/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8996013
>https://youtu.be/LAXC9u4rhJ4
You ARE making shit up.
That footage shows Lovejoy using a dremel (not a saw) to reconstruct a PLASTER CAST of the original to undo the breakage and compression. And that's just the angle at which the bones fit together, not the shape of the ilium! You're literally making shit up to try and claim that it's equally valid to interpret A. afarensis as apelike and humanlike, when the pelvis is unambiguous in that regard!

>You and I both know criminal cases are biased af.
that's one limp-dick non sequitur if ever I saw one. we can't trust molecular data on the divergence of humans and chimpanzees because there is bias in the criminal justice system!

>Nothing is ever truly "settled"
that's where you're wrong, kiddo. unless you think alchemical transmutation is still a valid cause.

>So you admit it's an ape?
I am not responsible for your jaw-dropping ignorance. robust australopithecines were apelike early humans.

>Not a very advanced one.
...the ability of other apes to grasp objects with their thumbs is functionally identical to ours. not sure why you feel the need to lie over and over about this minor point.

>I was merely demonstarting my view's ever encompasing nature.
meaningless babble. you were trying to change the subject because you didn't have any rebuttal.

>You can build a rocket to check ths earth's shape, but you can't build a time machine
So you admit that "common sense" has failed you before?
>All you have are ambiguous at best fossils.
there's nothing ambiguous about early human trackways that clearly show bipedal locomotion.

your whole argument comes down to "you can't know nuffin". but that, of course, is projection. just because YOU don't know anything doesn't mean that nobody else can.

nice pic, by the way. I notice it conveniently omits the location of the foramen magnum, which is a clear indicator of stance. in bonobos, it's at the back. but in australopithecines, like in Homo, it's further forward...

Is this comparison of foramen magnum positions ultimately flawed due to the angle at which the modern great ape skulls were placed, or is it still rather accurate depite that?