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[[Image:Photoday 7 bg 071302.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley, gave the name "flipperpithecus" to a supposed "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of a dolphin's rib.]] | [[Image:Photoday 7 bg 071302.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley, gave the name "flipperpithecus" to a supposed "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of a dolphin's rib.]] | ||
| − | "[[Flipperpithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in [[Science News]].<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> | + | "[[Flipperpithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in [[Science News]].<ref name="Herb">W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> |
The science magazine ''[[New Scientist]]'' reported the following: | The science magazine ''[[New Scientist]]'' reported the following: | ||
| − | {{cquote| | + | {{cquote|A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley.<ref name="Ian">Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", ''New Scientist'', 28 April 1983, page 199.</ref> <ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}} |
| − | Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref | + | Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref name="Ian" /> |
| − | However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref | + | Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref name="Ian" /> |
| + | Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref name="Ian" /><ref name="Herb" /> | ||
| + | Dr. Boaz described the fossil find and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''. | ||
| + | However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref name="Herb" /> | ||
| + | Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref name="Ian" /> | ||
| + | Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a rethinking of theories among [[theory of evolution|evolutionary]] theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref name="Ian" /> | ||
| + | [[Johns Hopkins University]] anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.<ref name="Herb" /> | ||
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| + | Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."<ref name="Ian" /> | ||
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== References== | == References== | ||
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[[category:evolution]] | [[category:evolution]] | ||
[[Category:Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]] | [[Category:Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]] | ||
Revision as of 12:58, September 29, 2008
"Flipperpithecus" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in Science News.[1]
The science magazine New Scientist reported the following:
| “ | A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley.[2] [3] | ” |
Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "Nebraska man" and "Piltdown Man" incidents.[2] Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."[2] Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." [2][1] Dr. Boaz described the fossil find and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals Nature, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and Natural History. However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.[1] Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.[2] Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a rethinking of theories among evolutionary theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.[2] Johns Hopkins University anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.[1]
Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."[2]