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lion-year-old ones as members of the same species, you’re not taking into con-
sideration that these could be twigs on a tree. Everything’s been forced into a
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3. This creature is an extinct species of chimpanzee
Some evolutionists regard Ardipithecus as a link in the chain be-
tween human beings and apes. Henry Gee, however, says that this fossil
resembles a chimpanzee much more than it does a human.
In an article published in the July 13, 2001 edition of Science,
Bernard Wood makes the following comment:
It is a mistake to feel that one has to
squeeze this [fossil] into the category of
human or chimp ancestor 173 .
Time magazine cites these words
by Wood,
This might be the first example of a
creature it’s not possible to label as ho-
minid ancestor or chimp ancestor. But An Ardipithecus ramidus tooth
that doesn’t make it the last common
ancestor of both. I think it’s going to be
very hard to pin the tail on that donkey. 174
Evolutionists seek to portray extinct species of ape as parts of a
chain between human beings and apes. These creatures, described with
the appendix of -pithecus, which means “tailless ape” in Latin, are actu-
ally extinct tailless species of ape and constitute no evidence for human
evolution. The fossils described as the ancestors of human beings are in
fact extinct chimpanzees. Lucy, for instance, the best-known -pithecus
(Australopithecus afarensis), has a brain the same size as that of a chimp,
and identical ribs and jawbone to those of chimpanzees, while her legs
and arms show that she walked like chimpanzees. Even her pelvis is
that of chimpanzees. 175

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