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[[Image:Dolphin.jpg|thumb|200px|right|"[["Flipperithecus]]" was the name of the "humanoid species" arising from a fossil find that is most likely part of dolphin's rib. The name "Flipperithecus" was given by anthropologist Dr. Tim White and reported in Science News.]]
The science journal ''New Scientist'' reported the following:
The science journal ''New Scientist'' reported the following:
{{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." - Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199<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." - Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199<ref>http://www.creationism.org/articles/quotes.htm</ref>}}
Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> 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>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a "rethink of theories" amoung evolutionary theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>
Dr. Tim White, anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley likened the incident on par with the "[[Nebraska man]]" and "[[Piltdown Man]]" incidents.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White stated regarding the fossil find, "Seldom has a bone been hyped as much as this one."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. Noel Boaz from New York University has countered, "I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed." <ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> 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>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref> Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a "rethink of theories" amoung evolutionary theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>
Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>According to [[Science News]] the find of Dr. Boaz has "sparked much discussion about anthropologists' overzealous pursuit of human ancestory."<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White has dubbed the "humanoid species" arising from the fossil find "[[Flipperithecus]]".<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>
Dr. White added "The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone."<ref>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref>According to [[Science News]] the find of Dr. Boaz has "sparked much discussion about anthropologists' overzealous pursuit of human ancestory."<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> Dr. White has dubbed the "humanoid species" arising from the fossil find "[[Flipperithecus]]".<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>