That would be to fall into the trap of assuming a priori that every fossil is either ape or human, and that it is only necessary to decide which category is most appropriate. Instead, I claim that there are Homo fossils which are different from and more primitive than modern humans, and Australopithecus fossils which are more human-like than any ape. If so then let him present the evidence for that claim. There is nothing startling about my above claim. It is universally accepted by experts in human evolution.
Evidence is offered below.
I say there is plenty to distinguish Homo habilis from modern humans. There is no evidence that this cranium particularly resembles H. sapiens or H. erectus according to either phenetic or cladistic evidence. ER 1470 human. Some creationists think it is human, some an ape. Richard is the first person I have ever seen suggest that these are human.