[Echo Talon]

First of all, PROVE that was a human and not some type of extinct ape.

[bobdsmith]

It's not an ape as it falls far closer to human features than any modern ape. The shape of the skull and the teeth are far more human like than modern apelike. the cranium capacity is much larger too. Also it walked upright.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

First of all, PROVE that was a human and not some type of extinct ape.

First of all, PROVE that the Biblical account of creation is more accurate than the Hindu one.

[curiosity]

First of all, PROVE that was a human and not some type of extinct ape.

It's neither human nor ape. It's in between. It's got characteristics of both. That makes it, *gasp*, a transitional fossil!

Compare it to an ape and human skull and see for yourself.