On the side bar there are some interesting links, too- and if you just google
"fossil evidence controversy" you get some stuff on Lucy, debates, etc...it's kinda interesting.
At my "worst," lol, I leaned reluctantly toward being an "old earth creationist," with much reservation. I tended to insist on being too pantheistic/animistic to actually buy into it, but liked the story-telling aspect of it all. I worked with John & Henry Morris at the Institute for Creation Research back in the day in CA, and so am extremely well-versed in all things creationistic, to the point of nausea, LOL.
Thus, I'm able to assess that I'm rather broad-minded about it all, can appreciate what others believe without buying into it. Hopefully, my disputing things doesn't fall too often into actually derisiveness...When it does, I need to make my apologies. ;+)