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WHAT THE QUR'AN SAYS ABOUT LIARS AND THEIR METHODS
is an evolutionary relation between these different classes. Ernst
Mayr, one of the twentieth century's most important evolution-
ists, contends in his book One Long Argument that "particularly
historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo sapiens,
are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying ex-
planation." 75
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo habilis >
Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of
these species is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings
of paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus,
Homo habilis, and Homo erectus lived at different parts of the
world at the same time. 76
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo
erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens nean-
darthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in
the same region. 77
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
that they are ancestors of one another. A paleontologist from
Harvard University, Stephen Jay Gould, explains this deadlock
of the theory of evolution, although he is an evolutionist himself:

What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting
lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australop-
ithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from another?
Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary trends
during their tenure on earth. 78
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "up-
held" with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half
human" creatures appearing in the media and course books, that
is, frankly, by means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no
scientific foundation.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected
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