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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 foremost defenders of the theory of evolution in the 20th
century, admits this fact by saying that "the chain reaching as far as Homo
sapiens is actually lost." 37

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. 38
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. 39
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
evolutionist himself:

What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lineages 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. 40
Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is sought to be upheld
with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half human" creatures

appearing in the media and course books, that is, frankly, by means of
propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific ground.
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 particularly
studied Australopithecus fossils for 15 years, finally concluded, 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." He formed a
spectrum of sciences ranging from those he considered scientific to those he
considered unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most

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