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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

tures in a particular order. This scheme is imaginary because it has nev-
er been proved that there is an evolutionary relation between these dif-
ferent classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth century's most impor-
tant evolutionists, contends in his book One Long Argument that "partic-
ularly historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo sapiens,
are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying explana-
tion." 150
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 paleoan-
thropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and

Homo erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 151
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. 152
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 lineages of hominids
(A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly de-
rived from another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary
trends during their tenure on earth.153
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.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected sci-

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