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THE TRANSITIONAL-FORM DILEMMA

Evolutionists’ Imaginary Ancestors
Evolutionists’ Imaginary Ancestors
The idea of human evolution, bereft of any evidence to support it,
begins the human family tree with a species of ape known as
Australopithecus. It’s claimed that Australopithecus gradually came to
adopt an upright posture. Its brain grew larger and after undergoing a
number of stages, evolved into modern man, Homo sapiens. Yet the fossil
record again fails to back up this scenario. Despite all the claims about
transitional forms, an unbreachable barrier remains between human and
ape fossils. Moreover, it has also emerged that species formerly depicted
as one another’s ancestors actually lived during the same periods.

Australopithecus
Australopithecus
Evolutionists refer to mankind’s alleged first ancestors as
Australopithecus, meaning “the southern ape.” Although there are vari-
ous species of Australopithecus, only A. afarensis is actually regarded as a
direct ancestor of human beings. (This is the species represented by
“Lucy,” discovered in 1974 and announced to the world as proof of evo-
lution.) However, detailed analyses of Australopithecus fossils have re-
vealed that these actually represent an extinct ape species of ape.
It is thought that the Australopithecines first appeared in Africa
some 4 million years ago, and survived until about 1 million years ago.
All of these extinct apes resembled present-day monkeys. Their brain
volumes are equivalent to or smaller than present-day chimpanzees.
They have nodules on the bones of their hands and feet to assist in tree-
climbing—again just like modern apes; and their feet are prehensile, to
assist in tree-climbing. They are short, about 130 centimeters (51 inches)
at most and just like modern apes, male Australopithecines are larger
than the females. Many other features—such as hundreds of details in
their skulls, eyes close to each other, sharp incisors, the structure of their
jaws, long arms and short legs—all show that they are little different
from apes living today.

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