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HARUN YAHYA
evolved in order to be able to live in cold climates, as put forward
by the NGC, and that Australopithecus evolved in order to adapt to
its environment as the thick forests thinned out—all of these rest on
the assumption of evolution out of need.
The reason why evolutionists employ Lamarckian expressions,
on the one hand, while fiercely criticizing the thesis, on the other, is
this: According to the theory of evolution, in order for a monkey to
be able to stand on two legs, for instance, it needs to be exposed to
mutations that will bring about such a sensitive change in its skele-
ton, and which furthermore will not cause it any damage. This is in
any case a scenario that cannot possibly happen. It would require a
chance mutation to come about at just the very time when the liv-
ing thing in question has need of it, and this would have to occur
many times in individuals of the same species, bringing about a lit-
tle more development each time. The impossibility of this scenario
just reinforces the absurdity of the whole concept of evolution.
On the surface, evolutionists refuse to say, "there was evolution
out of need," but underneath, they actually support that idea.
Australopithecus was a Species of Ape,
and was not Bipedal
According to the NGC, the species known as Australopithecus
was the ancestor of the first man to walk upright. Yet that claim is
not correct. All of the Australopithecus species are extinct apes that
resemble the apes of today. Their cranial capacities are the same or
smaller than those of the chimpanzees of our day. There are pro-
jecting parts in their hands and feet that they used to climb trees,
just like in today's chimpanzees, and their feet are built for grasping
to hold onto branches. Australopithecus specimens are short (130 cm,
maximum) and, just as in modern apes, the males are much bigger
than the females. Many other characteristics—such as the details in
their skulls, the closeness of their eyes, their sharp molar teeth, their
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