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Adnan Oktar

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 evolu-
tion 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 [puzzles] such as the
origin of life or of Homo sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist
a final, satisfying explanation." 103
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 differ-
ent parts of the world at the same time. 104
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erectus have
lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo
sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the same region. 105
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim that they
are ancestors of one another. Stephen Jay Gould explained this deadlock of
the theory of evolution, although he was himself one of the leading advo-
cates of evolution in the twentieth century:
What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lineages of ho-
minids (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. habilis), none clear-
ly derived from another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary
trends during their tenure on earth. 106
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "upheld" with the
help of various drawings of some "half ape, half human" creatures appear-
ing in the media and course books, that is, frankly, by means of propaganda,
is 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 evo-

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