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pithecus and man. on regarding the KNM-ER 1470 skull,
However, it was later realized that based on analyses of its jaw and teeth
the human facial features of KNM-ER structure:
1470, which had appeared on the covers . . . from the size of the palate and the ex-
of various scientific journals, were er- pansion of the area allotted to molar ro-
rors, made perhaps even deliberately in ots, it would appear that ER 1470 retai-
assembling the skull fragments. Profes- ned a fully Australopithecus -sized face
sor Tim Bromage, who conducted rese- and dentition. 207
arch into the anatomy of the human face,
John Hopkins University Professor
summarized his findings produced with
of paleoanthropology Alan Walker, who
the aid of computer simulations in 1992:
has examined the KNM-ER 1470 skull
When it [KNM-ER 1470] was first re- at least as much as Leakey, maintains
constructed, the face was fitted to the that like Homo habilis or H. rudolfensis,
cranium in an almost vertical position, the creature should not be classified as
much like the flat faces of modern hu-
Homo but should be included in the clas-
mans. But recent studies of anatomical 208
sification Australopithecus.
relationships show that in life the face
Classifications such as Homo habilis
must have jutted out considerably, crea-
or H. rudolfensis, which evolutionists
ting an ape-like aspect, rather like the fa-
ces of Australopithecus. 205 depict as transitional forms between
Australopithecus and Homo erectus, are
On the same subject, the evolutionist
completely fictitious. Most present-day
paleoanthropologist J. E. Cronin says this:
researchers accept the fact that these are
... its relatively robustly constructed face, members of the series Australopithecus.
flattish naso-alveolar clivus, (recalling All their anatomical characteristics point
australopithecine dished faces), low ma-
to the fact that they were monkeys.
ximum cranial width (on the temporals),
strong canine juga and large molars (as
indicated by remaining roots) are all re- Homo sapiens
latively primitive traits which ally the
specimen with members of the taxon A. The history of Homo sapiens, which
africanus..... KNM-ER 1470, like other represents modern man on the imaginary
early Homo specimens, shows many evolutionary family tree, goes back
morphological characteristics in com- much further than evolutionists expec-
mon with gracile australopithecines that ted. Paleontological findings indicate
are not shared with later specimens of that human beings identical to us were
the genus Homo. 206
alive nearly a million years ago.
C. Loring Brace from Michigan Uni- One of the discoveries in this regard
versity arrived at the following conclusi- is a fossil found in the Atapuerca region

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