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[[File:Composite_Human_Fossil_Chart.png|thumb|200px|Composite Human Fossil Chart. Illustrates the comparable dates assigned to ''Homo erectus'', anatomically modern ''Homo sapiens'', [[Neanderthals]], and Early African/Asian ''Homo sapiens''. Also shown are [[Australopithecus]] and ''Homo habilis''.<ref>Lubenow, p. 336</ref>]] | [[File:Composite_Human_Fossil_Chart.png|thumb|200px|Composite Human Fossil Chart. Illustrates the comparable dates assigned to ''Homo erectus'', anatomically modern ''Homo sapiens'', [[Neanderthals]], and Early African/Asian ''Homo sapiens''. Also shown are [[Australopithecus]] and ''[[Homo habilis]]''.<ref>Lubenow, p. 336</ref>]] | ||
Skulls with ''Homo erectus''-like features are found around the globe in location such as [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Indonesia]], and [[Africa]]. Furthermore, researchers have shown that ''Homo erectus'' and ''Homo sapiens'' traits occur concurrently in the stratigraphic layer at many locations. Thick-vaulted and gracile (thin-vaulted) skulls are often found to co-occur in the same strata showing that they lived at the same time and place.<ref name=woodmorappe/> | Skulls with ''Homo erectus''-like features are found around the globe in location such as [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Indonesia]], and [[Africa]]. Furthermore, researchers have shown that ''Homo erectus'' and ''Homo sapiens'' traits occur concurrently in the stratigraphic layer at many locations. Thick-vaulted and gracile (thin-vaulted) skulls are often found to co-occur in the same strata showing that they lived at the same time and place.<ref name=woodmorappe/> | ||
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Furthermore, ''H. erectus'' is shown to have lived alongside what are known as “early ''Homo sapiens''” during their entire 700,000 year existence, and alongside [[Neanderthals]] throughout the 800,000 years of their history. And lastly, ''Homo erectus'' individuals have lived side by side with anatomically modern humans for 2 million years (according to evolutionary chronology).<ref>Lubenow, p. 120</ref> | Furthermore, ''H. erectus'' is shown to have lived alongside what are known as “early ''Homo sapiens''” during their entire 700,000 year existence, and alongside [[Neanderthals]] throughout the 800,000 years of their history. And lastly, ''Homo erectus'' individuals have lived side by side with anatomically modern humans for 2 million years (according to evolutionary chronology).<ref>Lubenow, p. 120</ref> | ||
For ''Homo erectus'' to provide support as a transitional form between the [[australopithecines]] and modern humans, the dates assigned to | For ''Homo erectus'' to provide support as a transitional form between the [[australopithecines]] and modern humans, the dates assigned to erectus fossils should occur between these other groups with minimal overlap. The extensive timeframe during which ''H. erectus'' is found to exist effectively eliminates the possibility that they evolved into ''Homo sapiens''. These discoveries illustrate significant problems with the evolutionary model. Not only do the dates show that ''H. erectus'' lived contemporaneously with anatomically modern [[humans]], but remained virtually unchanged for almost two million years. | ||
=== Nonevolutionary explanations === | === Nonevolutionary explanations === | ||
