Charles Darwin expressed his thoughts on the "evolution of man" firstly in his book named The Origin of Species published in 1859. In this book where he argued that living organisms evolved from each other, he did not actually advance a solid theory on how man came into existence, but he covertly mentioned that there was an evolutionary relationship between men and the apes. In his book named The Descent of Man published in 1872, he clearly stated all his thoughts about the subject. According to Darwin, apes and men had common ancestors. With the effects of environmental conditions, these two species had gradually differentiated from each other and today's men and apes have evolved.
How Darwin Believed Man Evolved From Apes
Darwin looked at fossils from apes and man and noticed similar characteristics, then he observed the following, homological structure, embryological development, and rudimentary organs of several different species, drawing the conclusion that man evolved from a lower life form. Darwin clearly stated, "Many of the views which have been advanced are highly speculative, and some no doubt will prove erroneous; but I have in every case given the reasons which have led me to one view rather than to another. It seemed worth while to try how far the principle of evolution would throw light on some of the more complex problems in the natural history of man...........It seemed to me sufficient to indicate, in the first edition of my Origin of Species, that by this work "light would be thrown on the origin of man and his history"; and this implies that man must be included with other organic beings in any general conclusion respecting his manner of appearance on this earth. Now the case wears a wholly different aspect. The homological structure, embryological development, and rudimentary organs of a species remain to be considered, whether it be man or any other animal, to which our attention may be directed; but these great classes of facts afford, as it appears to me, ample and conclusive evidence in favour of the principle of gradual evolution." - Darwin, The Decent of Man.According to his theory, primitive man diverted from a common ancestor seven million years ago through evolution and gradually developed into a bipedal (walking on two feet) man by time, the whole process took approximately three to four million years. He believed that man evolved slowly beginning with creatures named, "Australopithecus" (the South African monkey). The "Australopithecus" slowly evolved and turned into the "Homo habilis", these species were able to use tools, but were still walking like four legged animals. Then the "Homo habilis" slowly evolved and turned into the "Homo erectus" which were now upright walking men. The Homo erectus were replaced by the "Homo sapiens archaic" similar to modern man, then following respectively, were the "Homo sapiens neanderthalis" (Neanderthals), the "Cro-magnon man" and the "Homo sapiens sapiens" (Homosapian), which is modern man.
The Real Story of the Australopithecus
All present Australopithecus fossils were found in the south region of Africa. The reason why this species is named Australopithecus, meaning "South African ape" is because these animals have very similar characteristics to the apes living in our day. Male Australopithecus are between 1-1.20 meter tall. The height of female Australopithecus is only the half of the male's just like contemporary apes. Relying on the slim structure of the cranium (skull) of this fossil and thinking that its teeth looked similar to that of the human beings, Dr. Raymond Dart inferred that it was a hominid fossil. After a short while, an article named "Australopithecus: Ape Man in South Africa" was published in the Nature magazine. Scientists of that period who stated that the fossil actually belonged to a chimpanzee, did not really take Dart very seriously. However, insisting that the fossil was a hominid; Dart persuaded the famous physicist Dr. Robert Broom about the subject and he dedicated the rest of his life to collect support for this new species he found. Interestingly enough, his fossil was named as "Dart baby" in a derisive manner in the science circles. Later on, the evolutionists adopted this fossil and invented a new species called Australopithecines. They allocated the first fossil they found as "Australopithecus africanus".In reality, these fossils had not evolved from each other; but were only individuals from different sexes of the same species. The fact that these fossils were found to be belonging to the same period provided another conclusive evidence to this reality. Yet, all of these substantial facts were overlooked and the slim and slender fossils started to be referred to as "Australopithecus boisei", while those with a coarser structure were referred to as "Australopithecus robustus". These still maintain their positions in the evolutionary literature as the most important pieces of the evolution of man.
Darwin's Theory On Embryonic Recapitulation
Another theory Darwin believed was that unborn babies recapitulate (give an outline) evolution, one little cell divides and multiplies and grows into two cells and so on. He theorized that the unborn baby becomes like a fish in the embryonic fluid, he/she develops gill slits from a fish, a yolk sac from a reptile, and a tail bone from a monkey and a vestigial tail. Darwin said that this embryological evidence was
"second to none in importance." The idea of embryonic recapitulation, or the
theory that higher life forms go through the previous evolutionary chain
before birth, was popularized by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. It was later found
that Haeckel forged the diagrams which he used is evidence for the theory.
The truth is the gill slits, so called, are never slits, nor do they ever function in respiration. They are actually four pairs of pharyngeal pouches: the first pair become germ-fighting organs; the second, the two middle ear canals; the third and fourth pairs become the important parathyroid and thymus glands. The yolk sac does not store food because the mother's body provides this to the embryo. In fact, the "yolk sac" is not a yolk sac at all, but its true function is to produce the first blood cells. The "tail" is just the tip of the spine extending beyond the muscles of the embryo. The end of this will eventually become the coccyx, which is instrumental in the ability to stand and sit as humans do.
The Deception of the Evolutionists
The basic goal of the theory of evolution is actually to impose this theory on people as if it were true by using all kinds of methods. During this course, psychological methods are also employed in addition to the scientific ones. Giving attractive names to the skull fossils found, arranging these one after the other in an array and outlining them in diagrams, are the most apparent methods used for psychological persuasion purposes. The "scientific" atmosphere created with the effect of these Latin names is enough to convince the ordinary man that these imaginary species created on paper really existed.However, the truth is quite different. The skulls presented as the various phases of human evolution do not belong to "transitional forms" in between a man and an ape, but either to some ape species who have already become extinct or to different man races. A research conducted on the subject is apt to reveal the reality explicitly and demonstrate to the public how shallow and rootless this fallacy carried out under the enchantment of Latin skull names is. Fossil records constitute the primary source for the evolutionists who look for evidence for the theory of evolution. The fossil records contain the remains of past men. When examined objectively and attentively, it is seen that the fossil records are not in favor of the evolutionary theory, but against it in contrary to the assertions of the evolutionists. However, since these fossils are incorrectly portrayed by the evolutionists and reflected to public opinion with prejudices, many people believe that the fossil records actually verify the theory of evolution.
Since fossil records are usually unorganized and incomplete, the estimations based on them would be totally speculative. As a matter of fact, the drawings or models made by the evolutionists based on the fossil remains, are treated in a speculative way in consort with the evolutionary theory. Since people are highly influenced from visual data, the aim is to make them believe that these reconstructed creatures have really existed in the past. Just for this reason, the reconstructions of fossils and skulls are always designed to meet the needs of the evolutionary theory. Evolutionist researchers often set out from a single tooth, a mandibular fragment or even a tiny bone of the arm, and draw human-like imaginary creatures, then present these to the public opinion sensationally as a link of the evolution of man. These drawings and reconstructions have indeed played an important role in the visualization of the "primitive man" image in the minds of people.
Conclusion
The fact that these evolutionists go to such deceptive measures proves that they can not prove their theory. I imagine that these people have pretty good book smarts, but what they lack is pure common sense. If, as evolutionists claim, the earth is billions of years old, and mankind has evolved from a lower and simpler form of life, then why has mankind only discovered better inventions in the past few thousand years?Think about it. There were NO planes, cars, computers, refrigerators, electricity, lights, gas, toilets, pens, ink, or a million other modern technological inventions that were invented in the last five hundred years. Civilization has advanced from utter primitiveness to incredible mind boggling achievements in just a little over a hundred years. So why didn't mankind discover any of these things a million years ago, or a thousand years ago for that matter? This is just undeniable proof that evolution is a complete lie. If mankind had evolved over millions of years, then men would have discovered at least some of these inventions at least five thousand years ago. The simple truth is this, evolutionists are dead set against God's Word and those who claim to be "Theistic Evolutionist" are false prophets aiming to destroy God's Word. The Word of God declares that God created the heavens and earth and created all species, whether they be man, animal, or vegetable, in it's own image, not from one source.
