A Spanish research team led by the palaeontologist Salvador
Moyà-Solà introduced a fossil skeleton consisting of 83 bones in
the 19 November 2004 issue of Science magazine. 1 The fossil,
discovered near the Spanish village of Els Hostalets de Pierola,
was given the name Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, after the
region in which it was found. Its age was said to be around 13
million years, and it was announced on Ntvmsnbc.com with the
headline “The last common ancestor of man and apes.” This
article will reveal the evolutionist errors in the Ntvmsnbc.com
report and show why it is that the fossil constitutes no
evidence for evolution. The fossil was described as follows in
the Ntvmsnbc.com report: “Scientists suggest that this species
did not swing from branch to branch like the orangutan nor walk
with a stoop bending its knees like the chimpanzee. Its anatomy
shows that the creature possessed a flexible, agile and powerful
upper body and was a good climber. Scientists underline that the
shoulder blades of the ani