The new darling of evolutionists after Lucy in the great game of supposed human evolution,the Kenyanthropus
Compiled by Dr Aheed Hassan
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Kenyanthropus platyops is a 3.5 to 3.2-million-year-old (Pliocene) hominin fossil discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya in 1999 by Justus Erus, who was part of Meave Leakey's team.
The discovery of these fossils led to the prediction of an early diet-driven adaptive radiation, which is when species diversify to fulfill new ecological niches; this would be attributed to the fact that many new species of Australopithecus and other hominins were being discovered that pre-dated or lived around the same time as Australopithecus afarensis. This indicated that species were much more diverse in the distant past than previously thought.Even with the findings of a skull, their diet is still relatively unknown at this time. Also, no evidence of material culture or anything that would lead to its behavioral adaptations or lifestyle has been discovered at this time.
In 1999, Meave Leakey led an expedition in Kenya to dig for fossils, the second such expedition in the area.A member of the team, Justus Erus, discovered a skull in the Nachukui Formation at Lomekwi, an area of specific geology right next to the lake. The total number of fossils recovered from both expeditions at the dig sites included a temporal bone, three partial mandibles, two partial maxillae, and forty four teeth, but it was the skull dubbed KNM-WT 40000 that sparked the most scientific interest because of its relative completeness (Leakey 2001). This skull had many characteristics that had been seen before in other specimens, however the combination of features had never been seen before; this led scientists to realize that this was indeed a separate and unique species.
The Kenyanthropusalso shows many differences to Homo, as well as Ardipithecus, which leaves only the Australopithecus. The cranial structure of the Kenyanthropus has a few similarities to the Australopithecus, such as brain size, parts of the nasal, the suborbital and the temporal regions, but the differences far outweigh the similarities leading to its new genus.
Having smaller molars at the date they existed, it is possible that the previous sister taxon of all modern hominins, Preanthropus afarensis, should be replaced by Kenyanthropus. Fragmentary specimens which were having trouble being classified are now being assessed to see if they fit with the Kenyanthropus.
Kenyanthropus platyops was singled out by the morphology of the maxilla, characterized by a flat and relatively orthognathic subnasal region, an anteriorly placed zygomatic process and small molars. In other words, the Kenyanthropushad small molars and a flat face which resembled anatomically modern humans. Other features of the Kenyanthropus are thick enamel, steep nasal cavity entrance and moderate mandibular depth.
Kenyanthropus platyops actually made the evolutionary path of the hominins more confusing, because of the fact that the specific species represented a new type of species and genus. However, after the discovery of the fossil in Kenya, it came to the notion that the K. platyops were one of the earlier species, living in the same time of the Australopithecus afarensis. After the finding of the K. platyops skull, the common ancestor has shifted to the K. platyops from the A. afarensis.
Very little is known about Kenyanthropus platyops—a flat-faced, small-brained, bipedal species living about 3.5 million years ago in Kenya. Kenyanthropus inhabited Africa at the same time as Lucy’s species Australopithecus afarensis, and could represent a closer branch to modern humans than Lucy’s on the evolutionary tree. Before the discovery of the only known skull of this species in 1999, the earliest fossil evidence known for a flat-faced early human, a significant shift in skull structure, was around 2 million years ago.But it is false.There is no evidence only on the discovered skull that it was bipedal or more close to humans but it has put more confusion on the part of evolutionists as it has shown that many of the so called ancestors of human were present at a same time in history making all human evolutionary tree false.The second thing is that the discovery of this fossil shows the scientific flaws in supposed human evolution that the Lucy which was supposed human ancestor for many years has been denied and new fossil has been claimed human ancestor.Every discovered fossil is claimed to be human ancestor by evolutionists but they are failed to prove it till today and every new discovered fossil adds to their confusion.
Below are some of the still unanswered questions about Kenyanthropus platyops that may be answered with future discoveries:
How large were Kenyanthropus platyops individuals? Was there a big difference between the sizes of males and females? Is Kenyanthropus platyops more closely related to modern humans than Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species)?Does KNM-WT 40000 actually represent a new genus and species, or are its unique skull traits a result of distortion caused by depositional process?What gender was KNM-WT 400000? Its small teeth resemble those of a female, but the temporal lines on the skull reflect larger chewing muscles more similar to many early human males.KNM-WT 40000 resembles KNM-ER 1470, another flat-faced early human skull usually attributed to the Homo rudolfensis. Was Kenyanthropus platyops the ancestor of Homo rudolfensis?
Evolutionists without answering or knowing these questions, are insisting on it as a human ancestor.
Others in the scientific community believe more fossil evidence is needed before we can place Kenyanthropus within our family tree, as the only known skull from the species was found badly distorted. These scientists believe Kenyanthropus platyops is no more than a variant of Au. afarensis.
Kenyanthropus platyops is so far the only species belonging to the Kenyanthropus genus.So even many of scientists are reluctant to accept this badly distorted skull as human ancestor but evolutionists like always are trying to forcefully put it in supposed human evolutionary tree.
The species remains an enigma, and it supports the view that between 3.5 and 2 million years ago there were several human-like species, each of which were well adapted to life in their particular environments.
Tim White (2003) has claimed that this fossil is so severely distorted that it cannot be reliably identified, and that it may merely be a Kenyan version of Australopithecus afarensis.
At the time, anthropologists disagreed over K. platyops‘ identity and place in the human family tree. While some researchers take the species as a sign that there was a diversity of hominid types around during the middle Pliocene epoch, others say the K. platyops skull is not actually a distinct species at all—it’s simply a distorted skull of an A. afarensis.
The March 22, 2001, issue of Nature revealed an older specimen named Kenyanthropus platyops. It was dated at 3.5 million years old, and consisted of several bones and teeth, but especially a fairly complete, although "distorted" cranium. It is this skull which mainly distinguishes it from Lucy, for the face seems flatter, with jaw protruding slightly less than other chimps, and somewhat smaller molars. Since humans have relatively flat faces and small molars, platyops, being older and more "human," knocks Lucy right out of our family tree.
This is an event of no small magnitude, for Lucy has been the darling of evolutionists since the 1970s. It was claimed that she "proved" that man came from an ape-like ancestor, and she found her way into museums, textbooks, TV specials, and kids books. Diatribes against creationist critiques of Lucy were arrogant and vicious. Losing her should hurt!
According to Meave Leakey et al. in Nature, the "distorted" skull exhibits "expansion" and "compression" subsequent to burial. Furthermore, the flatness of the face is not visible in the photographs published. The jaw protrudes noticeably, and must be only a fraction less pronounced. The teeth were small for Australopithecus, but variety is expected with such a low number of specimens.
A new fossil discovery that is contemporaneous with Australopithecus afarensis in the middle Pliocene has caused paleoanthropologists to admit that their claims for A. afarensis as the distant human ancestor were too simplistic.The new skull has a much smaller cranial capacity than 1470, but because it is badly distorted, it's capacity is difficult to measure. However, it is said to be the size of a chimpanzee's skull, and in the range of the skulls of A. afarensis and A. africanus.
Creationists will claim, correctly, that the lack of specificity in the human fossil record is further proof that human evolution is a philosophical, rather than a scientific concept. Paleoanthropologists, never troubled by a lack of specificity, will claim that linear evidence for human evolution is not necessary. The diversity of the human fossil record is now so similar to the bush-like fossil record of other animals that further evidence is unnecessary.As long as A. afarensis was the only possible human ancestor in its time-span, it was easy for evolutionists to claim that it was in our family lineage. This in spite of the fact that there is no diagnostic tool, no methodological formula, let alone any genetic technique, to prove such a relationship. This new discovery will help force paleoanthropologists to be more straightforward in their assessments. One of the most honest statements made recently by a paleoanthropologist is by Daniel Lieberman. In an accompanying article in the same issue of Nature, he writes: "The evolutionary history of humans is complex and unresolved." He goes on to say that this new skull makes things even more confusing and all of our above discussion shows that the new darling of evolutionists has rejected them to be the queen of their supposed evolutionary theory as it is not fitting in any of the supposed human evolutionary tree nor any of the so called hominin species.Lucy remained the darling of evolutionists for almost thirty years and now kenyanthropus has taken this place and none of the fossil has confirmed the supposed human evolution from any of the hominid or hominn.The one century story of ever changing supposed ancestors of human evolution shows the internal conflict in the hearts of evolutionists which they are failed to satisfy even after one century struggle and will always fail as modern genetics and fossils record both have rejected supposed human evolution from any of the mammalian ancestor common to both humans and chimpanzees.
Thanks for God Almighty.
References:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/whatever-happened-to-keny…/
https://creation.com/new-hominid-skull-from-kenya
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/wt40000.html
http://www.icr.org/art…/do-we-now-have-new-monkey-for-uncle/
http://humanorigins.si.edu/…/human-fossils/species/kenyanth…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyanthropus
Compiled by Dr Aheed Hassan
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦Kenyanthropus platyops is a 3.5 to 3.2-million-year-old (Pliocene) hominin fossil discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya in 1999 by Justus Erus, who was part of Meave Leakey's team.
The discovery of these fossils led to the prediction of an early diet-driven adaptive radiation, which is when species diversify to fulfill new ecological niches; this would be attributed to the fact that many new species of Australopithecus and other hominins were being discovered that pre-dated or lived around the same time as Australopithecus afarensis. This indicated that species were much more diverse in the distant past than previously thought.Even with the findings of a skull, their diet is still relatively unknown at this time. Also, no evidence of material culture or anything that would lead to its behavioral adaptations or lifestyle has been discovered at this time.
In 1999, Meave Leakey led an expedition in Kenya to dig for fossils, the second such expedition in the area.A member of the team, Justus Erus, discovered a skull in the Nachukui Formation at Lomekwi, an area of specific geology right next to the lake. The total number of fossils recovered from both expeditions at the dig sites included a temporal bone, three partial mandibles, two partial maxillae, and forty four teeth, but it was the skull dubbed KNM-WT 40000 that sparked the most scientific interest because of its relative completeness (Leakey 2001). This skull had many characteristics that had been seen before in other specimens, however the combination of features had never been seen before; this led scientists to realize that this was indeed a separate and unique species.
The Kenyanthropusalso shows many differences to Homo, as well as Ardipithecus, which leaves only the Australopithecus. The cranial structure of the Kenyanthropus has a few similarities to the Australopithecus, such as brain size, parts of the nasal, the suborbital and the temporal regions, but the differences far outweigh the similarities leading to its new genus.
Having smaller molars at the date they existed, it is possible that the previous sister taxon of all modern hominins, Preanthropus afarensis, should be replaced by Kenyanthropus. Fragmentary specimens which were having trouble being classified are now being assessed to see if they fit with the Kenyanthropus.
Kenyanthropus platyops was singled out by the morphology of the maxilla, characterized by a flat and relatively orthognathic subnasal region, an anteriorly placed zygomatic process and small molars. In other words, the Kenyanthropushad small molars and a flat face which resembled anatomically modern humans. Other features of the Kenyanthropus are thick enamel, steep nasal cavity entrance and moderate mandibular depth.
Kenyanthropus platyops actually made the evolutionary path of the hominins more confusing, because of the fact that the specific species represented a new type of species and genus. However, after the discovery of the fossil in Kenya, it came to the notion that the K. platyops were one of the earlier species, living in the same time of the Australopithecus afarensis. After the finding of the K. platyops skull, the common ancestor has shifted to the K. platyops from the A. afarensis.
Very little is known about Kenyanthropus platyops—a flat-faced, small-brained, bipedal species living about 3.5 million years ago in Kenya. Kenyanthropus inhabited Africa at the same time as Lucy’s species Australopithecus afarensis, and could represent a closer branch to modern humans than Lucy’s on the evolutionary tree. Before the discovery of the only known skull of this species in 1999, the earliest fossil evidence known for a flat-faced early human, a significant shift in skull structure, was around 2 million years ago.But it is false.There is no evidence only on the discovered skull that it was bipedal or more close to humans but it has put more confusion on the part of evolutionists as it has shown that many of the so called ancestors of human were present at a same time in history making all human evolutionary tree false.The second thing is that the discovery of this fossil shows the scientific flaws in supposed human evolution that the Lucy which was supposed human ancestor for many years has been denied and new fossil has been claimed human ancestor.Every discovered fossil is claimed to be human ancestor by evolutionists but they are failed to prove it till today and every new discovered fossil adds to their confusion.
Below are some of the still unanswered questions about Kenyanthropus platyops that may be answered with future discoveries:
How large were Kenyanthropus platyops individuals? Was there a big difference between the sizes of males and females? Is Kenyanthropus platyops more closely related to modern humans than Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species)?Does KNM-WT 40000 actually represent a new genus and species, or are its unique skull traits a result of distortion caused by depositional process?What gender was KNM-WT 400000? Its small teeth resemble those of a female, but the temporal lines on the skull reflect larger chewing muscles more similar to many early human males.KNM-WT 40000 resembles KNM-ER 1470, another flat-faced early human skull usually attributed to the Homo rudolfensis. Was Kenyanthropus platyops the ancestor of Homo rudolfensis?
Evolutionists without answering or knowing these questions, are insisting on it as a human ancestor.
Others in the scientific community believe more fossil evidence is needed before we can place Kenyanthropus within our family tree, as the only known skull from the species was found badly distorted. These scientists believe Kenyanthropus platyops is no more than a variant of Au. afarensis.
Kenyanthropus platyops is so far the only species belonging to the Kenyanthropus genus.So even many of scientists are reluctant to accept this badly distorted skull as human ancestor but evolutionists like always are trying to forcefully put it in supposed human evolutionary tree.
The species remains an enigma, and it supports the view that between 3.5 and 2 million years ago there were several human-like species, each of which were well adapted to life in their particular environments.
Tim White (2003) has claimed that this fossil is so severely distorted that it cannot be reliably identified, and that it may merely be a Kenyan version of Australopithecus afarensis.
At the time, anthropologists disagreed over K. platyops‘ identity and place in the human family tree. While some researchers take the species as a sign that there was a diversity of hominid types around during the middle Pliocene epoch, others say the K. platyops skull is not actually a distinct species at all—it’s simply a distorted skull of an A. afarensis.
The March 22, 2001, issue of Nature revealed an older specimen named Kenyanthropus platyops. It was dated at 3.5 million years old, and consisted of several bones and teeth, but especially a fairly complete, although "distorted" cranium. It is this skull which mainly distinguishes it from Lucy, for the face seems flatter, with jaw protruding slightly less than other chimps, and somewhat smaller molars. Since humans have relatively flat faces and small molars, platyops, being older and more "human," knocks Lucy right out of our family tree.
This is an event of no small magnitude, for Lucy has been the darling of evolutionists since the 1970s. It was claimed that she "proved" that man came from an ape-like ancestor, and she found her way into museums, textbooks, TV specials, and kids books. Diatribes against creationist critiques of Lucy were arrogant and vicious. Losing her should hurt!
According to Meave Leakey et al. in Nature, the "distorted" skull exhibits "expansion" and "compression" subsequent to burial. Furthermore, the flatness of the face is not visible in the photographs published. The jaw protrudes noticeably, and must be only a fraction less pronounced. The teeth were small for Australopithecus, but variety is expected with such a low number of specimens.
A new fossil discovery that is contemporaneous with Australopithecus afarensis in the middle Pliocene has caused paleoanthropologists to admit that their claims for A. afarensis as the distant human ancestor were too simplistic.The new skull has a much smaller cranial capacity than 1470, but because it is badly distorted, it's capacity is difficult to measure. However, it is said to be the size of a chimpanzee's skull, and in the range of the skulls of A. afarensis and A. africanus.
Creationists will claim, correctly, that the lack of specificity in the human fossil record is further proof that human evolution is a philosophical, rather than a scientific concept. Paleoanthropologists, never troubled by a lack of specificity, will claim that linear evidence for human evolution is not necessary. The diversity of the human fossil record is now so similar to the bush-like fossil record of other animals that further evidence is unnecessary.As long as A. afarensis was the only possible human ancestor in its time-span, it was easy for evolutionists to claim that it was in our family lineage. This in spite of the fact that there is no diagnostic tool, no methodological formula, let alone any genetic technique, to prove such a relationship. This new discovery will help force paleoanthropologists to be more straightforward in their assessments. One of the most honest statements made recently by a paleoanthropologist is by Daniel Lieberman. In an accompanying article in the same issue of Nature, he writes: "The evolutionary history of humans is complex and unresolved." He goes on to say that this new skull makes things even more confusing and all of our above discussion shows that the new darling of evolutionists has rejected them to be the queen of their supposed evolutionary theory as it is not fitting in any of the supposed human evolutionary tree nor any of the so called hominin species.Lucy remained the darling of evolutionists for almost thirty years and now kenyanthropus has taken this place and none of the fossil has confirmed the supposed human evolution from any of the hominid or hominn.The one century story of ever changing supposed ancestors of human evolution shows the internal conflict in the hearts of evolutionists which they are failed to satisfy even after one century struggle and will always fail as modern genetics and fossils record both have rejected supposed human evolution from any of the mammalian ancestor common to both humans and chimpanzees.
Thanks for God Almighty.
References:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/whatever-happened-to-keny…/
https://creation.com/new-hominid-skull-from-kenya
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/wt40000.html
http://www.icr.org/art…/do-we-now-have-new-monkey-for-uncle/
http://humanorigins.si.edu/…/human-fossils/species/kenyanth…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyanthropus
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