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Dead Twelve Year-Old A Big Problem For Bishop
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 Deep in the country known as the cradle of mankind, because presumably that's where God first created Adam and his little riblet Eve (plus the dinosaurs, heterosexuality, the Ford Edsel, and all other intelligently designed things), there's trouble abrewin'. Turkana Boy, the most complete and one of the oldest prehistoric human skeletons yet found (by scientists guided by Satan, most like) is soon to be displayed in a museum (notorious showcases of factual things), but he's running into some protest from (come on, guess who) evangelical Christians. |
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Bishop Boniface Adoyo, head of Kenya's 35 (THIRTY-FIVE!) evangelical denominations, is urging boycotts of the exhibition and demands the collection be hidden away in a back room with a notice declaring evolution as one among a number of theories (you know, like gravity, relativity, and that only the good die young). "I did not evolve from Turkana Boy or anything like it," says the good bishop, "these sorts of silly views are killing our faith." Take THAT paleontologist, archaeologist, and conservationist Richard Leakey--finder of the bones. Turkana boy was 12 years old at the time of his demise 1.6 million years ago (when, according to the Bible, there wasn't a whole lot going down) and had been preserved in a marsh until his discovery in the 80's by Leakey's team. "Whether the bishop likes it or not, Turkana Boy is a distant relation of his," Leakey, who founded the prehistory department of Kenya's national museum, told The Associated Press. "The bishop is descended from the apes and these fossils tell how he evolved." The peace-loving Christians are of course going to do the Christly thing and gently voice their disapproval with respect and love--which is why the exhibit will be behind glass with security guards and cameras. "There are issues about the security," said Dr. Emma Mbua, the head of paleontology at the museum. "These fossils are irreplaceable and we wouldn’t want anything to happen to them." Insurance coverage could run into millions of dollars, she added. |
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