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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

tists' materialist prejudices, which assume that those humans who
used stone tools were ape-men who grunted, stooped over with
their knees bent, and exhibited animal-like behavior. Yet no remains
discovered provide any clue regarding these people's mental capaci-
ties. This is all mere conjecture. As already stated, if various exam-
ples of today's art are discovered in 100,000 years' time and if the
people of the future lack any further information, then they will
likely produce very different interpretations of today's humanity
and the technology we possess.
As we've shown, the idea that societies evolve is based on no
scientific evidence whatsoever. This theory's foundation is the mis-
taken, unscientific view that Man originally possessed an ape-like
mind. The Harvard university evolutionist anthropologist William
Howells admits that the theory of evolution raises other questions,
not about the body but about behavior that are to do with philoso-
phy, determining the scientific facts about which is far more difficult.
Howells points out that behavior is not "fossilized" in the sense that
a skull may be and that it does not survive like stone tools.
Therefore, he says, we have only very slight clues as to what might
have happened in the ancient past. He also notes that it is just about

impossible for such hypotheses to be tested. 36
Recently, indeed, the majority of social scientists have admitted
the errors in the evolutionist view, stating that the social-evolution
theory conflicts with science on the following points:
1. It is closely linked to ethnic discrimination, making biased in-
terpretations of different societies—for example, on the assumption
that Western societies are more civilized.
2. It suggests that all societies progress along the same path,
using the same methods, and share the same objectives.

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