Re: Too funny: CreationWiki takes a spoof as real


NashtOn wrote:

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> Many people, scholars, scientists and the public, were also happy to
> believe in Piltdown Man.
>
> Case closed.

Quite right. Piltdown Man was a hoax, and is not a species of hominid.
The Australopithicines, Homo habilus, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster,
Neanderthals, etc., *are* species of hominids. Thank you for the
correction.

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