In short, you reject it as a transitional species because it is a transitional species.
From your quote:
"It has not been shown to be significantly different from erectus to require the designation of a new hominid species ..."The burden of proof for you is indeed burdensome, isn't it?
[[In short, you reject it as a transitional species because it is a transitional species.]]
You know somethign the vast majority of scientists don’t? please, do fill us all in- I reject it because it is full erectus- just as practically every other scientist who understands the difference between species KIND variances and ‘transitional’ differences.