Reply #28: I have to admit that I am torn by this

[LibertyLover]

one the one hand, I agree that the fossil bones could be damaged and that it is not a good idea to have them travel all over for 6 years. On the other hand, see them now before the creationists have their way and Lucy and the other fossil evidence for evolution are put in storage (best case scenario) or destroyed. I will never forget the thrill in 1974 of walking into the museum in Nairobi, Kenya and seeing many of the fossils that the Leakeys had excavated (and a few days earlier having traipsed their dig site at Olduvai Gorge and met Mrs. Leakey). At the time, skull 1481 was the newest discovery and given pride of place in the exhibit. Now, fundamentalist Christians in Kenya, a major political force there, are lobbying to have the fossils taken off display and put in storage. So far the government has resisted, but some observers believe it is just a matter of time before they give in to the pressure and dismantle the fossil exhibit.