And the apeman, Australopithecus, has nothing to do with human ancestry. The generally accepted post Darwin view is that man developed from the baboon 3 to 5 million years ago. The finger bones were curved as they are in tree climbing apes. If this were the case, then each scientist faced with the same data would necessarily reach the same conclusion. But as we've seen earlier and will see again and again, frequently this does not happen.
Data are just as often molded to fit preferred conclusions.
But Peking Man seems to have gone into Davy Jones' locker, and for good. He disappeared, one of the first casualties of the war in the Pacific, half a million years after he had died the first time. He might run a little shorter than the clerk serving him but he would not necessarily be the shortest man in the place. He might be heavierFeatured, squattier and more muscular than most, but again he might be no more so than the porter handling the beer cases back in the stock room. The results have shaken the traditional evolutionary scenario, producing more questions than answers.