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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 dis-
play 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 ap-
pearing in the media and course books, that is, frankly, by means of prop-
aganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific foundation.
Lord Solly Zuckerman, one of the most famous and respected scien-
tists in the U.K., who carried out research on this subject for years and
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.
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 "scientific"—that is, de-
pending 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 "un-
scientific," are "extra-sensory perception"—concepts such as telepathy
and sixth sense—and finally "human evolution." Zuckerman explains his
reasoning:
We then move right off the register of objective truth into those fields of
presumed biological science, like extrasensory perception or the inter-
pretation of man's fossil history, where to the faithful [evolutionist]
anything is possible—and where the ardent believer [in evolution] is
sometimes able to believe several contradictory things at the same
time. 18
The tale of human evolution boils down to nothing but the prejudiced
interpretations of some fossils unearthed by certain people, who blindly
adhere to their theory.

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