Idiots, it's not like they've ever said this is definitively what things looked like. They aren't hiding the fact that this is their best interpretation.
This makes me realize that there’s actually been progress: I haven’t heard an acquaintance asking about a missing link to try and disprove evolution for at least a decade. That’s just my experience, but I used to hear it a lot.
That does it, I’m convinced! All the scientists were lying and the earth really is flat! Wait, what was this one? Oh, right. The earth is 5000 years old! That’s what I meant to say.