Did man evolve from apes?

We have discussed earlier that man was made in the image of God and he did not evolve.

See earlier post: “Are People Mammals?”

But today let’s discuss some of the so called evidence for the “missing link” between ape and man that evolutionary scientists use to “prove evolution“.  We have all see charts like the one below and assume that there is solid scientific evidence to support it.  We would assume there existed full and complete skeletons that anthropologists, paleontologists, etc had used to create the models and sketches that they present as fact.  This is not the case.  Read on to learn how only a few bones fragments have inspired artists to use their imaginations to sketch what they picture these beings to look like.

Ramapithecus was reconstructed from a small fragment of jawbone two inches long.  Artists used their imaginations to create their idea of what this “missing link” would have looked like.  This find has now been eliminated as a “link” between ape and man.  Recent evidence has shown that living baboons have similar teeth and jaw structures.

Australopithecus (means “southern ape”).  The skulls that were found were concluded to be fully ape.  “Lucy” was at first thought to be a missing link but is now known to be a chimpanzee.

Peking Man was discovered in 1921 near Peking (Beijing), China.  It consisted of a few teeth and a few skull fragments.  They have now been “lost” and cannot be reexamined but they were found in an excavated site where known human fossils and tools have been found.

Java Man was discovered by Dubois in 1891 on the island of Java.  The find was an ape-like skull cap.  A year later, he found a human leg bone 50 feet away and put them together claiming he had found the missing link.  Before he died he admitted that Java Man as a giant gibbon.

Cro-magnon Man was discovered in 1968 in a cave at Les Eyzies, France.  These skeletons were determined to be fully human cave dwellers.  Their cave walls were covered with drawings of horses, deer, and bison.  There are primitive tribes in the world today; some of them are cave dwellers.  Their choice of a dwelling place does not make them less human.

Neanderthal Man was discovered in 1856 in the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf, Germany.  It was also thought to be the missing link between man and ape. But it was a skeleton that was fully human.  It was determined that the person had been severely deformed by age and arthritis!

Piltdown Man was discovered in 1912 in Piltdown England, consisted of a man-like skull cap and an ape-like jawbone.  In 1953, it was discovered that the teeth had been filed to fit and the bones had been stained to make them appear old.  The whole thing was phony!

Nebraska Man was discovered in 1922 in western Nebraska, was nothing more than the find of a single tooth.  Artists used their imaginations to sketch out a picture of what that ape man looked like.  Later it was determined that tooth was neither from an ape or a man but from an extinct pig.

Research and photo taken from: “Unlocking The Mysteries of Creation” by Dennis R Petersen.