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DARWINISM REFUTED

available Homo erectus fossils are straight to an extent not observed in any
of the australopithecines or so-called Homo habilis specimens. There is no
difference between the postcranial skeleton of modern man and that of
Homo erectus.
The primary reason for evolutionists' defining Homo erectus as
"primitive" is the cranial capacity of its skull (900-1,100 cc), which is
smaller than the average modern man, and its thick eyebrow projections.
However, there are many people living today in the world who have the
same cranial capacity as Homo erectus (pygmies, for instance) and other
races have protruding eyebrows (Native Australians, for instance). It is a
commonly agreed-upon fact that differences in cranial capacity do not
necessarily denote differences in intelligence or abilities. Intelligence
depends on the internal organization of the brain, rather than on its
volume. 198
The fossils that have made Homo erectus known to the entire world are
those of Peking man and Java man in Asia. However, in time it was realized
that these two fossils are not reliable. Peking man consists of some elements
made of plaster whose originals have been lost, and Java man is composed
of a skull fragment plus a pelvic bone that was found yards away from it
with no indication that these belonged to the same creature. This is why the
Homo erectus fossils found in Africa have gained such increasing
importance. (It should also be noted that some of the fossils said to be Homo

erectus were included under a second species named Homo ergaster by some
evolutionists. There is disagreement among the experts on this issue. We
will treat all these fossils under the classification of Homo erectus.)
The most famous of the Homo erectus specimens found in Africa is the
fossil of "Narikotome Homo erectus," or the "Turkana Boy," which was
found near Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is confirmed that the fossil was that
of a 12-year-old boy, who would have been 1.83 meters tall in adolescence.
The upright skeletal structure of the fossil is no different from that of
modern man. The American paleoanthropologist Alan Walker said that he
doubted that "the average pathologist could tell the difference between the
fossil skeleton and that of a modern human." Concerning the skull, Walker
wrote that he laughed when he saw it because "it looked so much like a
Neanderthal." 199 As we will see in the next chapter, Neanderthals are a
human race. Therefore, Homo erectus is also a human race.

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