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HARUN YAHYA

origin of life or of Homo sapiens, are extremely difficult and
may even resist a final, satisfying explanation." 14
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 differ-
ent parts of the world at the same time. 15
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. 16
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 coexist-
ing lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust aus-
tralopithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from
another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolu-
tionary trends during their tenure on earth. 17
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 scientific foundation.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respect-
ed scientists in the U.K., who carried out research on this sub-
ject for years and studied Australopithecus fossils for 15 years,
finally concluded, despite being an evolutionist himself, that
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