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never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation
between these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twen-
tieth century’s most important evolutionists, contends in his
book One Long Argument that “particularly historical [puz-
zles] 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
habilis > 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
different 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
sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (mod-
ern man) co-existed in the same region. 16
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the
claim that they are ancestors of one another. A paleontologist
from Harvard University, Stephen Jay Gould, explains this
deadlock of the theory of evolution, although he is an evolu-
tionist himself:

What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lin-
eages 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. 17
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is
“upheld” with the help of various drawings of some “half