Interesting read. Can you provide some sources for some specific details in the content of this post?
The first picture I remember was used by Kent Hovind during an infamous debate where he was told that that diagram may not represent evolution well. In fact, that's known for sure about the second picture you have (the march of progress). It is nowadays considered misleading, since it doesn't portray the human evolution well. Among other things, the evolution isn't linear and it doesn't end with a Caucasian as a more evolved being.
RE: What is evolution?