Three Ways to Make an Ape-Man

Did We Come from Apelike Creatures?

by Ken Ham on February 27, 2024

Part 7

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All the supposed “missing links” between humans and apes fall into one of three categories: mistakes, apes, or humans!

Let’s start with mistakes. Yes, scientists sometimes make mistakes. Because human evolution is such a big deal, there’s a push to label everything a “missing link” and this has led to some big mistakes and outright frauds.

Consider “Nebraska man,” based on just one tooth found in the early 1900’s. This “apeman” was even used as evidence in the infamous Scopes trial—but it turned out to be the tooth of an extinct pig! Hardly an “apeman”!

Apemen didn’t exist: God created apes and he created humans.

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