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Harun Yahya

              cestors are supposed to have existed. According to this completely im-
              aginary 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 be-
              ings are actually nothing but an old ape species that has become ex-
              tinct. 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 became extinct and bore
              no resemblance to humans.  64
                   Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as "ho-

              mo," 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 different fossils of
              these creatures in a particular order. This scheme is imaginary because
              it has never been proved that there is an evolutionary 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 [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo
              sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying
              explanation." 65
                   By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo habilis >
              Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of these spe-
              cies is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings of paleoan-
              thropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and
              Homo erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 66
                   Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erectus


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