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Originally Posted by setanta
I could mention the traits and behaviour that we share with primates - as well as opposable thumbs!- not to mention fossils found all over the world that trace our lineage through time. It's not a contentious subject really.
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not contentious?
Dr. David Pilbeam (a distinguished professor of anthropology) suggested the following:
Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too sparse, too slippery, for it to be able to mold our theories. Rather the theories are more statements about us and ideology than about the past. Paleoanthropology reveals more about how humans view themselves than it does about how humans came about. But that is heresy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pilbeam