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Many experts consider the skulls of Peking �man� to be the remains of apes that were systematically decapitated and exploited for food by true man (i). Its classification, Homo erectus, is considered by most experts to be a category that should never have been created (j).

The first confirmed limb bones of Homo habilis were discovered in 1986. They showed that this animal clearly had apelike proportions (k) and should never have been classified as manlike (Homo) (l).

Marcellin Boule and Henri V. Vallois, Fossil Men (New York: The Dryden Press, 1957), p. 145.

j. �[The reanalysis of Narmada Man] puts another nail in the coffin of Homo erectus as a viable taxon.� Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, as quoted in �Homo Erectus Never Existed?� Geotimes, October 1992, p. 11.

k. Donald C. Johanson et al., �New Partial Skeleton of Homo Habilis from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania,� Nature, Vol. 327, 21 May 1987, pp. 205�209.

l. �We present a revised definition, based on verifiable criteria, for Homo and conclude that two species, Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis, do not belong in the genus [Homo].� Bernard Wood and Mark Collard, �The Human Genus,� Science, Vol. 284, 2 April 1999, p. 65.