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this fact by saying that "the chain reaching as far as Homo
sapiens is actually lost." 23
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. 24
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. 25
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. 26
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.