Hominids

From The New Answers DVD 2

Labeling the Hominids

It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two. One should be wary of claims that this or that skeletal feature “proves the creature walked upright”, as usually some other evolutionist fossil “expert” will debunk or dispute the claim.

Homo erectus and Other Hominids

Human fossils of people who dispersed from Babel are found in various layers of Pleistocene rocks. Biblically we understand that a variety of people dispersed from Babel, and these human fossils track their scattering around the globe. The oldest and deepest of these human fossils—Homo erectus—were just as human as we are.

Variety Among Hominid Fossils

The existence of human variations in fossils is not evidence that humans evolved through an evolutionary sequence. A better question would involve an exploration of the diversity among humans descended from Noah’s family after the tower of Babel.

Articles About Hominids

• In-Depth Article

  Denisovan Fossil Found in Tibet

  

  May 17, 2019 from Answers in Depth

  The first Denisovan fossil outside Siberia has been found. What are Christians to think of this mysterious people group?

• In-Depth Article

  Hobbits of Flores Were an Archaic Human Variety, Studies Suggest

  July 15, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Could hobbits be a dwarfed variety of Homo erectus, an archaic human whose presence in Southeast Asia, specifically Flores, has been demonstrated?

• Magazine Department Article

  Gibbon the Opportunity . . .

  April 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  A recently discovered fossil of a gibbon-like creature is being hailed as a missing chapter in the history of apes, which evolutionists believe split into different lines before humans evolved. But is Pliobates cataloniae, found near Barcelona, really a long-lost cousin of ours?

• Magazine Department Article

  Getting a Grip on Human Origins

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Evolutionary researchers presented another landmark study claiming that chimpanzee hands are more advanced than human hands.

• Magazine Department Article

  New Find . . . Same Question

  

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  The Naledi skeletons in South Africa, whose discovery was announced last September, represent the latest species declared to be a likely human relative.

• In-Depth Article

  Tale of the Taung Child Collapses

  Oct. 7, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  “Evolving room for the brain to grow” was a good story, but even for evolutionists it doesn’t hold water anymore.

• In-Depth Article

  Fossil Hand Turns Back the Clock on Tools for Human Evolution

  Jan. 25, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Hand fit for a human found surprisingly deep in the fossil record.

• In-Depth Article

  Nutcracker Man’s Diet Was Rich in Brain Food After All

  Jan. 21, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Bright baboons know nutritional needs of “Nutcracker Man” were no problem.

• In-Depth Article

  Building Nutcracker Man from the Ground Up

  Jan. 18, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  New “Nutcracker Man” is a mosaic of evolutionary assumptions and reality.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Ardi Head Up Human Evolution Before Lucy?

  Jan. 16, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Ardi’s diminutive skull said to have evolved some human features a million years before Lucy.

• Sima de los Huesos Reveals Surprising Genetic Connections

  Dec. 16, 2013 from News to Know

  The “Pit of Bones” in a cavern in northern Spain was the final resting place for 28 of Europe’s earliest human inhabitants, Homo heidelbergensis.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Does the Dmanisi Discovery Demonstrate We Are All One Family?

  Nov. 6, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  Does the curious mosaic cobbled from the Dmanisi dig demonstrate we are all one family?

• Magazine Department Article

  Putting a Face on Evolution

  Jan. 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine

  The bones found at Lake Turkana, then, must represent descendants of people who lived after the tower of Babel.

• “Homo” Diversity or “Homo” Ancestry?

  Dec. 22, 2012 from News to Know

  Homo diversity versus Homo ancestry: asking the right question

• Ancient Humans Grazing?

  Nov. 24, 2012

  Did “human ancestors” come down from the trees to graze?

• Enigmatic Skull Confirmed to Have Flat Face

  Aug. 11, 2012 from News to Know

  Enigmatic KNM-ER 1470’s flat face finally confirmed.

• Dispute Over Largest Group of Human Fossils

  June 16, 2012 from News to Know

  Identity and age of the world’s largest group of human fossils is in dispute. “Getting that wrong even affects how we construct our own evolution,” says evolutionary expert.

• Supposed Hominid Evolution

  May 5, 2012 from News to Know

  Weird walkers weigh in on supposed hominid evolution.

• Magazine Department Article

  A Tough Nut to Crack

  Oct. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Since its discovery in 1959, Nutcracker Man has usually been depicted as walking upright (though only a skull had been discovered).

• Number Crunching

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Smile, crunch the numbers, and make something out of nothing.

• Nutcracker Man

  May 14, 2011 from News to Know

  “Nutcracker Man” was neither man nor nutcracker.

• Meet the Denisovans

  Jan. 8, 2011 from News to Know

  Neanderthals, move aside; it’s time for us to meet your cousins, the “Denisovans.”

• Relative of Ape-Woman Lucy?

  June 26, 2010

  He’s the new “big man” of human evolution: Kadanuumuu, a purported relative of famous ape-woman Lucy.

• Ancient Human Cannibal

  May 29, 2010

  Add to the list of ancient humans Homo gautengensis, a chimp-like creature that may have had a dark past.

• “X-Woman” to be Added to Human Lineage

  March 27, 2010

  Neanderthals, move over: there may have been another “human lineage” walking on earth in recent history, known only from an individual called “X-woman” (elsewhere reported as “Woman X”)

• Magazine Department Article

  Meet “Ardi”

  Jan. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  “Ardi” does away with conventional ideas about a missing link.

• Monkey Not Our Uncle

  Oct. 24, 2009 from News to Know

  Remember “Ida,” the missing link that wasn’t? In a Nature letter, scientists attack the lofty claims that surrounded the announcement of the fossil primate.

• “Ida”: What’s the Story Now?

  Oct. 23, 2009

  Remember “Ida,” the missing link that wasn’t?

• Meet “Ardi”

  Oct. 2, 2009

  Evolutionists aren’t yet sure if they should call it a human ancestor, but one thing they do know is that “Ardi” does away with the idea of a “missing link.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Much Ado about Ida

  

  Oct. 1, 2009 from Answers Magazine

  Ida appears to be a remarkably well-preserved lemur, not a human ancestor.

• Skull Rewrites the Book

  Sept. 12, 2009 from News to Know

  The history of human evolution is clear: we all came from Europe.

• Lord of the Tools

  April 25, 2009 from News to Know

  “How could a hominid with a brain the size of a grapefruit craft tools?” asks ScienceNOW’s Elizabeth Culotta.

• Toeing the Line

  March 7, 2009 from News to Know

  A fossilized footprint found in Kenya—thought to be 1.5 million years old—doesn’t look its age.

• Early Humans Born With Big Brains

  Nov. 22, 2008

  It’s yet another human ancestor—but, once again, with a larger brain than us.

• Bones Don’t Add Up For Palauan Hobbits

  Sept. 6, 2008 from News to Know

  News broke last week of the misinterpretation of Palauan bone fragments, which had led to the misidentification of a modern human as something else. It isn’t the first time!

• Hominid Fossil Finder Disputes Age of His Find

  Sept. 6, 2008

  After years of thorough dispute from creationist circles, the controversial Toumai skull—said to be the remains of an apeman—is now under another attack from evolutionists.

• Cro-Magnon Man DNA Similar to that of Modern Humans

  July 19, 2008

  Cro-Magnon Man, you may be 28,000 years old, but you haven’t changed a bit!

• First Walking Human Determined to be Six Million years Old

  March 29, 2008

  A new analysis of the bones of a human “ancestor” suggests it was the earliest known hominin to walk upright, reports National Geographic News.

• Magazine Department Article

  Hominid Hopes Dashed

  Jan. 28, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  For several years, evolutionists have hailed the find nicknamed Toumai as the missing link between humans and an ape-like ancestor.

• Missed the Memo; Forgot to Leave Africa

  Nov. 17, 2007

  A new fossil found in Kenya’s Rift Valley is shaking up the latest hypotheses about alleged ancient apes and their postulated connection to modern humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas.

• Review of New Fossils Found in Georgia

  Sept. 22, 2007 from News to Know

  A team reporting this week in the journal Nature announces the discovery of the remains of four individuals found at the site of a medieval castle at Dmanisi in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

• Living With Your Ancestors

  Aug. 11, 2007

  Evolutionists are busy rewriting the story of the evolution of humankind becuase of two fossils from Kenya.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Mother Lode of Ancestral Moms

  July 30, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Could it be that many evolutionists are scrambling to counter the increasing influence of the creation and intelligent design movements in today’s culture?

• Magazine Department Article

  Kenyan Controversy

  July 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Some well-intentioned but misguided Christians in Kenya have raised opposition to a new evolution display in their country’s National Museum.

• Magazine Department Article

  Skull Scratching

  July 1, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  In the evolutionary worldview, people have been slowly evolving—and improving—over millions of years. According to biblical anthropology, however, humans were created on the sixth day of creation.

• Skull Exhibits Confusing Characteristics

  Jan. 20, 2007

  A skull discovered in Romania is causing some head-scratching among evolutionists because it includes “traits normally associated with more ancient species” even though it is “undeniably a Homo sapiens specimen.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Read the Fine Print

  Nov. 20, 2006 from Answers Magazine

  While headlines often trumpet “Scientists find skull of human ancestor", you need to read on.

• The Toumaï Skull: Ape or Human Ancestor?

  Aug. 30, 2006

  In 2001, a chimp-sized cranium (lacking the lower jaw) was discovered in the Djurab Desert in the central African nation of Chad.

• Fact Versus Fiction: The Recent Ethiopian Fossils

  April 17, 2006

  The Asa Issie fossil discovery is just one more of evolutionists false interpretations of the fossil record in an attempt to “prove” an animal origin for humans.

• Hominid Fever

  March 11, 2005

  It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two.