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scheme is imaginary because it has never been proved that
there is an evolutionary relation between these different class-
es. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth century's most important
evolutionists, 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 explanation." 17
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 dif-
ferent parts of the world at the same time. 18
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as
Homo erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo
sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern
man) co-existed in the same region. 19
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 australopithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly
derived from another? Moreover, none of the three
display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on
earth. 20
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is
"upheld" with the help of various drawings of some "half ape,
half human" creatures appearing in the media and course books,