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invalidity of that argument. Extensive research done on various Australop-
ithecus specimens by two world-renowned anatomists from England and
the USA, Lord Solly Zuckerman and Prof. Charles Oxnard, showed that
these creatures did not walk upright in human manner. Having studied the
bones of these fossils for a period of 15 years thanks to grants from the
British government, Lord Zuckerman and his team of five specialists
reached the conclusion that australopithecines were only an ordinary ape
genus and were definitely not bipedal, although Zuckerman is an evolu-
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tionist himself. Correspondingly, Charles E. Oxnard, who is another evo-
lutionist famous for his research on the subject, also likened the skeletal
structure of australopithecines to that of today’s orang-utans. 73
The fact that Australopithecus cannot be considered an ancestor of man
is also accepted by evolutionist sources. The well-known French magazine
Science et Vie made this its cover story of its May 1999 issue. The story dealt
with Lucy, the best-known fossil specimen of Australopithecus afarensis,
under the title "Adieu Lucy," (Goodbye Lucy) and wrote of the need to re-
move Australopithecus from the human family tree. The article, based on
the discovery of a new Australopithecus, code number St W573, stated:
A new theory states that the genus Australopithecus is not the root of the
human race… The results arrived at by the only woman authorized to exam-
ine St W573 are different from the normal theories regarding mankind's an-
cestors: this destroys the hominid family tree. Large primates, considered the
ancestors of man, have been removed from the equation of this family tree…
Australopithecus and Homo (human) species do not appear on the same
branch. Man's direct ancestors are still waiting to be discovered. 74

Homo Habilis: The Ape that was Presented as Human
The great similarity between the skeletal and cranial structures of
australopithecines and chimpanzees, and the refutation of the claim that
these creatures walked upright, have caused great difficulty for evolution-
ist paleoanthropologists. The reason is that, according to the imaginary
evolution scheme, Homo erectus comes after Australopithecus. As the genus
name Homo (meaning "man") implies, Homo erectus is a human species
and its skeleton is straight. Its cranial capacity is twice as large as that of
Australopithecus. A direct transition from Australopithecus, which is a chim-
panzee-like ape, to Homo erectus, which has a skeleton no different from
today’s man's, is out of the question even according to evolutionist theory.