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[[File:Homo erectus model.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Model of Homo erectus at Westfälisches Museum für Archäologie. Herne, Germany.]] | [[File:Homo erectus model.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Model of Homo erectus at Westphalian Museum of Archaeology (Westfälisches Museum für Archäologie). Herne, Germany.]] | ||
'''''Homo erectus''''' is the [[species]] name assigned to human [[fossils]] that evolutionists claim are [[transitional forms]] between [[australopithecines]] (apes) and both [[Neanderthals]] and modern humans. To date, more than 280 fossil individuals have been found that are identified with this group.<ref name=lubenow>Lubenow, Marvin. ''[[Bones of Contention|Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils]]''. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1992. p. 115.</ref> The species name means “erect or upright man” and was the name first put forth by [[Ernst Mayr]] to unify the classification of Asian [[fossils]]. | '''''Homo erectus''''' is the [[species]] name assigned to human [[fossils]] that evolutionists claim are [[transitional forms]] between [[australopithecines]] (apes) and both [[Neanderthals]] and modern humans. To date, more than 280 fossil individuals have been found that are identified with this group.<ref name=lubenow>Lubenow, Marvin. ''[[Bones of Contention|Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils]]''. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1992. p. 115.</ref> The species name means “erect or upright man” and was the name first put forth by [[Ernst Mayr]] to unify the classification of Asian [[fossils]]. | ||
