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Knuckle Walking

some 1.6 mil lion years old, has
shown that it be longed to an in di -
vid u al aged around 12, who would
have been some 1.80 me ters (5'11)
tall on reach ing adult hood. This
fos sil, which ex hib its close sim i lar -
i ties to the Neanderthal skel e tons,
is one of the most strik ing proofs to
un der mine the myth of hu man ev -
o lu tion. (See Neanderthal Man: A
Human Race.)

KNUCKLE WALKING
—See Bipedalism
KP 271 (Kanapoi Hominid or
Kanapoi Elbow Fossil) — See
Kanapoi Elbow Bone Fossil Fraud,
The

Turkana Boy skel e ton is the most com plete
ex am ple of Homo Erectus up till now.
It is in ter est ing that this 1.6 year-old skel e -
ton and that of present day hu mans
has no dis tinct dif fer ence.
The Evolution Impasse II