Can we trust evolutionists although they peddled the fraudulent Piltdown Man fossil as a "missing link"?

Question

For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were built on its authenticity. Then in 1953, the awful truth came out: "Piltdown Man" was a fake! But who done it? In "The Boldest Hoax," NOVA gets to the bottom of the greatest scientific hoodwinking of all time.

It all started in the early 1900s, when a laborer digging near the village of Piltdown in southern England reportedly found a strange piece of skull that he passed on to Charles Dawson, a local amateur archeologist. Dawson obtained more fossils from the site and, believing they were the remains of a very ancient human, approached Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of Geology at the Natural History Museum. In December 1912, the two jointly presented the reconstructed skull to the public as humankind's earliest ancestor.

Forty years later, new scientific tests showed that Piltdown Man was a forgery...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hoax/
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/piltdown.html
http://www.time.com/time/2007/crimes/3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html

Answer 1

Let's not forget Nebraska man, Java man, Orce man, embryonic recapitulation, Archaeoraptor Liaoningensis, and these gems of "science":

1. THE LIE THAT "IT HAS BEEN PROVED THAT LIFE COULD HAVE EMERGED BY CHANCE ON THE PRIMITIVE EARTH"

The only evidence cited in evolutionist sources is the 1953 Miller Experiment. Yet no living cell was created in this experiment, just a few amino-acids were synthesised. It is mathematically impossible for amino-acids to form strings in the right sequence by chance and make proteins, and for these to give rise to a cell. Miller's synthesised amino-acids are of no significance, since his experiment used gasses which were not present in the primitive atmosphere on earth. (see Miller's Experiment)

2. THE LIE THAT "THE HUMAN EMBRYO HAS GILLS"

This claim rests on a scientific fraud committed by the evolutionist biologist Ernst Haeckel at the beginning of the 20th century. In order to come up with proof of evolution Haeckel created drawings of the embryos of such living things as human beings, chickens and fish and placed them side by side. Yet there were distortions in these images. Today the whole scientific world recognises these as counterfeit. The structure shown as a "gill" by Haeckel is actually the beginning of the middle ear channel, the parathyroid and the thymus glands. (see The Recapitulation Misconseption)

3. THE LIE THAT "NATURAL HISTORY CONFIRMS THE TREE OF LIFE"

Darwinism maintains that life on earth originated and developed from a single root, subsequently splitting off into branches, like a tree. Evolutionists have struggled to make natural history fit this claim for 150 years. Yet natural history actually paints a diametrically opposed picture. The fossil record shows that there was no "tree of life" and that the basic groups of living things emerged suddenly and at the same time. Almost all the known phyla (basic groups of living things) emerged in the Cambrian period, some 530-520 million years ago. (see The "Tree of Life" is Collapsing)

4. THE LIE THAT "ARCHAEOPTERYX IS THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN REPTILES AND BIRDS"

The 150-million-year-old bird fossil known as Archaeopteryx has been portrayed as "the greatest fossil evidence of evolution" since the 19th century. It has been claimed that this fossil possesses certain reptilian features, for which reason it is the "missing link" between reptiles and birds. This claim has been invalidated, however, by recent findings that prove that Archaeopteryx was a perfect flying bird. Moreover, the alleged reptilian ancestors for birds, the theropod dinosaurs, are all younger than Archaeopteryx in terms of their appearance in the fossil record; a fact which evolutionists try to hide. (see The Archaeopteryx Misconception)

5. THE LIE THAT "THE EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE HAS BEEN PROVEN BY THE FOSSIL RECORD"

For decades now, 'the evolution of the horse' has been portrayed as one of the best documented proofs of evolution. Four-legged mammals which lived at different times have been lined up, from small to large, and these "horse series" exhibited in museums of natural history. Research in recent years, however, has revealed that the creatures in the series were not one another's ancestors, that the sequence is gravely mistaken, and that the creatures portrayed as the ancestors of the horse actually emerged after the horse. (see The Myth of Horse Evolution)

6. THE LIE THAT "LIVING THINGS POSSESS VESTIGAL ORGANS"

For a long time now it has been maintained in evolutionist sources that some organs in living things serve no function, and that these are evolutionary blind spots inherited from the evolutionary ancestors of the creatures in question. For instance, the human appendix and coccyx were for long years regarded as such vestigal organs. Yet the latest scientific findings have revealed that all these organs do actually have important functions. The "list of vestigal organs" drawn up by evolutionists at the beginning of the 20th century is now without foundation. (see The Myth of Vestigal Organs)

7. THE LIE THAT "VERTEBRATES' FIVE-FINGERED HAND STRUCTURE IS EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION"

The dolphin's fin, the bat's wing and the human hand all contain a five-fingered bone structure. This similarity has for a long time been put forward in evolutionist schoolbooks or popular publications as evidence they all evolved from a common ancestor. Genetic research, however, has shown that these organs, which seem so alike on the surface, are actually controlled by very different genes. Evolutionists today admit that "similar organs do not represent evidence of evolution." (see The Fall of the Homology in Tetrapod Limbs)

8. THE LIE THAT "INDUSTRIAL MELLANISM IS EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION"

Among the most frequently repeated so-called "proofs" of the theory of evolution in the world is that of the moth population in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. According to this claim, air population darkened the colour of tree bark, which meant that since dark coloured moths had better camouflage they were protected from bird predators, as a result of which the dark coloured moth population increased. Yet this is not evolution, because no new species of mothsemerged. All that happened was the population levels of previously existing species changed. Moreover, recent works on the story show that the story itself was not true at all; the famous pictures of moths resting on trees were fake and no such "industrial mellanism" (darkening of colour due to industrial pollution) ever took place. (see The True Story of Industrial Melanism)

9. THE LIE THAT "MUTATION EXPERIMENTS ARE PROOF OF EVOLUTION"

Mutations are one of the two "evolutionary mechanisms" proposed by neo-Darwinism. It is suggested that these chance modifications to DNA caused living things to evolve. Thousands of mutation experiments have been performed to back up this claim. Some populations of living things, fruit flies in particular, have been subjected to intense mutation. Evolutionist publications portray these mutation experiments as "laboratory evidence of evolution." Yet the fact is that far from confirming evolution these experiments have actually undermined it. In not one living thing exposed to mutation has an increase in its genetic information been observed. On the contrary, mutants (living things exposed to mutation) are always deformed, sterile and sickly. (see Mutations)

10. THE LIE THAT "FOSSILS PROVE THAT APE-MEN ONCE LIVED"

Darwinism's mort prominent deception is the claim that man evolved from ape-like creatures. This claim has been imposed on society by means of thousands of fictitious drawings and models. The fact is that there is no evidence that "ape-men" ever lived. Australopithecus, portrayed as man's oldest ancestor, was actually an extinct ape species, not so very different from modern chimpanzees. Classifications such as Homo erectus, placed after Australopithecus in the evolutionary chain, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens archaic, were all different human races. (see The Imaginary Family Tree of Man)

And so much more:
http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionfraud.html

Answer 2

The fact that scientists have the objectivity to admit that they are wrong proves that the "evolutionists" are far more reliable than creationists, who come up with their conclusion first and accept or reject data based on whether or not it agreed with their beliefs.

And there is no "missing link." The fact that you would even ask that pretty much proves you have no idea how evolution works.

Answer 3

Don't pay attention to Moo, he's knocked himself in the head a few too many times and lost alot of brain cells.

You atheists can report me all you want but I'll be back with a new account and even more dangerous.

BTW if you were truly open-minded you would open your email. Mines open

Answer 4

Is the Pope Jewish?

Answer 5

The extreme measures evolutionists will take to keep the God Yahweh out of the picture of evolution. But guess what? You can't. Because He is the "missing link" in the gaps in evolution. Always has and always will be.

Answer 6

A fraud in science does not disprove evolution anymore than a fraud in religion disproves God.

Answer 7

Science, religion, philosophy, medicine, politics, education and every other branch of human endeavour has quacks.

Answer 8

And it was scientists who discovered the earlier error and they corrected it. Maybe religious scholars need to follow the scientists lead and quit claiming the bible infallible since it has been proven false so many times.

Answer 9

Can we trust religion, although they peddle the fraudulent "7 days" creation story, the flood, and a million other fictional stories as truth?

Answer 10

Yes,you have to think about it,if its a proven theory then why has there been so much fraudelence and hoaxes in the history of this movement?
Vishal:are you confident enough in your transitional fossils to name just a few of them?

Oh and you guys got one thing right at least,it was SCIENCE that discovered this and science evolution is not.

Its always amusing to see how the evolutionists rise to the bait and jump to defend their 'golden goose',their own belief system.
So funny,yet they feel free to attack everyone elses beliefs.
What a bunch of hypocrites!