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which means "South African ape." These living beings are actually nothing
but an old ape species that has become extinct. 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
extinct and bore no resemblance to humans. 30
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 different fossils of these creatures in a particular order.
This 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 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." 31
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 different parts of
the world at the same time. 32
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. 33
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. 34
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.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected scientists in
the U.K., who carried out research on this subject for years and studied
Australopithecus fossils for 15 years, finally concluded, despite being an

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