Evolution is NOT random. It is natural process. If it is
presupposed that God created, ordained, and providentially guides
natural process then to say that there is no evolution is to be blind to
God's handiwork.
It has been found that the goo in a pond possess many of the same
genes we do, only we use them differently. This makes evolution an even
stronger theory.
As to scientific hoaxes Lucy is NOT a scientific hoax - it is the
ignorant that confuse her with the Piltdown Man which was a hoax.