Page 157 - Darwinism Refuted

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

All of the Australopithecus species are extinct apes that resemble the
apes of today. Their cranial capacities are the same or smaller than the
chimpanzees of our day. There are projecting parts in their hands and feet
which they used to climb trees, just like today's chimpanzees, and their
feet are built for grasping to hold onto branches. Many other
characteristics—such as the details in their skulls, the closeness of their
eyes, their sharp molar teeth, their mandibular structure, their long arms,
and their short legs—constitute evidence that these creatures were no
different from today's ape. However, evolutionists claim that, although
australopithecines have the anatomy of apes, unlike apes, they walked
upright like humans.
This claim that australopithecines walked upright is a view that has
been held by paleoanthropologists such as Richard Leakey and Donald C.
Johanson for decades. Yet many scientists who have carried out a great
deal of research on the skeletal structures of australopithecines have
proved the invalidity of that argument. Extensive research done on
various Australopithecus specimens by two world-renowned anatomists

Australopithecus skulls and
skeletons closely
resemble those of
modern apes. The
drawing to the side
shows a chimpanzee
on the left, and an
Australopithecus
afarensis skeleton on
the right. Adrienne L.
Zhilman, the
professor of
anatomy who did
the drawing, stresses
that the structures of
the two skeletons are
very similar.
An Australopithecus
robustus skull. It
bears a close An Australopithecus robustus skull.
resemblance to that of It bears a close resemblance to that
modern apes. of modern apes.

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