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scribed totally in accord with evolutionists’ wishes, preconceptions and
expectations.
On the other hand, Ian Tattersall of the American Museum of
Natural History classified the fossils neither as H. erectus nor as H. ha-
bilis:
This specimen underlines the need for a thorough going reappraisal of the di-
versity of early . . . Homo 185
National Geographic magazine announced the new fossil under the
caption “Skull Fossil Challenges Out-of-Africa Theory.” This article
contained the views of David Lordkipanidze, who performed the re-
search in question in Georgia and discovered the fossils:
The variation among the hominids recovered at Dmanisi makes it difficult to
say exactly who these people were, said Lordkipanidze. He suggests that the
variation may force scientists to rethink the definition of “Homo.” 186
Reid Ferring, a member of the same team and at the same time an
archaeologist at University of North Texas, has this to say: