Most experts now agree that Lucy was only an unusual chimpanzee

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 References 6 Related claims 7 See Also 8 Acknowledgments

Claim

Most experts now agree that Lucy was only an unusual chimpanzee.

Source

• Jack Chick, Big Daddy?, Chick Publications

Responses

1. Most, if not all, experts in the field do not support that statement at all. Lucy remains a premier example of Australopithecus afarensis (Johanson 1999). The Creationist making the claim needs to back up the statement with some references.
2. If it truly were the case that "most experts agree" that Lucy was only a Chimpanzee, Lucy's genus classification would have been changed from Australopithecus to the Genus Pan, which is that of Chimpanzees. A unanimous or near consensus opinion would force a change in Genus classification. Lucy still remains in the Australopithecus genus rather than Pan and, as such, is testimony that Chick's statement is just a falsehood.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Misrepresentation
• Weasel words

References

1. Johanson, D.,Edgar, B. "From Lucy to Language" (1999)

Related claims

• Australopithecus was fully ape, closer to chimp
• Biologists think that Lucy is the oldest known ancestor of humans

See Also

• Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?
• Theory of Evolution

Acknowledgments