I would like to address something that’s circling the globe and is hot in the news and it’s called Darwinius Masillae. Some news stories have sensationalized this to the degree of saying, “It’s like finding the lost ark,” or “It’s the scientific equivalent of the Holy Grail.”[1] The hyperbole is breathtaking. It’s been called “the most important find in 47 million years,”[2] and “the mother of all monkeys.”[3]

In actuality all this is, is a silly debate among evolutionists as to whether Darwinius Masillae is an ancestor of lemurs or humans. It’s doesn’t do anything to settle the creation/evolution debate. In light of all the fanfare, we would do well to remember that past candidates like “Lucy” have bestowed fame on their finders but have done precious little to distinguish themselves as prime exemplers of human evolution.

As the corpus of hominid fossil specimen grows, it has become increasingly evident there’s an unbridgeable chasm between hominids and humans. Similar structures on different species don’t provide proof of genealogical relationships. Common descent is simply an evolutionary assumption that’s used to explain similarities. To assume that hominids and humans are closely related because both of them can walk upright is like saying humming birds and helicopters are related because both can fly.

I’ve said this before, but the distance between an ape that can’t read or write and a descendent of Adam who composes musical masterpieces or sends men to the moon is the distance of infinity. Bottom line—evolution can’t satisfactorily account for the genesis of life, the genetic code, or the ingenious synchronization process needed to produce life from a single fertilized human egg. It also can’t satisfactorily explain how physical processes can produce metaphysical realities such as consciousness or spirituality.

This incessable drive to produce a missing link is fraught with selling sensationalism, and subjectivism. Instead we should not be pandering, but we should promote solid science. If you’ve looked at this for any period of time, you’re aware of the fact that this hype supposes that Nebraska, Piltdown, and Peking Man, along with Pithecanthropus Erectus are not so significant now, because supposedly now we found the mother of all fossil finds, we’ve found the missing link, or “the most important discovery in evolutionary processes in 47 million years.” You can’t make this stuff up.

As Christians we need to be able to see through the hype and help others as well, because this has been touted in every newspaper or periodical that I’ve laid my hands on in the last 48 hours. At its root, though, it’s just plain old selling and sensationalism! I’ve addressed the evolution issue in depth in my book Fatal Flaws: What Evolutionist Don’t Want You to Know. You can pick up a copy at our Website at www.equip.org or by calling us at 1-888-700-0274.

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[1] “Missing Link Found? Scientist’s unveil Fossil of 47 million year old primate, Darwinius masillae” by By Samantha Strong and Rich Schapiro, New York Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/05/19/2009-05-19_missing_link_found_fossil_of_47_millionyearold_primate_sheds_light_on_.html?print=1&page=all). All Websites Accessed 5/22/09.

[2] The Missing Link: Worth the Hype? By Robert Bazell (http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1937065.aspx)

[3] Fossil Frenzy, Is this the Mother of all Monkeys? NBC Nightly News Video (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30833464#30833464).