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Professor William Laughlin from the University of Connecticut made extensive anatomi-
cal examinations of Inuits and the people living on the Aleut islands, and noticed that these
people were extraordinarily similar to Homo erectus. The conclusion Laughlin arrived at was
that all these distinct races were in fact different races of Homo sapiens (today’s man).

When we consider the vast differences that exist between remote groups such as Eskimos and
Bushmen, who are known to belong to the single species of Homo sapiens, it seems justifiable to
conclude that Sinanthropus [an erectus specimen] belongs within this same diverse species. 85
It is now a more pronounced fact in the scientific community that Homo erectus is a superfluous
taxon, and that fossils assigned to the Homo erectus class are actually not so different from Homo sapi-

ens as to be considered a different species. In American Scientist, the discussions over this issue and the
result of a conference held on the subject in 2000 were summarised in this way:

Most of the participants at the Senckenberg conference got drawn into a flaming debate over the taxonomic sta-
tus of Homo erectus started by Milford Wolpoff of the University of Michigan, Alan Thorne of the University of
Canberra and their colleagues. They argued forcefully that Homo erectus had no validity as a species and should
be eliminated altogether. All members of the genus Homo, from about 2 million years ago to the present, were one
highly variable, widely spread species, Homo sapiens, with no natural breaks or subdivisions. The subject of the
conference, Homo erectus didn't exist. 86
The conclusion reached by the scientists defending the abovementioned thesis can be summarised as
"Homo erectus is not a different species from Homo sapiens, but rather a race within Homo sapiens".
On the other hand, there is a huge gap between Homo
erectus, a human race, and the apes that preceded Homo

erectus
in the "human evolution" scenario,
FALSE (Australopithecus, Homo Habilis, and Homo rudolfensis).
FALSE
This means that the first men appeared in the fossil
record suddenly and without any prior evolutionary
history. This is a most clear indication of their being cre-
ated.
Yet, admitting this fact is totally against the dogmatic

philosophy and ideology of evolutionists. As a result,
they try to portray Homo erectus, a truly human race, as
a half-ape creature. In their Homo erectus reconstruc-

tions, they tenaciously draw simian features. On the
other hand, with similar drawing methods, they hu-
manise apes like Australopithecus or Homo Habilis.
With this method, they seek to "approximate" apes
and human beings and close the gap between these

two distinct living classes.

Neanderthals

Neanderthals were human beings who suddenly appeared
100,000 years ago in Europe, and who disappeared, or were assimilated
by mixing with other races, quietly but quickly 35,000 years ago. Their

only difference from man of our day is that their skeletons are more ro-
bust and their cranial capacity slightly bigger.
Neanderthals were a human race, a fact which is admitted
by almost everybody today. Evolutionists have tried
FALSE MASKS: Although no different from
today’s man, Neanderthals are still depicted as
ape-like by evolutionists.

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