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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

vary according to brain size, but according to its internal organiza-
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The fossils that introduced H. erectus to the world were those of
Peking Man and Java Man, both discovered in Asia. Over time, how-
ever, it was realized that these two remains were not reliable. Peking
Man consisted only of plaster models, the original having been lost. All
that remained of Java Man was a piece of skull and a pelvic bone found
several dozen meters away: There was no indication that these had be-

HOMO ERECTUS IS NOT A TRANSITIONAL
FORM, BUT A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN
RACE.

A great many people today
have skull averages of the
same size as that of Homo
erectus. This shows that H.
erectus is a full human, not a
transitional form.

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