
JAVA APE-MAN

.   One of the most famous of all the anthropoids is the Java Ape-Man, 
Pithecanthropus erectus (erect ape-man). He was discovered in 1891 by Dr. 
Eugene Dubois, a fervent evolutionist. Dr. Dubois' find consisted of a small 
piece of the top of a skull, a fragment of a left thigh-bone, and three molar 
teeth. Although this evidence is admitedly more substantial, it is still 
fragmentary. Furthermore, these remnants were not found together. They were 
collected over a range of about 70 feet. Also, they were not discovered at the 
same time, but over the span of one year. To further complicate matters, these 
remains were found in an old river bed mixed in with the bones of extinct 
animals. Despite all of these difficulties, evolutionists calmly assure us 
that Java Ape-Man lived about 750,000 years ago. 

.   Although the "experts" would have us believe that these mere fragments 
provide sufficient information from which to reconstruct an entire prehistoric 
race, certain questions are raised. For instance, how is it possible to 
reconstruct so completely with such confidence from such scanty evidence?  How 
can the "experts" be so certain that all the pieces came from the same animal?  
How have these unpetrified bones managed to survive for so long without 
disintegrating. And so on. Well, as it turns out, even the "experts" differed 
greatly about the identification of these fossil fragments. In fact, of the 
twenty-four European scientists who met to evaluate the find, then said they 
came from an ape; seven from a man; and seven said they belonged to a no 
longer missing link. Controversy and division surrounded the discovery. The 
renowned Professor Virchow of Berlin said: 

.   "There is no evidence at all that these bones were parts of the same 
creature." 

.   Even Dr. Dubois himself later reversed his own opinion. His final 
conclusion was that the bones were the remains of some sort of gobbin. But one 
would never gather the truly equivocal nature of the world-famous Java Ape-Man 
by viewing museum exhibits or reading college textbooks, which are so 
dogmatic.  The dubious nature of Java Ape-Man (and human evolution as well) is 
either conveniently ignored or concealed behind the mask of "scientific fact." 

.   One final note regarding Java Ape-Man. Another Pithecanthropus was found 
in Java in 1926. Typically, this discovery was billed as a prodigious 
breakthrough, the missing link for sure. It turned out to be the kneebone of 
an extinct elephant. 

From  the book "The Collapse of Evolution"
                by Scott M. Huse
                Baker Book House
                Grand Rapids, Michigan 49516

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