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tion ist in University College London It was lat er sent to the Kenya
said that "the fos sil rais es a lot of National Museum – East Rudolf and
ques tions." 7 clas si fied as Homo ha bi lis. (See Homo
As can be seen from these state - ha bi lis.)
ments and ad mis sions, the the o ry of Homo ha bi lis shares many fea -
ev o lu tion is fac ing a ma jor di lem ma. tures with the apes known as
In par tic u lar, ev ery new dis cov ery in Australopithecus. Like them, H. ha bi lis
the field of pa le on tol o gy pre sents a has a long-armed, short-leg ged and
new con tra dic tion for the the o ry of ape-like skel e tal struc ture. Its hands
ev o lu tion to ex plain. Evolutionists and feet are well suit ed to climb ing.
who pro duce di a grams of the sup - These char ac ter is tics show that H.
posed ev o lu tion of man kind seek to ha bi lis spent most of its time in the
in cor po rate new dis cov er ies by set - trees.
ting the fos sils out among ex tinct The vol ume of the ma jor i ty of
spe cies of ape and to hu man ra ces. skulls clas si fied as H. ha bi lis does not
However, no fos sil fits in with ex ceed 650 cu bic cen ti me ters. This
their di a grams, sim ply be cause hu - brain size is very close to that of pre-
man be ings and apes did not evolve sent-day go ril las. On the oth er hand,
from any com mon an ces tor. Human its jaw struc ture close ly re sem bles
be ings have al ways been hu man be - that of present-day apes, def i nite ly
ings, and apes have al ways been prov ing that it was an ape.
apes. For that rea son, the the o ry of In terms of gen er al skull fea tures,
ev o lu tion fa ces an ev er great er di - it bears a clos er re sem blance to
lem ma with ev ery new sci en tif ic dis - Australopithecus af ri ca nus. Like A. af -
cov ery. ri ca nus, H. ha bi lis has no eye brow
pro tru sions. Previously, this fea ture
led to its be ing mis in ter pret ed and
KNM-ER 1470 FRAUD, THE de pict ed as a hu man-like crea ture.

In 1972, a fos sil was dis cov ered in KNM-ER 1470's long, broad fore -
East Rudolf that would lead to de - head, its less ob vi ous eye brow pro -
bates in pa le o an thro pol o gy. This tru sions, the lack of the struc ture in
was a com plete skull, lack ing on ly the go ril la skull known as the sag it -
the low er jaw, but bro ken in to some tal crest, and its 750 cu bic cen ti me ter
300 parts, which were as sem bled by brain vol ume show that it did not re -
Richard Leakey and his wife, Meave. sem ble hu man be ings. J. E. Cronin

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