Friday, August 30, 2013

Ray's take on humankind

OK if you have been reading my blog, you know how this goes.  Ray shared the following two pictures on his facebook.

Neanderthal

Homo erectus
The first is an image of neanderthal woman despite Ray and other creationists captioning it as "nebraska man".  The second image is a Homo sapien with a Homo erectus.  Ray considers both to be a part of what he calls "humankind". [1][2][3]

The caption for the picture of the neanderthal:
Prof Stanford: "There’s evidence of evolution in the Galapagos." Ray: "Could you give me one instance?" Prof Stanford: "Yes, we have an example from a group of birds called Darwin’s finches." Ray: "What have the finches become?" Prof Stanford: "They've become anatomically new and genetically new, recognizably different species." Ray: "So they’re still finches?" Prof Stanford: "Well, of course they’re still finches, yes."
I wrote about something similar to this here and here. I could be wrong, but I think that Ray is playing the same bait and switch.  Ray asks for an ape man, a transitional form.  With his brow ridges, no chin, smaller skull, robust skull, smaller cheekbones, and protruding jaw, Homo erectus looks like it would fit that bill.
Even though, most creationists consider Homo erectus to be part of humankind, I don't think that most creationists consider the implications of what that means.  When you put a picture of Homo erectus next to a picture of Homo sapien, one does not look human.  This is a little less so with the neanderthal.

I cannot prove it, but I think the implication behind these two images is that only the Homo sapien is human.  Ray seems to be implying something that he doesn't actually believe.

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