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04/17/07
1470 Man was an ape
Reconstructions of ancient hominids are typically presented with no explanation of the principles on which the various bones are reassembled. Dr. Timothy Bromage is a paleoanthropologist who works on the biological principle "that the eyes, ears, and mouth must be in precise relationship to one another in all mammals." He claims to have found a rule that applies to all primates: "The angle created by drawing a line from the eye socket to the ear and then to the top back molar is always 45 degrees". Applying this to Homo rudolfensis (1470 Man) has challenged the previously accepted work. "Shifting the skull bones to conform to the rule pushes out the lower face and leads to a much smaller brain: about 575 cubic centimetres" instead of 750-775 cc. "Dr. Leakey produced a biased reconstruction based on erroneous preconceived expectations of early human appearance that violated principles of craniofacial development," said Dr. Bromage. His new reconstruction "shows a sharply protruding jaw and a brain less than half the size of a modern human". The first human-like skulls come with Homo ergaster and Homo erectus. This is exactly where many put the ape/homo line, and this new work reinforces the view that the gradualist model of human evolution is artificial and an imposition on the data.
New face for Kenya hominid?
Constance Holden
Science 316, 6 April 2007, 27.
See also:
Man's earliest direct ancestors looked more apelike than previously believed
EurekAlert, 24 March 2007.
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