Evolution of Man - Hoaxes
Ramapithecus Thought to be the ancestor of man - intermediate between man and ape - on it's way to becoming man - based on two fragments of an incomplete jaw that was arranged to look parabolic. It was said that the jaw was more similar to human than that of any ape. Then, a complete jaw was found. the true shape of the jaw was not parabolic, but rather U-shaped, a distinctive of apes. Ramapithecus is now believed to be the ancestor of the Orangutan. The species was renamed Sivapithecus, and Ramapithecus was actually the females of that genus. Ramapithecus was not our ancestor! Nebraska Man Means "ape of the western world." Constructed from a single tooth found in 1922 by Harold Cook. Scientists saw the tooth as intermediate between man and ape. They called the species Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii. Hesperopithecus means "Western ape." Then, in 1927, more parts of the skeleton were found. Based upon these findings, it was realized that the tooth belonged to ne