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Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as
“homo”, that is, “man.” According to their claim, the living be-
ings in the Homo series are more developed than Australopithe-
cus. Evolutionists devise an imaginary evolution scheme by ar-
ranging different fossils of these creatures in a particular order.
This scheme is imaginary because it has never been proven that
there is any evolutionary relationship between these different

classes.
By outlining the chain’s links as Australopithecus > Homo
habilis > Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that
each of these species is another’s ancestor. However, recent
findings of paleoanthropologists have revealed that Australop-
ithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus all lived at different
parts of the world at the same time. (Alan Walker, Science, vol.
207, 7 March 1980, p. 1103; A. J. Kelso, Physical Anthropology,
1st ed., J. B. Lipincott Co., New York, 1970, p. 221; M. D. Leakey,

Olduvai Gorge, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
1971, p. 272)
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo
erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo erectus
and Homo sapiens co-existed in the same region and era. (Jef-
frey Kluger, “Not So Extinct After All”, Time, 24 June 2001)
This situation indicates the invalidity of the claim that they

are ancestors of one another. The late Stephen Jay Gould ex-
plained 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 lin-
eages 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. (S. J. Gould, Natural History, vol. 85, 1976, p. 30)