2001年2月18日, modified 2003年8月1日