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EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TRUTH?

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. 23
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 (man) co-existed in the
same region. 24
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
that they are ancestors of one another. The late Stephen Jay Gould
explained this deadlock of the theory of evolution although he
was himself one of the leading advocates of evolution in the twen-
tieth century:
What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lineages of
hominids (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. ha-
bilis), none clearly derived from another? Moreover, none of the three
display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on earth. 25
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 sci-
entific 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 con-
cluded, despite being an evolutionist himself, that there is, in fact,
no such family tree branching out from ape-like creatures to man.
Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science"
ranging from those he considered scientific to those he considered

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