Appendix CThe Secular World View Anthropology According to the dictionary, anthropology is "the science of man in his physical, social, material, and cultural development, including the study of his origins, evolution, geographic distribution, ethnology, and communal forms" [21]. Our concern here is in the secular view of the origin and evolution of man. We are also concerned about anthropology's influence on our thinking that early man was a dumb, primitive hunter and food gatherer. 
As stated in the section on the Myth of Evolution, it is in the prurient interest of men to deny the creation of Adam in favor of an ongoing evolution of humanity. To refute Adam's creation is to exonerate us from the inherited sin of Adam. Ultimately, this is why Jesus Christ is rejected as Savior: to believe in Christ also requires the belief in the original sin of Adam that we inherit at birth. And, ultimately, unbelieving scientists cling to the theory of evolution because it is the one comprehensive theory that denies God, and embraces every branch of scientific inquiry. Even in theistic evolution [22], individuals are freed from original sin, and have the right to earn eternal life through good works. And those who don't care about sin are free to do whatever they want, since right and wrong is only what cultures permit or prohibit. If survival of the fittest is true, then might is right, and the strong get to dictate what is acceptable and what is not. For this reason, many homosexuals, deviants, and power greedy people embrace the doctrine of evolution. But in embracing the doctrine they hasten the process of de-evolution. As Solomon said, "that they might see that they themselves are beasts" (Ecc. 3: 18b). After Darwin's theory became accepted, many went out of their way to try and prove it to be so. Today we have a slew of supposed changes in the evolution of man from primate to modern man. Below is a brief list of some of these claims to man's heritage. Common Ancestor Evolutionary textbooks list a primate type creature that dwelt in trees as the common ancestor to mankind. The main fault to the listing is that there is no evidence whatsoever of any fossil remains for such a creature. It is listed as a fact simply to support the theory. Ramapithecus A fossil remain of a jawbone. This was only two inches long found in India during the 1930's. An even smaller piece of jaw was found in Africa that was classified as the same type [23]. This is puny evidence from which to create a whole new creature. Great artistic liberty is taken to create a man from just a jawbone. It's more imagination than fact. A baboon's jaw bone has been shown to be the same as this single fossil. Nebraska Man Another fossil remnant of just one tooth that has been classified as an entire human being. This tooth was found by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1922 in western Nebraska. Imaginative drawings were published in the London News on June 24, 1922. This information was used as proof in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" to admit evolution as a doctrine to be taught in American schools. The tooth was later discovered to be from an extinct pig and made known publicly in 1927, then subsequently removed from the chart. Regrettably, that discovery did not discourage the teaching of evolution in the public schools. Evolution had by then become accepted as fact [24]. Java Man (Pithecanthropus) In 1891 Dutch physician Eugene Dubois found an ape-like skull cap on the South Pacific island of Java. A year later he found a human leg and two molar teeth 50 feet from the first find on the Solo River near Trinil in central Java. He dubbed his find Java Man (also called Trinil Man) and it is supposed to have lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. Dubois wanted to find the "missing link" but experts of his day rejected his find. Thirty years later he admitted that he found two human skulls at the same find, but he wanted to be the hero of the "missing link." As he was dying he declared that Java Man was nothing more than a giant gibbon and had nothing to do with human ancestry [25]. Australopithecus (Zinjantliropus) A fossil juvenile skull found in 1924 at Taungs, South Africa placed in the Pliocene and early Pleistocene epochs of the Cenozoic Era. Additional skulls have been found by Dr. Louis Leaky which he called Zinjanthropus Bosei. The word "Australopithecus" means southern ape, which the skulls are readily admitted to be. Why are they categorized as human descendants then? Because a few small hand tools were found nearby. The proximity of tools doesn't necessarily coincide with the skulls. It is of note that Richard Leaky in his book, "Origins," has removed this from his evolutionary chart. So should we [26]. Heidelberg Man This fossil remain of a massive jawbone with teeth was found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany, in a sandpit. It is believed that he forms a single genus with Zinjanthopus and Pithecanthropus that lived between the second and third glacial periods. It is conceded by many to be quite human. A single jaw bone doesn't make a man. They don't know if it is human and they have taken great artistic liberty in constructing a creature from just a jaw bone. To combine this with Pithecanthropus which was admitted to be a gibbon and which is admitted to be a southern ape is a desperate attempt to shore up their claim [27]. Piltdown Man (Eoanthropus) Another spurious creation compiled in 1911 by Charles Dawson and others from Pleistocene gravel beds near Piltdown, England composed of incompatible skull fragments. Also called, "Dawn man". It was exposed in 1953 as a willful hoax by the combining of a modern skull with the jaw of an orangutan [28]. Peking Man In 1921 two molar teeth were dug from a limestone hill 25 miles from Peking, China. Another tooth was found in 1927 and several more fragments collected later. In 1936 Franz Weidenreich constructed a model of what the Peking Man was supposed to look like. The man was supposed to be half a million years old. In 1937 a French scientist examined the fragments and concluded them to be monkey like and not at all like Weidenreich's model. World War II caused the few fragments to be lost with the exception of the two teeth [29]. What kind of science is it that includes a supposed species on the basis of so little evidence? Neanderthal Man In 1856 a skeleton was found in the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, in a cave. Since then there have been many Neanderthal graves found in Europe and the Middle East. It is assumed that they were paleolithic cave dwellers that preceded modern man in the Mousterian stone culture of western Europe. However, at the International Congress of Zoology in 1958, Dr. A.J.E. Cave said his examination showed that the famous Neanderthal skeleton found in France in 1908 was that of an old man with arthritis. Furthermore, many of the skulls have a larger brain capacity than modern humans which suggests that they were potentially more intelligent rather than a link to a primate [30]. The natural question is, why is the Neanderthal, which is acknowledged as fully human, in a chart that places it in progression of evolution since it is not a progression? It is sad that the good name of Christian hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650-1680), for whom the valley was named [31], should be associated with this creature that connotes someone who is dimwitted and slow. Cro-Magnon Man In 1940 some boys chasing their dog followed after it when it fell into a crack in the ground. They discovered huge underground caves with colorful paintings of deer, horses, and bison. The caverns are near Dordogne, France. Skeletal remains of the cave dwellers were found and it is assumed that they were homo sapiens of modern man that lived 12,000 to 30,000 years ago. Cro-Magnons are associated with the Aurignacian culture of Europe [32]. The same question asked of Neanderthals presents itself here. If they are humans, what's the point of saying they're a step in evolution? 
It is an ironic fear of the twentieth century that many people believe that the earth is overcrowded because of a "population explosion." If the evolutionists were correct that mankind has been evolving for the last million years shouldn't there already have been a population explosion? And if so, shouldn't there be a plethora of fossil remains to prove it? Yet there are extremely few fossils, and what they do have doesn't even create one whole human. People think there is a population problem today because historical documents indicate that the Earth had 400 million people in 1650 AD which grew to 850 million by the 1800's and today is more than 5 billion [33]. If we calculated only an annual population growth of half percent of an original family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children) the population of 5 billion would take 4,000 years (which is the time since the flood). So what do the evolutionary numbers add up to? A million years history would be 25,000 generations, at a generous 40 years per generation. The same calculations provide an astonishing 10 to the power of 2100 which would be a number with 1 and 2,100 zeros behind it! This, of course, is using the same uniformitarian thinking that the evolutionists use. All kinds of things could hinder population growth. Nonetheless, one still has to wonder: where are all the bones? The facts show that no such population exists which further undermines the myth of evolution. The truth of the matter is clear: all supposed steps of evolution to man, with the exception of the last two (which are admitted to be fully human), have been found to be either a deliberate deception or a product of imagination that draws on very little evidence. The two that are human need not be categorized as something separate. The truth is, the evidence continues to prove the Scripture, which says, "And [God] hath made of one blood all the nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth" (Acts 17:26a). A BIBLICAL ANTHROPOLOGYCreation Scientist, Dr. Carl E. Baugh, in his book, Panorama of Creation, suggests a biblical classification of man [34] which he broadly breaks into 4 groups. 1. Protomerec Man. First man (Adam), made perfect by God, and his descendants (the antediluvians), had superior genetic characteristics. Their life spans ran 800 to 900 years long. 2. Isolamerec Man. True man (first post-diluvians shortly before the scattering of Babel) isolated by continental break-up with limited gene pool. Their lives lasted from 400 to 600 years long. They were founders of ancient civilizations. Perhaps the Neanderthal skulls, which were larger than today's skulls, were men of this era. 3. Phobiamerec Man. Ancient man (ancient civilizations, post Babel dispersion) self-isolated by fears and aversions. Life spans reduced to 100 to 200 years. Abraham's era. Perhaps the Cro-Magnon skeletons that created the cave paintings were from this era. 4. Culturamerec Man. True man in historic context. Life spans dwindle to 40 to 70 years long. Unlike anthropology, Dr. Baugh's categories start with a perfect man in prehistory, that progressively deteriorated by sin and environmental changes, into the historic era, and up to the present era. His classifications reflect the truth of the human condition. This series will refer to this classification as the volumes proceed. |