Page 386 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

1. Australopithecus
2. Homo habilis
3. Homo erectus
4. Homo sapiens
Evolutionists call man's so-called first ape-like ancestors Australo-
pithecus, which means "South African ape." These living beings are
actually nothing but an old ape species that has become extinct. Exten-

sive research done on various Australopithecus specimens by two world
famous anatomists from England and the USA, namely, Lord Solly
Zuckerman and Prof. Charles Oxnard, shows that these apes belonged
to an ordinary ape species that became extinct and bore no resemblan-
ce to humans. 316
Evolutionists classify the next stage of human evolution as
"homo," that is "man." According to their 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 twentieth century's most
important evolutionists, contends in his book One Long Argument that
"particularly historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of Homo

sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist a final, satisfying
explanation." 317
By outlining the link chain as Australopithecus > Homo habilis >
Homo erectus > Homo sapiens, evolutionists imply that each of these spe-
cies is one another's ancestor. However, recent findings of paleoanthro-
pologists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo
erectus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 318
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. 319

This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim that

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