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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

stage before modern day Man. In fact, there is little to say about this
subspecies from the point of view of evolution, since they are distin-
guished from modern day Man by only very minor differences. Indeed,
some researchers point to the native people of Australia, saying that
representatives of this race (H. sapiens archaic) are still alive today. Like
that race, native Australians have thick bones behind the eyebrows, an
undershot jaw and a slightly smaller brain volume. Furthermore, a
number of very serious findings show that in the very recent past, these
people also lived in some villages in Hungary and Italy.
The class called Homo heilderbergensis in evolutionist literature is
actually the same thing as H. sapiens archaic. The reason for this use of
two different names to describe the same human race is differences of
opinion amongst evolutionists. All the fossils classed under H. heilder-
bergensis show that people closely resembling modern Europeans,
anatomically speaking, lived in England and Spain 500,000 and even
780,000 years ago.
Cro-Magnon man is estimated to have lived up to some 30,000
years ago. This race possessed a dome-shaped head and a broad fore-
head. Their skull volume of 1600 cubic centimeters is greater than the
modern day average. There are large eyebrow protrusions in the skull
and at the back, a bony protrusion typical of Neanderthal Man and H.
erectus.
Cro-Magnons are regarded as a European race, yet the structure
and volume of their skulls more closely resemble those of certain races

living today in Africa and tropical climates. Based on this similarity,
Cro-Magnon man is believed to be an ancient race originating in Africa.
A number of other paleoanthropological findings show that the Cro-
Magnon man and Neanderthal races interbred, forming the rootstock of
some modern day races.
In conclusion, these people are neither “primitive species” nor
transitional forms, but different races of humans who lived in the past

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