Did-u-know that what you believe affects how you interpret scientific evidence? Back in the late 70's Mary Leakey found various kinds of tracks imbedded in volcanic ash in Kenya. Professional trackers were called in to help identify the different tracks. In April 1979, National Geographic magazine featured an article on the identified tracks. The illustrators drew pictures of giraffes, rabbits, elephants, guineas, and ostriches like the ones you would find alive today. There were other tracks that looked just like the ones you and I would make while walking on a wet sandy beach. Yet the pictures drawn of these were black, hairy, apelike figures with human feet. You see, potassium argon dating set a date of about 3.75 million years for the volcanic ash; therefore they believed they had to look ape-like. (1) Actually, this is very good evidence that man has always existed in the form he is now. Preconceived ideas about the age of the earth and the origins of life sway our thinking to interpret the evidence either toward evolution or creation.

(1) Dennis Petersen, Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation , p. 138& 139

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