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               Evolutionists call man's so-called first ape-like ancestors
             Australopithecus, which means "South African ape." These living be-
             ings are actually nothing but an old ape species that has become ex-
             tinct. Extensive research done on various Australopithecus specimens
             by two world famous anatomists from England and the USA,
             namely, Lord Solly Zuckerman and Prof. Charles Oxnard, shows
             that these apes belonged to an ordinary ape species that became ex-
             tinct and bore no resemblance to humans. 13
               Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as
             "homo," that is "man." According to their claim, the living beings in
             the  Homo series are more developed than  Australopithecus.
             Evolutionists devise a fanciful evolution scheme by arranging dif-
             ferent fossils of these creatures in a particular order. This scheme is
             imaginary because it has never been proved that there is an evolu-
             tionary relation between these different classes. 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." 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 pale-
             oanthropologists 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 erectus
             have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens neandarthalen-
             sis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the same re-
             gion. 16
               This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
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