Many people have different views regarding the same topic. Over the years, countless theories have been brought forward to answer the question of human origins. Scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists and religious groups have spent lots of time arguing in support of their own respected theories. With the use of technology such as carbon dating and improvements in scientific methods; new fossil evidence has traced humanities bipedalism back to five million years, shedding some light on humanities past. Conversely, these new fossil finds have only led to more controversy. The church also has a set view on human origins and it differs...
lots of insight about human origins. With Johanson's theory of Lucy and the first family, the great debate between Johanson and Leakey and the Laetoli footprints began as well; this forced the church to answer more questions about its view on evolution and also caused many people to take another look at the possibility of evolution. As well, these finds helped to reveal some traits regarding our past and also aided in making the idea of evolution a believable one. People interpret things differently; this gives us many options to consider when making our own opinions about certain topics.