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dam, & ve, pes, volution ric yons n the beginning was nothing. rom nothing eventually came the Universe. hen, billions of years later, life evolved from lifeless matter.

eptiles became lower mammals. ower mammals became ape-like creatures. nd, as the story goes, ape-like creatures became humans. s this really man s family tree? r, is this evolution s elaborate lie?

dam and ve were created in the likeness of od (enesis 5:1; 1:26-27). hat s more, as humans and descendants of dam and ve, the ible calls all of us the offspring of od (cts 17:29). (ow awesome is that!

he fact is, we did not evolve from his was made very clear in enesis animals by time and chance over bilchapter one when man was given the lions of years.

umans od made land animals (day six) e specially created are on a higher level than all the animals because two human beings, dam and ve (enesis 1:24-28).

hey did brought all of the animals before not evolve from hair-covered, knuckdam to be named, there was not le-dragging, grunt-speaking creatures.

ucy was not their woman, not a monkey, for man to mother, nor was some club-carrying marry. nce again, od was showcaveman their father. ing man how different he was from animals.

volutionists assume that from whom did dam, the first man, humans and apes are evolutionary descend? he ible calls dam the cousins because of various similari son of od (uke 3:38).

owever, similarities in (or internal body structures, organs, or whatever else) do not prove ancestry. reationists have long known of the similarities between animals and humans.

ut similarities are just that similarities. volutionists interpret these similarities to mean we all share a common heritage, yet they cannot prove it.

on arth that the ible says possess an immortal soul given by od the ather of pirits (ebrews 12:9). ever forget how special you are to od and how different e made you from the rest of is creation.

2 dam, & ve, pes, volution ric yons n the beginning was nothing. rom nothing eventually came the Universe. hen, billions of years later, life evolved from lifeless matter. ver hundreds of millions of years, simple forms of life slowly evolved into more complex forms of life. orms became fish. ish became amphibians. mphibians became reptiles. eptiles became lower mammals. ower mammals became ape-like creatures. nd, as the story goes, ape-like creatures became humans. s this really man s family tree? r, is this evolution s elaborate lie? son did not come from a primate. dam s father was not ig oot or a babbling baboon. he first couple did not evolve from gorillas, gibbons, or orangutans. dam and ve were created in the likeness of od (enesis 5:1; 1:26-27). hat s more, as humans and descendants of dam and ve, the ible calls all of us the offspring of od (cts 17:29). (ow awesome is that!) s od s offspring who were created in is image, man is very different from any of od s animal creation. he fact is, we did not evolve from his was made very clear in enesis animals by time and chance over bilchapter one when man was given the lions of years. ccording to the ible, ability to subdue and have dominwww.wikipedia.org 2009 icense -by-sa-3.0 on the very same day of reation that ion over all of the animals. umans od made land animals (day six) e specially created are on a higher level than all the animals because two human beings, dam and ve (enesis 1:24-28). od created us more like im and less like animals. dam and ve did not arrive after n enesis chapter two, once od millions of years of evolution. hey did brought all of the animals before not evolve from hair-covered, knuckdam to be named, there was not le-dragging, grunt-speaking creatures. found a helper comparable to him heir ancestors were neither eander(2:20). o od created a human thals nor obbits. ucy was not their woman, not a monkey, for man to mother, nor was some club-carrying marry. nce again, od was showcaveman their father. ing man how different he was from animals. hen recording esus genealogy, uke referred to hrist as being a ut aren t apes and humans a descendant of dam (uke 3:38). ut lot alike? volutionists assume that from whom did dam, the first man, humans and apes are evolutionary descend? he ible calls dam the cousins because of various similari son of od (uke 3:38). he first perties, including similarities between 74 iscovery ctober , human and ape. owever, similarities in (or internal body structures, organs, or whatever else) do not prove ancestry. reationists have long known of the similarities between animals and humans. n fact, such similarities (even on a small cellular level) should be expected among creatures that drink the same water, eat the same food, breathe the same air, and live on the same land. ut similarities are just that similarities. volutionists interpret these similarities to mean we all share a common heritage, yet they cannot prove it. hese similarities more accurately point to a grand esigner who chose to make some animals (like monkeys) more similar to men than other animals (like chickens, salamanders, and worms). on arth that the ible says possess an immortal soul given by od the ather of pirits (ebrews 12:9). ever forget how special you are to od and how different e made you from the rest of is creation. dam did not descend from apes. od did not make you out of monkeys. he ible says, he ord od formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (enesis 2:9). he truth is, man has always been different from monkeys, and he always will be. rom the very beginning, od created man with the ability to speak. ince that time, humans have carried on billions of conversations. (hen was the last time you heard the monkeys down at the zoo conversing with one another with words?) Unlike animals, humans are highly creative. an has built spaceships that travel 240,000 miles through space to the oon; he has made artificial hearts for the sick; and he continues to construct computers that can process billions of pieces of information a second. nimals, on the other hand, cannot do such things because they lack the creative ability that od gave only to man. lthough many other differences between man and our alleged animal ancestors could be listed, remember also that od gave man a soul that the ible says returns to im when we die (cclesiastes 12:7). uch a statement is never made about animals. o ape was ever called the son of od, but dam was (uke 3:38). umans are the only physical beings ctober 2009 iscovery,,., 2010, 75

U is not your unt or your uncle kyle utt n 1974, a fossil hunter named onald ohanson was digging in the burning hot sun in thiopia.

$his find was very unusual, because most fossils that are supposedly ape-like creatures are extremely rare. any times only a single tooth, one jawbone, or a small fraction of the skull is found.$ hen ohanson heard the song, he decided to name the creature he found, ucy. he technical, scientific name of ucy is ustralopithicus afarensis. et s break that name down so that we know what it means.

hen ohanson heard the song, he decided to name the creature he found, ucy. he technical, scientific name of ucy is ustralopithicus afarensis. et s break that name down so that we know what it means.

hat is so special about 76 iscovery ctober 2009 ucy? or many years, evolutionists claimed that ucy was the link between humans and apes.

n the first place, ucy was said to be a female hominid. he term hominid simply means a creature that is supposed to be related to humans.

, 2010, seems that ucy did not have big enough hips to give birth. ucy was most likely a male, which means we might should rename ucy as arry or eroy.

urthermore we know that ucy/ arry was not a human ancestor because the other bones of ustralopithicus afarensis that were found, including finger bones, are different from humans.

3 U is not your unt or your uncle kyle utt n 1974, a fossil hunter named onald ohanson was digging in the burning hot sun in thiopia. e was looking for fossilized bones of ape-like creatures that he thought had evolved into humans. uring his digging, he found a small skeleton that was about 40% complete. his find was very unusual, because most fossils that are supposedly ape-like creatures are extremely rare. any times only a single tooth, one jawbone, or a small fraction of the skull is found. ohanson was so excited by this discovery that he had a celebration in his camp. uring that celebration, an old eatles song named ucy in the ky ith iamonds was playing on the radio. hen ohanson heard the song, he decided to name the creature he found, ucy. he technical, scientific name of ucy is ustralopithicus afarensis. et s break that name down so that we know what it means. he prefix australo means southern. he term pithecus means ape and the term afarensis means from the far region in thiopia. o, ucy s technical name means outhern ape from the far egion of thiopia. hat is so special about 76 iscovery ctober 2009 ucy? or many years, evolutionists claimed that ucy was the link between humans and apes. hey claimed that this fossilized skeleton proved that humans had evolved from lower life forms. heir claims, however, are simply not true. ucy is not your relative. n the first place, ucy was said to be a female hominid. he term hominid simply means a creature that is supposed to be related to humans. fter more research on the skeleton of ucy, however, many scientists now believe that ucy cannot be a female. ecause of the very narrow hip structure, it , seems that ucy did not have big enough hips to give birth. ucy was most likely a male, which means we might should rename ucy as arry or eroy. herefore, for the rest of this article, we will simply call the creature ucy/arry. t sounds a little confusing, but not nearly as confusing as calling the creature ucy when it was most likely a male. urthermore we know that ucy/ arry was not a human ancestor because the other bones of ustralopithicus afarensis that were found, including finger bones, are different from humans. he finger bones of the creature are long and curved like tree-living apes or monkeys, not like human finger bones. ucy/arry spent much of its time swinging from trees, not learning to make spears or turning the pages of books. lso, the creature s wristbone could be locked in place like knucklewalking apes. hese wrist bones are much more like those of a chimpanzee than a human. n addition, ucy/arry had a small skull. ts skull was about one-third the size of an average human s skull. his skull size fits well into the range of an average chimpanzee, but it does not fit well into human range. ucy/arry, they want it to be a human ancestor so badly that they do not look at all the evidence. hey force it to be something that it is not. e should all let ucy/arry be a lesson to us. e should never try to make something be what it is not, just to get money or become famous. either should we let wrong ideas we may have push us into trying to make something prove a false idea. e should follow the words of the apostle aul, when he said that we should test all things; hold fast what is good (1 hessalonians 5:21). hen we test the idea of human evolution, we can see that it is not good, and we should get rid of it. n truth, ucy/arry does not look anything like a human. ts small head, curved fingers, small hips, and knuckle-walking wrists fit perfectly with some type of ape, like a chimpanzee. o why would a person ever try to identify ucy/ arry as a human ancestor? here are several reasons a person would try to do this. irst, governments all over the world spend millions of dollars on supposed hominid fossils, but they are not too interested in fossils of chimpanzees. econd, a fossil hunter can become famous overnight for finding a missing link in human evolution, but finding a monkey or ape fossil does not make anyone famous. hird, some people really believe that humans evolved from lower animals. hen they find a fossil like ctober 2009 iscovery,,., 2010, 77

ty t v c e ag rue or alse 1. umans evolved from animals over billions of years. 2. imilarities between humans and apes prove they evolved from a common ancestor. 3.

o one has ever seen an ape-like human. 7. ll of the illustrations of our alleged ape-like ancestors are based upon evolutionists imaginations and misinterpretations of fossils.

all things; hold fast what is good (1 hessalonians 5:21). 5. he ord od formed of the of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (enesis 2:9). 6.

ossils of ucy were found in this country 3. reated dam from the dust of the ground 4. he meaning of australo 5. he meaning of pithecus 6.

he ible calls dam the son of (uke 3:38). 78 olve, nd, and rcle www.iscoveryagazine.com,,., 2010, ear igger oug, ere eanderthals evolutionary relatives of humans?

n fact, we have learned that eanderthals were not human ancestors, they were humans! heir bones and skeletons fit into the range of modern humans. hey buried their dead.

ure, some of their skulls looked larger and thicker than average human skulls today, but the skulls and thicker bones are not different from all humans today.

4 ty t v c e ag rue or alse 1. umans evolved from animals over billions of years. 2. imilarities between humans and apes prove they evolved from a common ancestor. 3. eanderthals were merely humans. 4. ucy was one of our ape-like ancestors. 5. he finger bones of ucy are long and curved like tree-living apes or monkeys, not like humans. 6. o one has ever seen an ape-like human. 7. ll of the illustrations of our alleged ape-like ancestors are based upon evolutionists imaginations and misinterpretations of fossils. ll n the lanks 2. dam and ve were created in the of od (enesis 5:1; 1:26-27). 3. he apostle aul referred to humans as the of od (cts 17:29). 4. all things; hold fast what is good (1 hessalonians 5:21). 5. he ord od formed of the of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (enesis 2:9). 6. ucy s technical name means outhern from the far egion of. 7. ucy s finger bones are different from. 8. ebrews 12:9 calls od the ather of. iscovery ctober 2009 U 1. he first man 2. ossils of ucy were found in this country 3. reated dam from the dust of the ground 4. he meaning of australo 5. he meaning of pithecus 6. he term meaning from the far region in thiopia 7. he first woman 8. efers to a creature that is supposed to be related to humans 8. ucy was most likely a male, not a female. 1. he ible calls dam the son of (uke 3:38). 78 olve, nd, and rcle , ear igger oug, ere eanderthals evolutionary relatives of humans? ear eader, hat is an excellent question. ven though many books and television programs say that humans evolved, it simply is not true. umans do not have any evolutionary ancestors. n fact, we have learned that eanderthals were not human ancestors, they were humans! heir bones and skeletons fit into the range of modern humans. hey buried their dead. hey used tools to cook and hunt. hey controlled fire. nd their throat structure shows that they had all the right parts to speak, just like modern humans. ure, some of their skulls looked larger and thicker than average human skulls today, but the skulls and thicker bones are not different from all humans today. any modern humans have bones that look very similar to eanderthals. cientists have explained that if a eanderthal was still living, had a nice haircut, shave, and clean clothes, you wouldn t be able to tell him apart from any modern human. eanderthals were humans, just like we are. hanks for asking your great question. eep them coming. ctober 2009 iscovery,,., 2010, 79

,. 230 andmark rive ontgomery, 36117 (800) 234-8558 (rders) (334) 272-8558 www.iscoveryagazine.com onprofit rganization U.. ostage ontgomery, ermit o. 513 2010 pologetics ress, nc.

id ucy look more like an ape or a person? hat about the dozens of pictures appearing on magazine and book covers around the world that supposedly illustrate the truth of human evolution?

ince no one has ever seen an ape-like human (they do not exist, and never did), there are no photographs of hairy, half-human/half-ape creatures.

et even when the models are based upon the same fossils, the recreations often appear nothing alike.

et, another obbit was created as a dark-skinned, tight, chiseled-faced, wide-eyed, bignosed creature with a head full of hair, but with no facial hair.

5 ,. 230 andmark rive ontgomery, (800) (rders) (334) onprofit rganization U.. ostage ontgomery, ermit o pologetics ress, nc. ll ights eserved ditor: yle utt,.. ssociate ditor: ric yons,.in. ayout and esign: ob aker,.d. U ur ncestors ooked ike? ric yons ave you ever wondered what the eanderthals really looked like? id ucy look more like an ape or a person? hat about the dozens of pictures appearing on magazine and book covers around the world that supposedly illustrate the truth of human evolution? hat are the real facts behind the illustrations and models of our alleged ape-like ancestors? ince no one has ever seen an ape-like human (they do not exist, and never did), there are no photographs of hairy, half-human/half-ape creatures. ll of the life-like illustrations and recreations you see are based upon evolutionists imaginations and misinterpretations of fossils. around the world. et even when the models are based upon the same fossils, the recreations often appear nothing alike. ecently, one obbit was sculpted as pale, wrinkled, round-faced, round-eyed, and small-nosed, with scraggly facial hair and thinning head-hair. et, another obbit was created as a dark-skinned, tight, chiseled-faced, wide-eyed, bignosed creature with a head full of hair, but with no facial hair. mazingly, evolutionary artists made the models from the same skull! et, the models look nothing alike. o doubt, you will see a lot of images in your lifetime that supposedly offer proof of evolution. e sure to keep in mind, however, that no one ever observed apelike creatures evolving into humans. o one was there to take pictures of these creatures that never existed in the first place. ll of the illustrations you see are the result of (1) misinterpretations of fossils and (2) an overactive, misguided imagination. onsider that back in the early 1900s, evolutionists illustrated eanderthals as very hairy, stooped over, ape-like creatures. n the early 2000s, however, scientists emphasize the humanity of the eanderthals. volutionists now talk about how close the eanderthals were to modern humans, rather than how ape-like they were. (erhaps that is because eanderthals were humans!) uman kulls U , iscovery ctober 2009 true or alse: 1. ; 2. ; 3. ; 4. ; 5. ; 6. ; 7. ; 8.. ill in the blanks: 1. od; 2. likeness (or image); 3. offspring; 4. est; 5. man, dust; 6. ape, thiopia; 7. humans; 8. spirits. olve, ind, and ircle: 1. dam; 2. thiopia; 3. od; 4. southern; 5. ape; 6. afarensis; 7. ve; 8. hominid. 80 early ubscription ees in U.. unds nly United tates of merica: ndividual rate: $12 each ulk rate (at least 5 to same address): $8.50 each. lub rate (at least 10 to different addresses paid together): $10 omeschool discount 10% off above rates anada: $16 each (bulk: $12) verseas irmail: $21 each (bulk: $14) nother alleged ape-like ancestor of humans, the obbit, has been recreated by various people

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