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Harun Yahya

             Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erec-
         tus have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens nean-
         darthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the
         same region. 16
             This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the claim
         that they are ancestors of one another. Stephen Jay Gould explained
         this deadlock of the theory of evolution, although he was himself
         one of the leading advocates of evolution in the twentieth century:
             What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lineages of ho-
             minids (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. 17
             Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "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
         foundation.
             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 studied Australopithecus fossils for 15 years, finally con-
         cluded, despite being an evolutionist himself, that there is, in fact, no
         such family tree branching out from ape-like creatures to man.
             Zuckerman also made an interesting "spectrum of science"
         ranging from those he considered scientific to those he considered
         unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most "scien-
         tific"—that is, depending on concrete data—fields of science are
         chemistry and physics. After them come the biological sciences and
         then the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is the
         part considered to be most "unscientific," are "extra-sensory percep-
         tion"—concepts such as telepathy and sixth sense—and finally
         "human evolution." Zuckerman explains his reasoning:
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