ABSTRACT
Simons of Yale has worked in the Fayoum for some time but the political situation, at the moment, is not very favourable for continuing the study. We have seen that scientists at present group the original Homo erectus fossil types found in the Far East with the supposed Homo erectus type of Africa, such as the specimens from LLKII at Olduvai and Ternifine in Algeria. The available evidence very strongly suggests that it was Homo habilis and not Homo erectus who was the direct ancestor of man as we know him today. Much closer study must be given to the question of whether different species of the genus Homo may have been capable of interbreeding. Theoretically, and by definition, distinct species like Homo erectus and Homo habilis should have been incapable of fertile crossing. Nevertheless, we know that under the specialized conditions of domestication, fertile crosses are sometimes possible between what, in the wild state, are distinct species.
