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What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting
lineages of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australop-
ithecines, and H. habilis), none clearly derived from another?
Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary trends
during their tenure on earth. 18
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "up-
held" with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half hu-
man" creatures appearing in the media and course books, that is,
frankly, by means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no sci-
entific 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 con-
cluded, despite being an evolutionist himself, that there is, in fact,
no such family tree branching out from ape-like creatures to man.
Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science"
ranging from those he considered scientific to those he considered
unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most "scientif-
ic" – that is, depending on concrete data – fields of science are chem-
istry and physics. After them come the biological sciences and then
the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is the part
considered to be most "unscientific," are "extra-sensory perception" – 165
concepts such as telepathy and sixth sense – and finally "human evo-
lution." Zuckerman explains his reasoning:
We then move right off the register of objective truth into
those fields of presumed biological science, like extrasensory
perception or the interpretation of man's fossil history, where
to the faithful [evolutionist] anything is possible – and where
the ardent believer [in evolution] is sometimes able to believe
several contradictory things at the same time. 19
The tale of human evolution boils down to nothing but the
prejudiced interpretations of some fossils unearthed by certain
people, who blindly adhere to their theory.
HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)
