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revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus lived at
               different parts of the world at the same time. 68
                    Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erectus have
                                                         lived up until very modern times.
                                                           Homo sapiens neandarthalensis
                                                           and Homo sapiens sapiens
                                                           sapiens (present-day man) co-
                                                          existed in the same region. 69
                                                              This situation apparently
                                                         indicates the invalidity of the claim

                                                        that they are ancestors of one
                                                      another. The late Stephen Jay Gould
                                                    explained this deadlock of the theory of
                                                   evolution although he was himself one of
                                                    the leading advocates of evolution in the
                                                    twentieth century:
                                                    What has become of our ladder if there
                                                   are three coexisting lineages of hominids
                                                 (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines,

                                                  and H. habilis), none clearly derived from
                                                  another? Moreover, none of the three
                                                  display any evolutionary trends during
                                                 their tenure on earth. 70
                                                        Put briefly, the scenario of human
                                                            evolution, which is "upheld"
                                                            with the help of various
                                                          drawings of some "half ape, half
                                                       human" creatures appearing in the
                                                     media and course books, that is,

                An example of the imaginary         frankly, by means of propaganda, is
                drawings of Australopithecus.     nothing but a tale with no scientific

                                              foundation.
                    Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected scientists in
               the U.K., who carried out research on this subject for years and studied
               Australopithecus fossils for 15 years, finally concluded, despite being an
               evolutionist himself, that there is, in fact, no such family tree branching out




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