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The Evolution Misconception
the living beings in the Homo series are more developed than
Australopithecus. Evolutionists devise a fanciful evolution
scheme by arranging different fossils of these creatures in a
particular order. This scheme is imaginary because it has
never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation
between these different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the most
important proponents of the theory of evolution in the 20th
century, contends in his book One Long Argument that
"particularly historical [puzzles] such as the origin of life or of
Homo sapiens, are extremely difficult and may even resist a final,
satisfying explanation." 15
By outlining the link chain as "Australopithecus > Homo
habilis > Homo erectus > Homo sapiens," evolutionists imply
that each of these species is one another's ancestor. However,
recent findings of paleoanthropologists have revealed that
Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived at
different parts of the world at the same time. 16
Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as
Homo erectus have lived up until very modern times. Homo
sapiens neandarthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens
(modern man) co-existed in the same region. 17
This situation apparently indicates the invalidity of the
claim that they are ancestors of one another. A paleontologist
from Harvard University, Stephen Jay Gould, explains this
deadlock of the theory of evolution although he is an
evolutionist himself:
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 display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on
earth. 18