A question of ERVs

pshun2404 said:

My apologies to all. My computer died and I am writing this on an old EES netbook (a friends) to say I will not be able to continue participating until the 27th. Still wondering if there are any actual ancient viruses foound and demonstrable that we can compare these alleged insertions/deletions to.

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Yeah, cool - say, wondering when you are going to admit to your plagiarism:


Now, are you going to explain why - even after having your dishonesty exposed - you keep referring to the Stern and Susman paper?

Am J Phys Anthropol. 1983 Mar;60(3):279-317.
The locomotor anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis.
Stern JT Jr, Susman RL.

I mean, it indicates nearly the OPPOSITE of what you claimed. Did you think nobody would look it up?

By the way - the "quote" you provide from p. 280 of the paper does not appear on p. 280 of the paper. It appears in the abstract on the previous page.

" “It is demonstrated that A. afarensis possessed anatomic characteristics that indicate a significant adaptation for movement in the trees” (1983, pg. 280). "
























Keep it up, Pauly - you do our side a great service.


Oh - actually one more thing - I think I caught you plagiarizing again. Your Stern and Susman quote? The one that does not actually appear where you claim it does? Yeah, found that here:

"Not only have Lucy's wrists and arm-bones been called into question, but there also is a mountain of evidence that demonstrates this fossil was better adapted for swinging through trees, like modern-day chimps. After thoroughly examining A. afarensis fossils, Stern and Susman noted: "It is demonstrated that A. afarensis possessed anatomic characteristics that indicate a significant adaptation for movement in the trees" (1983, 60:280). They went on to comment: "The AL 333-91 [designation for specific A. afarensis fossil - BH/BT] pisiform [bone of the hand - BH/BT] is 'elongate and rod shaped' and thus resembles the long, projecting pisiform of apes and monkeys" (60:281). Stern and Susmanís research details the fact that the hands and feet of Australopithecus afarensis are void of the normal human qualities assigned to hands and feet."

You had written:

""Stern and Susman (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 60, Issue 3, March 1983) remarked: “It is demonstrated that A. afarensis possessed anatomic characteristics that indicate a significant adaptation for movement in the trees” (1983, pg. 280). They went on to comment: “The AL 333-91 [designation for a specific A. afarensis fossil—BH/BT] pisiform [bone of the hand—BH/BT] is ‘elongate and rod shaped’ and thus resembles the long, projecting pisiform of apes and monkeys”."

I'm thinking it pretty unlikely that 2 different creationists reading the same source would come up with the exact same misquote..

How about you?