Not quite...
according to the beeb, the ones popping up are all Homo Erectus. The one being held is some stuntman's publicity shot (god knows what he's supposed to be), but the mistake is to do with him.
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AdrianJ,
Wed 12 May 2004, 21:56,
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Umm,
his hair hangs upward, against gravity?
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RedHouse over yonder,
Thu 13 May 2004, 13:55,
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