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nary 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 [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 habilis
> Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of the-
se species is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings of
paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo ha-
bilis, and Homo erectus lived at different parts of the world at the sa-
me time. 15
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo
erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens nean-
darthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in
the same region. 16
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
that they are ancestors of one another. Stephen Jay Gould expla-
ined 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 line-
ages 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 "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

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