Every system of beliefs has its patriarchs. For evolution, many scientists have put their input to their own personal creation story to form the construct that is accepted by a majority of scientists today. We will examine three key scientists from the twentieth century, their character, their methods, and their scientific claims.
Dr. Raymond Dart
In the 1920s, Dr. Raymond Dart, an anatomy professor in South Africa who was known for extreme pro-Darwin views, believed in an unorthodox theory that the size and shape of a brain determines its intelligence. This theory which was founded by a man named Arthur Keith, has been completely discredited. This absurd theory entails reading people’s bumps on their skull to know what their skills, gifting, and talents are. You have seen the 1900s style drawings of a skull with different areas labeled cooking, knitting, reading, math, etc. This theory has been completely disproved. It has been proven, however, that the size of the human brain does not determine its intelligence. The use of one’s brain completely determines its capability and intelligence. Many geniuses have had their brains measured and size is a factor that has been completely ruled out. For example, genius Anatole France had a brain that was 1020 grams in mass, while genius Jonathon Swift’s brain was 2005 grams. The size of the human brain has been known to vary from 855 grams to 2200 grams in mass, and people known to have a high intelligence have brain sizes that are throughout the spectrum. Anyhow, back to Dr. Dart, some miners brought a skull to Dr. Dart, and the brain had completely decomposed over time and was replaced by a sedimentary caste. Believing he could read the bumps on the caste which served as a model of what the brain looked like, he went straight to the media and proclaimed that he had found “the most significant find in anthropology” which walked upright, had an improved brain quality over chimps, and was more human than ape. When the scientific community had a chance to examine the skull, they were able to find that it belonged to a baby chimp that was 1-3 years old. This chimp was a find because it did belong to a species of chimp which is now extinct. Dr. Dart then faced 5 years of rejection from the scientific community until he was later vindicated by Dr. Robert Boom.
Dr. Robert Boom
Dr. Robert Boom, a Scotsman who was known for his genius, discovered 30 classes of animals and 60 new discoveries of animal species by the year 1934. On the flip side, this particular doctor was also well known for his dishonesty, disregard for human life, and for having some crazy beliefs. He was denied access to the South African Museum to study the fossils on record there because of his reputation for stealing them in the past. He thought no one else should have them but him, and he was not going to let anything get in his way. He was also forced to have a geologist with him because the scientific community tired from his improvable claims at how old his fossils were (you see, there is pressure out there to find the oldest and most original find). He was also naked when he was out in the field because he believed the sun had healing power. As far as disregard for human life, not only would he exhume bodies to experiment upon, but he also experimented upon the African natives. In one such experiment, he took two natives who were deathly ill with influenza. One sickly native was put inside of a tent and kept there, while the other was kept outside. His goal was that he wanted to prove that the sun would heal the one native outside while the other in the tent died. This was his grand experiment to test the healing qualities of the sun that he so deeply believed. As far as his evolutionary work, he ran to the media (sound familiar), with the claim of a find which he named Australopithecis Tranvalensis. The scientific community later rebutted him by stating his findings were just ape remains. In response, Dr. Boom changed the name to Plesianthopis Tranvalensis and went on a world-wide lecture tour scoring a nice fortune.
Louis Leakey
Louis Leakey is a brand name and a culmination of what evolutionists strive to be. With no formal training yet a large family fortune, Louis Leakey was a persuasive, self-made man. He had two beliefs that he set out to prove: 1. the human race came from a hominid ancestor who lived about 20 million years ago; 2. when examining fossils and the tools found near them, assumptions based upon inferred behavior can be made. Let me explain that last one. Inferred behavior works like this: you dig up a skeleton, and then you dig up a hammer twenty-five feet away. According to inferred behavior, you would come to the conclusion that this human used that hammer in his lifetime. On his first expedition to Africa in the 1920s, he went to the Olduvai Gorge and found the skeleton of a homo sapien (regular modern day man), stone tools, and some ape fossils. He then claimed that he had found the missing link, a half-man / half-ape who used stone tools, and he called it Oldoway Man. He also stated that it was 20 million years old making it the oldest and original find. He had captured the attention of the scientific community who funded a second expedition and sent geology professor, Percy Boswell to try and confirm the age and location of his findings. This second expedition turned out to be a waste of time and a disappointment to Percy. Percy had found that despite Leakey’s claims, there was no map, no pictures, and no iron pegs (which Leakey blamed the natives for stealing). Leakey had hit a low which continued to spiral him downwards. He was further discredited in the eyes of the scientific community when he had an affair on one of his expeditions which led to a divorce. Hey, it was the 1950s! That kind of thing was frowned upon even among the secular side of society. Later, Leakey remarried, found sources of private funding, and in 1959, discovered Zinjanthropus Boise, “the earliest homonid” and “the maker of stone tools.” The scientific community called it an “ape.” But, that did not stop Leakey. He went to the media and on world wide tours where he persuaded the beliefs of the everyday man and quickly became a household name. In 1964, with the findings of a jawbone, skull fragments, and some tools, he discovered homo habilis, the “handyman” who is more human than ape, a tool maker, walked upright, and capable of rudimentary speech. With a lot of plaster and the few skull fragments, he concocted a skull with the brain capacity of 600-800 cubic centimeters putting it in between the average range of humans and apes. It is still a mystery how he was able to make these claims with a skull that is more plaster than bone. This is what is known as composite construction and it is very unreliable. The next challenge was to find some human-like, tool making hands for his newest find. After more digging, they found 21 hand bones in an attempt to add more credit to their composite “tool maker” skeleton, but Leakey’s staff later admitted to their true origin. Out of the 21 bones, six are non hominid (animal bones that are not human/ape/chimp/monkey), two are arboreal (tree-living) monkey, and one of the hand bones is a vertebrae bone. Yep, one of the supposed “hand” bones is actually a spinal bone! As you can see, for Leakey, it’s all about making the sell. The innovative and creative Leakey is best known for his 1470 skull (1470 is the museum assigned artifact number, it has nothing to do with a year) which he discovered in 1972. He needed a skull which had an 810 cubic centimeter capacity to give credit to his many other findings such as homo erectus, homo habilis, and homo ergaster. After excavating large portions of land, he found 150 small skull bone fragments. With all of these skulls fragments, a lot of plaster, and his cunning ape-leggos skills, his 1470 skull was completed. “Ape-leggos” has to do with if you cannot find the evidence you are looking for, with enough random bone fragments, plaster, creativity, and salesmanship, you can create any bit of evidence needed. The radioactive dating of the skull varied from 260,000 to 22 million years old. Since Leakey initially believed that mankind’s ancestor was 2.2 million years old, he claimed 2.2 million years old and threw away the rest of the data. Later in 1973, Leakey’s stardom attracted the attention of anatomist, Dr. Alan Walker. After a large find of fossils, they all met in Nairobi to discuss them. After a heated debate between, Alan Walker (doctor of anatomy) and Leakey (who has no formal training), Dr. Alan Walker grabbed the newly found fossils and exited the building saying that he did not want his name associated to whatever claim Leakey was pushing. What that claim was, is still a mystery. What is not a mystery is that every time a qualified, formally trained scientist accompanies him, such as geologists Dr. Percy Boswell and anatomist Dr. Alan Walker, they end up walking away irritated and disappointed. Despite the objections of qualified scientists, Louis Leakey has been able to sell his finds to the common man through the media and his many world-tours. Today, there are mixed opinions about this man and his many findings. In some places in the secular scientific community, his claims such as the 1470 skull have been ruled as a hoax. However, school text books and many scientific writings today still cite his claims as if they are true scientific discoveries.
In Conclusion
One interesting note is that evolutionists have a huge fossil record of supposed “missing link” fossils for mankind, but no fossil record findings for the everyday ape, chimp, and monkey. Why is this? May be it is because every time an ape/chimp/monkey fossil is found, they always try to claim that it is man’s missing link.
Leakey spent his entire life digging up human bones, chimpanzee bones, monkey bones, ape bones, pig bones, and obsidian stone tools. A majority of the bones in the area were actually pig bone fragments! So according to his intense belief in inferred behavior, he should have stated, “Since a majority of the bones found with the tools are pig bones, I proclaim that the pigs were the tool makers!” If Douglas Adams knew about this, the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy” book series would have taken on an entirely different set of tangents.
Jokes aside, Proverbs states that “So is the way a man’s heart is, so he is.” Those key shapers of the doctrine of evolution are plagued with crazy personal beliefs, shady scientific methods, and a quest to discover-create evidence to fit their theory that they are trying to prove. It is a quest for fame and fortune. Amongst themselves, you can always find them discrediting each other and disproving each other’s finds. Many times, Creation scientists find discrediting evidence against evolution from the jealousy and inner-rivalry that exists within the evolutionary community. The true “missing link” in evolutionary science is integrity. This should not come as any surprise since they have set their hearts against the Truth who alone is Jesus Christ.
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