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HARUN YAHYA

for the last 150 years. This discovery, announced in the July 12, 2001 edi-
tion of Nature and the July 13, 2001 edition of Science, also appeared in
such magazines as Time. 167
However, there were several inconsistencies in the reports con-
cerning the fossil, and even evolutionists accept that it will be a matter
for debate whether this creature will be regarded as a transitional form
in the so-called evolution of mankind. For instance, in an article called
“Return to the Planet of the Apes,” Henry Gee, senior editor at Nature

magazine in which the results of the research were published, stated
that such a description based on these remains was debatable:
The designation of A. r. kadabba as a subspecies will be controversial... 168
Nevertheless, the fossil was still described as a primitive form of
human being, in a manner totally based on evolutionist prejudices, and
was regarded as suitable for filing in an apparent gap in the evolution-
ary family tree.
In his criticism, Henry Gee explains why these evolutionist inter-
pretations do not reflect the facts. He states that, looking at these bones,
there were several possibilities as to these creatures’ life style and be-
havior, , but that no account could be fully scientifically satisfactory:
I doubt that the status of these creatures can be resolved to general satisfac-
tion. 169
In short, these facts clearly reveal that the alleged evolutionary re-
lationship between man and ape is unfounded .
To examine the inconsistencies displayed by evolutionist scientists
with regard to this fossil:
1. The bones were found kilometers (miles) away from one an-
other and on different dates:
The fossil consists of seven bone fragments and four teeth.
Pointing to a single toe fragment, Time magazine claimed that the crea-
ture “walked upright.” 170 On the final page of the 8-page article, how-
ever, it’s stated that this toe was found 16 kilometers (10 miles) away
from the other bones. When the original report in Nature is examined, it

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