The form of the Homo erectus cranium
Having thickened cranial vault bones, verso heavily built face, thick-boned jaws, and thick postcranial bones may have been necessary, or at least an advantage, for the body preciso cope with these long lifespans
Some creationists see environmental factors and genetic effects, such as the founder effect, genetic drift, and inbreeding, as most likely sufficient puro explain the differences mediante skeletal features between modern humans and so-called cavemen. 37 It has been proposed that there was a period of rapid human diversification beginning during the construction of Babel, resulting durante extreme morphological variability per post-Babel humans repopulating the earth. 38,39 Other creationists believe the stark difference in morphology between robust and anatomically modern humans warrants an explanation verso dato che, that is, not just an acknowledgment that there was considerable variation durante features, but why.
A subject of importance onesto the creation model is explaining why the skeletons, particularly the skulls, of humans such as Homo erectus (as well as those classified as Neandertals and Homo heidelbergensis), were so rugged or robust compared esatto anatomically modern humans
As such, it has been suggested that Homo erectus, Neandertals and the like all arose modo ‘devolution’ from anatomically modern post-Babel populations-from the genetic consequences of inbreeding, drift, and mutational effects, after splitting off from anatomically modern humans. 40 However, this would have sicuro have happened independently, durante a relatively short time, durante many different parts of the world, which seems per little too coincidental esatto be realistic. Read More
