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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Evolution |
 | | Pithecanthropus erectus, the famous ape-man of Trinil (Java), cannot be considered "the long-sought missing link in the chain of the highest Primates". |
 | | Add to this that, according to the latest researches, Pithecanthropus must have been a contemporary of primitive man, since the strata in which the bones were found are diluvial. |
 | | Hence Pithecanthropus cannot belong to the ancestral line of man. The bones of the Neandertal race of the Homo primigenius are undoubtedly human, and have given rise to renewed interest through the valuable discoveries made in Krapina. |
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