Page 93 - Islam: The Religion of Ease

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Australopithecus, which means "South African ape." These living
beings are actually nothing but an old ape species that has be-
come 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. 14
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 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." 15
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. 16
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. 17
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
that they are ancestors of one another. A paleontologist from

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