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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

During this alleged evolutionary process, which is supposed to
have started 4-5 million years ago, some "transitional forms" be-
tween man and his imaginary ancestors are supposed to have ex-
isted. According to this completely imaginary scenario, four basic
"categories" are listed:
1. Australopithecus
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens
Evolutionists call man's so-called first ape-like ancestors
Australopithecus, 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 be-
came extinct and bore no resemblance to humans. 21
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 dif-
ferent fossils of these creatures in a particular order. This scheme is
imaginary because it has never been proved that there is an evolu-
tionary 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 [puz-
zles] such as the origin of life or of Homo sapiens, are extremely
difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying explanation." 22
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo habilis
> Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of

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