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THE EVOLUTION MISCONCEPTION

The Tale of Human Evolution

The subject most often brought up by the advocates of the
theory of evolution is the subject of the origin of man. The
Darwinist claim holds that the modern men of today evolved
from some kind of ape-like creatures. During this alleged
evolutionary process, which is supposed to have started 4-5
million years ago, it is claimed that there existed some
"transitional forms" between modern man and his ancestors.
According to this completely imaginary scenario, four basic
"categories" are listed:
1. Australopithecus
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens
Evolutionists call the so-called first ape-like ancestors of men
"Australopithecus" which means "South African ape." These
living beings are actually nothing but an old ape species that
has become extinct. Extensive research done on various
Australopithecus specimens by two world famous anatomists
from England and the USA, namely, Lord Solly Zuckerman and
Prof. Charles Oxnard, has shown that these belonged to an
ordinary ape species that became extinct and bore no
resemblance to humans. 22
Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as
"homo," that is "man." According to the evolutionist claim, the
living beings in the Homo 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