[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brachinus:
[B] Perhaps you could visit this site
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.htmland tell us which of the species mentioned are reconstructed from pigs' teeth, and which ones had rickets?
---What I found most amusing was that several of the alleged pre-homo sapien sapien species in the site were predicated upon one, or simply a partial, skeletal finding.
"Kenyanthropus platyops
This species was named in 2001 from a partial skull found in Kenya with an unusual mixture of features (Leakey et al. 2001). It is aged about 3.5 million years old. The size of the skull is similar to A. afarensis and A. africanus, and has a large, flat face and small teeth."
Australopithecus garhi
This species was named in April 1999 (Asfaw et al. 1999). It is known from a partial skull. The skull differs from previous australopithecine species in the combination of its features, notably the extremely large size of its teeth, especially the rear ones, and a primitive skull morphology. Some nearby skeletal remains may belong to the same species.
Australopithecus aethiopicus
A. aethiopicus existed between 2.6 and 2.3 million years ago. This species is known from one major specimen, the Black Skull discovered by Alan Walker, and a few other minor specimens which may belong to the same species. It may be an ancestor of robustus and boisei, but it has a baffling mixture of primitive and advanced traits.
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