Claim CC112:
The Castenedolo and Olmo skulls from Italy and the Calaveras skull from
California were modern skulls, but all were found in undisturbed Pliocene
strata.
Source:
Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Green Forest, AR: Master
Books, p. 177.
Response:
- The Castendolo bones belong to skeletons of several men, women, and
children. They are a recent burial in Pliocene sediments, evidenced by
the fact that other fossils but not the human bones were impregnated
with salt.
The Olmo skull is from upper Pleistocene gravel, placing it in the
Upper Paleolithic (Stone Age) period. It is not out of place.
The Calaveras skull was a deliberate hoax and was immediately
recognized as such by scientists (Conrad 1982).
Links:
Matson, Dave E. 1994. How good are those young-earth arguments?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-gc.html#G4d
References:
- Conrad, Ernest C. 1982. Are there human fossils in the "wrong place"
for evolution? Creation/Evolution 8: 14-22.
created 2003-4-27
