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 (Lubenow, 2004). 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. Creationists generally agree that all supposed ape-men fossils are, in fact, either ape or fully human. Species names within the taxonomic genus homo are viewed as fabricated classes invented to support evolutionary theory, and should be regarded as mere instruments of propaganda. The majority of Homo erectus fossils represent the populations of humans that lived following the global flood and the Tower of Babel, and should be considered true Homo sapiens (Bowden, 1988).
Although a formal definition of Homo erectus has not been established, the following characteristics are generally accepted. Their skulls are low, broad, and elongated; their cranial capacity are 750-1250 cc; they have median sagittal ridge; they have supraorbital ridges; they have postorbital constriction; they have receding frontal contour; they have cccipital bun or torus; they have nuchal area extended for muscle attachment; their cranial wall are usually thick overall; their brain cases are narrower than the zygomatic arch; they have heavy facial architecture; they have Alveolar (maxilla) prognathism; they have large jaw and wide ramus; they have small to no chin (mentum); their teeth are generally large; and their postcranial are heavy and thick (Lubenow, 2004).
There are several problems with the assignment of Homo erectus as an evolutionary transitional form to Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. These include the absence of morphological distinction when compared to the full range of characteristics in modern humans, and overlapping timeframes of H. erectus with anatomically modern humans. One of the primary defining characteristics of Homo erectus has been a skull with a thick wall, but until recently little data was present to support whether there was truly a difference between modern skulls and H. erectus. In 1994 a substantial comparison was conducted to determine if cranial thickness was a true criteria for identify H. erectus fossils (Brown, 1994). The skulls of four modern Homo sapiens populations were studied; south Chinese, Romano-British, aboriginal Australians, and the famous Australian Kow Swamp remains – aborigines that were dated from 10,000 to 30,000 years ago. These modern skulls were contrasted against samples of Asian Homo erectus and so-called Chinese archaic Homo sapiens by measuring seven anatomical points on the skulls. Although the cranial-vault thickness was significantly different between modern Europeans and Chinese when compared to Homo erectus, the archaic Homo sapiens did not differ from Homo erectus at any of the seven anatomical points. More surprising were the contrasts between H. erectus and the modern and ancient native Australians. The Kow Swamp remains differed at only one of the seven anatomical points of the skull, and presently living Australian aborigines differed from Homo erectus in only four of the seven anatomical points on the skull ( Woodmorappe, 2000). Skulls with Homo erectus-like features are found around the globe in location such as Europe, Asia, Aust
SOURCES: Lubenow, Marvin. Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2004. p. 115. Homo Erectus — A Fabricated Class of ‘Ape-Men’ by Malcolm Bowden, Journal of Creation, Vol.3, 1988, pp. 152-153. Lubenow, p. 122. Brown, P., cranial-vault thickness in Asian Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, in: Franzen, J.L., ed., 100 Years of Pithecanthropus: The Homo Erectus Problem, Courier Forschungs Institut Senckenberg 171, pp. 33–45, 1994. How different is the cranial-vault thickness of Homo erectus from modern man? by John Woodmorappe, Journal of Creation 14(1):10–13, April 2000.