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scheme is imaginary because it has never been proved that there
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." 206
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo ha-
bilis > Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each
of these species is one another's ancestor. However, recent find-
ings of paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus,
Homo habilis, and Homo erectus lived at different parts of the
world at the same time. 207
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo
erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens ne-
andarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-ex-
isted in the same region. 208
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 lin-
eages 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. 209
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.

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar