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these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth centu-
ry'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." 14
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo ha-
bilis > 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 sapi-
ens neandarthalensis and Homo
sapiens sapiens (modern man)
co-existed in the same re-
gion. 16
This situation apparent-
ly indicates the invalidity of
the claim that they are an-

Evolutionists generally interpret
fossils in the light of their
ideological expecta-
tions, for which
reason the con-
clusions they ar-
rive at are for
the most part
unreliable.