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Creationists are necessarily liars:



Creationism, in all its many guises, is a religious belief. Genesis comprises an internally inconsistent, allegorical creation-myth. Biblical literalists seem incapable of reconciling their emotional needs for priveleged status with the realities of inconsistent scriptures packed with errors. Because several areas of science falsify biblical metaphysics, creationists rely upon ignorance, misinformation (aka lies), and a variety of fallacies of logic to protect their precious delusions.

This video includes yet another lie from the comedy duo of Bananaman Ray Comfort and Failed Actor Kirk Cameron. Attacks on science substitute for the evidence that is glaringly missing from creationist claims. To assume that ridiculing scientific evidence renders creationism correct is to rely upon a fallacious argument from ignorance. This pathetic tactic highlights the intellectual poverty of the creationist position. Note, intellectual poverty does not prevent charlatans from making lots of money by peddling lies to the deluded.

For comparison:
Hand over Wrist
All the better to climb trees with


The video segment is from the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQQ6UCfijyc

The complete documentary on the discovery of Ardipithecus ramidus is here:


Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A033F703945B67EE


Ardipithecus is a very early hominin genus (subfamily Homininae). Two species are described in the literature: A. ramidus, which lived about 4.4 million years ago during the early Pliocene, and A. kadabba, dated to approximately 5.6 million years ago (late Miocene).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardipithecus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)

The Hominidae (anglicized Hominids, also known as great apes) form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees, gorillas, humans and orangutans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_ape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle-walkinghttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46246/title/Humanity%E2%80%99s_upright_gait_may_have_roots_in_treeshttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/access/id/46249/title/bb_knuckle_walking.jpg

Humans share ~98 % of DNA sequences with our nearest relatives, the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee

All the better to climb trees with

The feet of Ardipithecus ramidus and common chimpanzees. Roll over image for description.

Hand over Wrist

Comparisons of the hands and wrists of Ardipithecus ramidus and other great apes (including us). Roll over image for identification.