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ps418 · 08-02-2002, 08:06 PM

Creationist Jack Cuozzo claimed to have discovered two new human fossils from the Swanscombe Man fossil site in England. As it turns out, they're just a couple of chunks of siliceous gravel, and examination of thin sections of the supposed mastoid bone shows that it contains foraminifera! <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html" target="_blank">"It is, of course, quite impossible for a human bone, however fossilised, to incorporate a fossil foram."</a> See <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html" target="_blank">Chris Stringer responds to Jack Cuozzo</a> Wonder how that slipped peer review?

Of course, this is the same man who claims to see a mammoth fighting a dinosaur on a cave wall, a bullet-hole in another fossil human skull (IIRC), and that Neanderthals were just really old people. What Cuozzo lacks in credibility he makes up for in imagination, industry, and pure entertainment value.

Patrick

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Camaban · 08-03-2002, 12:57 AM

*wishes these people worked in the entertainment industry sometimes*

Daggah · 08-03-2002, 04:46 AM

ps418, have you ever encountered the infamous Ed Conrad? This guy reminds me of Conrad.

ps418 · 08-03-2002, 05:19 AM

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<strong>ps418, have you ever encountered the infamous Ed Conrad? This guy reminds me of Conrad.

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I've heard of him. He's a Carl Baugh kind of character. I would expect more from Cuozzo, though. I almost feel embarassed for the guy!

mibby529 · 08-03-2002, 03:18 PM

LOL First rule of pseudo-science: Never let little things like "facts" get in the way of a good theory.

08-02-2002, 08:06 PM	#1
ps418 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 1,840	Gravel Man! Creationist Jack Cuozzo's Latest Discovery Creationist Jack Cuozzo claimed to have discovered two new human fossils from the Swanscombe Man fossil site in England. As it turns out, they're just a couple of chunks of siliceous gravel, and examination of thin sections of the supposed mastoid bone shows that it contains foraminifera! <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html" target="_blank">"It is, of course, quite impossible for a human bone, however fossilised, to incorporate a fossil foram."</a> See <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/stringercuozzo.html" target="_blank">Chris Stringer responds to Jack Cuozzo</a> Wonder how that slipped peer review? Of course, this is the same man who claims to see a mammoth fighting a dinosaur on a cave wall, a bullet-hole in another fossil human skull (IIRC), and that Neanderthals were just really old people. What Cuozzo lacks in credibility he makes up for in imagination, industry, and pure entertainment value. Patrick [ August 02, 2002: Message edited by: ps418 ]</p>

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08-03-2002, 12:57 AM	#2
Camaban Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 473	wishes these people worked in the entertainment industry sometimes

08-03-2002, 04:46 AM	#3
Daggah Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Deployed to Kosovo Posts: 4,314	ps418, have you ever encountered the infamous Ed Conrad? This guy reminds me of Conrad.

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mibby529 Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cali Posts: 170	LOL First rule of pseudo-science: Never let little things like "facts" get in the way of a good theory.

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