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In the 19 th century, Charles Darwin put forward the false claim that life
was not created, but emerged by chance and that Man was merely the
most highly developed mammal—and had emerged by chance from an
imaginary ancestry shared with other animals. But most people of his
day could not foresee the consequences this would have. In the 20 th cen-
tury, however, terrible suffering resulted from Darwin's claims. Those who
regarded other human beings as merely advanced animals had no hesita-
tion in eliminating others to advance themselves, eliminating the sick and
handicapped, and trying to eradicate races they regarded as inferior.