Page 673 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

The large eyebrow pro-
trusions on Homo erec-
tus skulls, and features
such as the backward-
sloping forehead, can
be seen in a number of
races in our own day, as
in the Malaysian native
shown here.

Professor William Laughlin from the University of Connecticut made
extensive anatomical 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 (man of today):

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. 164

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 sapiens as to be con-
sidered a different species. In American Scientist, the discussions over this issue and the result of a conference
held on the subject in 2000 were summarized 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. 165

The conclusion reached by the scientists defending the abovementioned thesis can be summarized 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 erec-
tus in the "human evolution" scenario (Australopithecus, Homo Habilis, and Homo rudolfensis). This means that

the first men appeared in the fossil record suddenly and without any prior evolutionary history.

Neanderthals: Their Anatomy and Culture

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) 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 today is that their skeletons are more robust and their cranial
capacity slightly bigger.
Neanderthals were a human race, a fact which is admitted by almost everybody today. Evolutionists

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