[Echo Talon]

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.

Hmmm, and you know all this from looking at some bones... I wonder what some "scientist" would have said about the "elephant mans" bones...

[bobdsmith]

Hmmm, and you know all this from looking at some bones...

Yes, just as I can distinguish the green from red by just looking at some colors.

I wonder what some "scientist" would have said about the "elephant mans" bones...

It would have probably been obvious it was a deformity. Plus that's only one skeleton. Homo Erectus is backed up by remains of hundreds of individuals.

[Gumlegs]

I wonder what some "scientist" would have said about the "elephant mans" bones...

He probably would have said something like, "Why, this man has Proteus syndrome," if we're talking about a current scientist. Until 1996, he might have said, "Why this man has neurofibromatosis," but that turned out not to be the case. For many years, he probably would have said, "Why, this man has Elephant Man's Disease," but strange as it may seem, that turned out not to be the case either.