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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

Mayan
cogwheels,
in Copan

advanced levels of civilization achieved by communities in the past.
These point to one very significant truth: The evolutionist thesis im-
posed for so many years, that societies in the past lived simple, back-
ward, primitive lives, is simply wrong. Societies with different levels
of civilization and different cultures have existed in all ages; yet
none evolved from any other. The fact that some backward civiliza-
tions existed 1,000 years ago does not mean that history itself
evolved, or that societies progress from the primitive to the more ad-
vanced. Because alongside these backward communities, there were
also highly advanced ones that made huge strides in science and
technology and founded deep-rooted civilizations. Yes, cultural in-
teraction and the accumulated knowledge handed down through
generations may well play a role in societies' development. But this
is not evolution.
In citing examples of the communities that lived in the past, the
Qur'an tells us that some of these did indeed build advanced cul-
tures:
Have they not traveled in the Earth and seen the final fate of
those before them? They were greater than them in strength
and left far deeper traces on the Earth . . . (Qur'an, 40:21)

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