Re: The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:29:28 -0600 <drsyme@cablespeed.com> writes:
> Interestingly enough Hugh Ross, Fuz Rana and Michael
> Schele are doing a monthly series this year called
> Adam:Miracle, Myth, or Monkey. They claim that they will
> use the latest evidence to present a model for human
> origins that is consistent with (their) interpretation of
> the Bible.
>
> I have subscribed to this, and have listened to the first
> two messages. I have taken notes so can pass on what they
> say if you are interested, but so far nothing really that
> interesting.
>
> The do make the following distinction; human beings, are
> those created in the image of God, and they are not
> hominids. Hominids are bipedal primates with large brain
> capacities that are not human beings. (So neanderthal, and
> archaic homo sapiens are not human beings, but are
> hominids, and the most recent homo sapiens sapiens are
> human beings but not hominids.) They also say that human
> beings are anatomically distinct, but also behaviorally
> distinct. The behavior, I think, that they think is what
> "the image of God is" is evidence of worshipping the
> creator.
>
> So far they havent discussed when human being first
> appeared and what evidence they think indicates this.
> They also have not indicated how homo sapiens species
> that are anatomically identical to human beings, are not
> human beings. I will fill you in after subsequent
> messages.
>
> Unfortunatly they do not have a forum for this series.
>
I think something is being overlooked here. As I understand Ross's gang,
they hold that all types of creatures are basically direct creations of
God, so that any evolutionary development has to be micro rather than
macro. So, if neandertal, erectus, habilis, etc., are different species,
then they were created apart from /Homo sapiens/. I am guessing that /H.
s. sapiens/ would be rejected as indicating that there were other human
beings when there are only hominids.
Dave
Received on Tue Mar 1 22:40:23 2005