Ten Peking Man skeletons were suppressed
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Claim
Initial newspaper reports of the Peking Man discovery reported that ten skeletons were found, but only a partial skull was ever exhibited. These skeletons have been suppressed, probably destroyed by scientists because they were too human and thus did not provide evidence for evolution. No scientists ever questioned what happened to the ten skeletons.
Source
- Bowden, Malcom, 1981, Ape-men: Fact or Fallacy? 2nd ed., Sovereign, Bromley, Kent.
Response
- The sheer career-defining advantage of such a find makes it unlikely a scientist would destroy such evidence - let alone a sense of scientific need.
- Why scientists would immediately destroy such a find is unlikely - how would they so quickly know the evidence, come to a conclusion, come to a consensus, and then do the disposal?
- It is more likely that the remains were lost during the chaos of WWII when Japan had invaded China and people weren't too concerned about old bones but instead surviving.
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Fallacies contained in this claim
Links
- Foley, Jim, 1999. Creationist Arguments: The Lost Peking Man Skeletons. [1]
References
- Boule M., 1929. Le Sinanthropus. L'Anthropologie 39: 455-60.
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