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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

theory of evolution is the subject of the origin of man. The
Darwinist claim holds that man evolved from so-called ape-
like creatures. During this alleged evolutionary process,
which is supposed to have started 4-5 million years ago, some
"transitional forms" between man and his imaginary ancestors

are supposed to have existed. According to this completely
imaginary 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 beings are actually nothing but an old ape species that
has become extinct. 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

"homo," 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