John D. Morris

John D. Morris (born 1946) is an American, young earth creationist. He is the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and the president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR).

Morris has a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Geological Engineering. From 1978-1980, he was a research assistant and from 1980-1984, he was an assistant professor of Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.

Morris speaks at a variety of churches and venues across America. He has also authored a number of books. In addition to his other duties, Morris is a professor of Earth Science and Apologetics at San Diego Christian College.

Controversy and criticism

Morris claimed that "from the neck down, certain clues suggested to Johanson that Lucy (Australopithecines) walked a little more erect than today's chimps. This conclusion, based on his interpretation of the partial hip bone and a knee bone, has been hotly contested by many paleoanthropologists."[1] Anthropologists, argue that "almost everything in this quote is a distortion (Johanson's and Lucy's names are about the only exceptions)."[2] This is because " 'certain clues suggested' doesn't mention that the whole find screamed 'bipedality' to every qualified scientist who looked at it.[3] As for " 'a little more erect', when everyone believes that Lucy was fully erect," also " 'the partial hip bone and a knee bone', when Lucy included almost a complete pelvis and leg (taking mirror imaging into account, and excluding the foot)." Lastly, " 'has been hotly contested', when no reputable paleoanthropologist denies that Lucy was bipedal."[4] Rather the debates surrounding Australopithecines "are about whether she was also arboreal, and about how similar the biomechanics of her locomotion was to that of humans."[5] Conclusively, "given that we have most of Lucy's leg and pelvis, one has to wonder what sort of fossil evidence it would take to convince creationists of australopithecine bipedality."[6]

Education

B.S., Virginia Tech (1969)
M.S., University of Oklahoma (1977)
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma (1980)

Works

Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure, 1988, ISBN 0890511667
What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?, 1990, ISBN 0890511594
The Young Earth, 1994, ISBN 0890511748
The Modern Creation Trilogy: Scripture and Creation, Science and Creation, Society and Creation, 1996, ISBN 0890512167
A Trip to the Ocean, 2000, ISBN 089051285X

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