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T here is no doubt that one of the most

debatable aspects of the theory of evolu-

T tion concerns the evolution of man.
According to the NAS, ". . . today there is no significant scien-
tific doubt about the close evolutionary relationships among all
primates, including humans." (Science and Creationism, p. 23) In
fact, however, fossil discoveries and other findings in recent years
have shown that there is no scientific basis to the claim that human
beings and apes are descended from a common ancestor. Even evo-

lutionist scientists admit that the question of human evolution has
become an intractable problem. The NAS's claims regarding so-
called human evolution are supported by no scientific evidence
whatsoever. Let us now set out these claims and the responses to
them.

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The NAS's self-confident style, evident throughout the
book, although lacking any evidential basis whatsoever, is
also apparent in the chapter dealing with so-called human
evolution. However, even evolutionists admit that this
claim fails to reflect the truth. As Professor Peter
Andrews of the British Museum of Natural
History admits in an article published in
Nature, the lack of a hominid fossil record
before about 5 million years ago is
an important dilemma and