Sentences with phrase «skull with an ape»
Critics of evolution are fond of citing Piltdown Man (a human skull with an ape jaw) or Nebraska Man (the tooth of a fossil pig).
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Comparisons with other African ape fossils indicate that the infant's skull belongs to a new species that the researchers named Nyanzapithecus alesi.
Comparisons with skeletons of 33 Sumatran and Bornean male orangutans revealed a range of differences in the skull and teeth of the Tapanuli ape, including a distinctively narrow palate and a relatively short jaw joint.
Eyes set wide like a gorilla's and a heavy browridge level with the top of the skull suggest an ape.
It was a controversial interpretation for many, as it contradicted religious beliefs about human origins; the short, stocky limb bones and the skull's oversized brow suggested an ape - like ancestor that did not fit in with the biblical idea of God's creation.