Page 109 - Allah is Known through Reason

Continuously running into
such skilfully drawn half-man
half-ape creatures in books or
other publications, the public
becomes convinced that man
evolved from the ape or some
similar creature. These draw-
ings, however, are outright
forgeries.

lishment of the image of "primitive men" in the minds of many people.
These studies based on bone remains can only reveal very general char-
acteristics of the creature concerned. The distinctive details are present in
the soft tissues that quickly vanish with time. With the soft tissues specu-
latively interpreted, everything becomes possible within the boundaries of
the imagination of the reconstruction's producer. Earnst A. Hooten from
Harvard University explains the situation like this:

To attempt to restore the soft parts is an even more hazardous undertaking.
The lips, the eyes, the ears, and the nasal tip leave no clues on the underly-
ing bony parts. You can with equal facility model on a Neanderthaloid skull
the features of a chimpanzee or the lineaments of a philosopher. These
alleged restorations of ancient types of man have very little if any scientific
value and are likely only to mislead the public… So put not your trust in
reconstructions. 6

Studies Made to Fabricate False Fossils
Unable to find valid evidence in the fossil record for the theory of evo-

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