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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>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 following:

The science magazine ''[[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.<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>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> 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>Ian Anderson, "Hominoid collarbone exposed as dolphin's rib", in New Scientist, 28 April 1983, page 199</ref><ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref> 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. 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" />

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 rethinking of theories among [[theory of evolution|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> [[Johns Hopkins University]] anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.<ref>W. Herbert, Science News. 123:246 (1983)</ref>  

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" />

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" />

Dr. White stated that "to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S...curve, but it does not.<ref name="Ian" />

Dr. White also stated the blunder may force a rethinking of theories among [[theory of evolution|evolutionary]] theorists on when the line of man's ancestors separated from that of apes.<ref name="Ian" />

[[Johns Hopkins University]] anthropologist Alan Walker stated that there is a long history of misinterpreting various bones as humanoid clavicles and that it is a amorphous bone and scientist should be very judicious in interpreting it.<ref name="Herb" />

 

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 name="Ian" />

== References==

== References==

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[[Category:Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]

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