Fossil Jaw Not Evidence for Evolution

2 Thessalonians 2:11
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:”

Evolutionists are rejoicing over a fossil jaw found in the Ledi-Geraru research area of Ethiopia. They say it pushes back evidence for early humans to 2.8 million years ago and predates all previously known fossils of mankind’s lineage by about 400,000 years. The fossil which has caused such excitement consists only of the left side of a lower jaw and five teeth.

Fossil Jaw Research team member William Kimbel would have us believe that “the Ledi jaw helps narrow the evolutionary gap between Australopithecus and early Homo. It’s an excellent case of a transitional fossil in a critical time period in human evolution.”

But biochemist and creation scientist Dr. Donald Clark strongly disagrees. “You would think that they’ve got definitive proof that this is in the human line. It just amazes me that they can jump to conclusions based on very minimal evidence.” Dr. Clark also said, “Everything that [the research team] would say about an ape or a chimp lower jaw bone … this particular specimen has. The jaw is U-shaped like an ape’s would be. The teeth are very flat; they are not sharp and pointed like our teeth would be. The reason why they say [the fossil is in the human lineage] is because the flattened teeth are a little bit smaller than what you would find on a normal ape today. That, to me, is not definitive.”

How true! If anything, this fossilized jaw only shows how weak the case for ape-to-human evolution really is.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I pray that You will awaken many of those who are now caught in the delusion of evolution. Amen.

Author: Steven J. Schwartz
Ref: “Discovery of 2.8-million-year-old jaw sheds light on early humans,” ScienceDaily, 3/4/15. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150304141454.htm. Dr. Donald Clark interview on Broken Road Radio, 3/10/15. http://brokenroadradio.com/morning-show-march-10-2015-found-our-oldest-known-human-fossil/. Photo: Close up view of the fossil sighted by Arizona State University graduate student Chalachew Seyoum. Courtesy of Brian A. Villmoare. (FAIR USE)