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never been proved that there is an evolutionary relation between these
different classes. Ernst Mayr, one of the twentieth century's most im-
portant evolutionists, 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." 14
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 paleoanthropolo-
gists have revealed that Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erec-
tus lived at different parts of the world at the same time. 15

Moreover, a certain segment of humans classified as Homo erectus
have lived up until very modern times. Homo sapiens neandarthalen-
sis and Homo sapiens sapiens (modern man) co-existed in the same re-
gion. 16
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 line-
ages 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. 17

Put briefly, the scenario of human evolution, which is "upheld"
with the help of various drawings of some "half ape, half human"
creatures appearing in the media and course books, that is, frankly,
by means of propaganda, is nothing but a tale with no scientific

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