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every evolutionist text, with slight variations: Humanoid pri-
mates that were the ancestors of human beings lived among
the trees in the African jungles. Their spines were stooped,
and their hands and feet ideally shaped for clinging onto
branches. Africa's jungle expanses later shrank, and hu-
manoids migrated to the savannah. In order to be able to see
above the savannah's tall grasses, they
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needed to stand upright, in other
words on their feet. Thus it was that
our ancestors came to stand and
walk erect. Their hands were now
off the ground; and as a result
they began using their hands
to make tools. The more
they used their hands,
Dar win was unab le to
ac co unt for "the ori gin of
spe ci es," and it can not be
re sol ved by Dar winism.
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