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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 betwe-
en these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth century's
most important evolutionists, contends in his book One Long Argu-
ment 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." 71
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo habilis >
Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of these spe-
cies is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings of paleoanth-
ropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo
erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 72
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 (man) co-existed in the same region. 73

This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim that
they are ancestors of one another. The late Stephen Jay Gould explai-
ned 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
lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australopitheci-
nes, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from another? Moreo-
ver, none of the three display any evolutionary trends during
their tenure on earth. 74

Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "upheld"
with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half human" crea-
tures appearing in the media and course books, that is, frankly, by

means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific founda-
tion.

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