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devise a fanciful evolution scheme by arranging different fossils of
these creatures in a particular order. This scheme is imaginary be-
cause it has never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation
between these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth cen-
tury'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." 14
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 paleo-
anthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and
Homo erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 15
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erec-
tus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens neandarthal-
ensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the same

region. 16
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
that they are ancestors of one another. Stephen Jay Gould explained
this deadlock of the theory of evolution, although he was himself one
of the leading advocates of evolution in the twentieth century:
What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting linea-
ges 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. 17
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, that is, frankly,
by means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific
foundation.