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[[Image:Photoday 7 bg 071302.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley, gave the name "flipperpithecus" to a supposed "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of a dolphin's rib.]]  

[[Image:Photoday 7 bg 071302.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley, gave the name "flipperpithecus" to a supposed "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of a dolphin's rib.]]  

"[[Flipperpithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in ''Science News''.<ref name="Herb">W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>

"Flipperpithecus" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperpithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in ''Science News''.<ref name="Herb">W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>

The science magazine ''[[New Scientist]]'' reported:

The science magazine ''[[New Scientist]]'' reported:

{{cquote|A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley.<ref name="Ian">Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", ''New Scientist'', 28 April 1983, page 199.</ref> <ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}}

{{cquote|A five million-year-old piece of bone that was thought to be a collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley.<ref name="Ian">Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", ''New Scientist'', 28 April 1983, page 199.</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}}

Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref name="Ian" />

Dr. Tim White, [[anthropology|anthropologist]] at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref name="Ian" />

Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref name="Ian" />

Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref name="Ian" />

Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref name="Ian" /><ref name="Herb" />

Anthropologist Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University who made the original classification of the fossil has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref name="Herb" /><ref name="Ian" />

Dr. Boaz described the fossil find and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''.  

Dr. Boaz described the fossil find and defended his stance regarding the fossil find in the journals ''Nature'', the ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'' and ''Natural History''.  

However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref name="Herb" />

However, at a meeting of physical anthropologist his fellow anthropologist were skeptical of the find some stating that at first glance the bone looks nothing like a collar bone.<ref name="Herb" />

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