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The Origin Of Species: The Theory Of Evolution By Natural Selection

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The theory of evolution by natural selection, was shown to the world in 1859 when Darwin’s book ‘’ The Origin of Species’’. Evolution is the process by which organism change over time as a result of changes in inheritable physical or behaviour traits. These changes allow an organism to be better adapted to its environment and helped it to survive and have more offspring. It is one of the best-substantiated theories in the history of science, supported by evidence from a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including genetics, geology and developmental biology. (7)
Darwin and scientists have discovered ancient organisms whose remain look like organisms alive today because they are the living organisms’ ancestor who has evolved a common ancestor. …show more content…

Another evidence comes from bibliography because isolated islands are missing a common species found on the mainland, but they are filled with many unique species that can be related by a common ancestor. The third point is evidence which comes from embryonic development. As an embryo of a mammal grows, its heart develops through stages similar to fish, amphibians and reptiles. All of these ways pointing to a consistent picture of God creating through …show more content…

Also, there is no known scientific law that would allow one kind of creature to turn naturally into a completely different kind. For example, insects don’t evolve into more complex non-insects, for instance, because they don’t have the genes to do it. Evolutionists have failed to show how this gain in new information have occurred. This is because the theory teaches that complex life forms evolved from simple forms and there was no natural law known that could allow this to happen. (4)
However, some scientists agree with evolution because most of the evidence comes from the fossil record and fossil record show how much or how little, organisms have changed over time. Also, microorganisms like bacteria and viruses can reproduce rapidly and evolve in a relatively short time. For example, bacterium E coil, DNA can be damaged or changed during replication and most of the time this causes the death of the cell, but occasionally the mutation is beneficial to the bacteria.

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In addition, scientists use the homologous structure as evidence for evolution by using structures with different appearances and functions that derived from the same body parts in a common ancestor. Furthermore, natural selection is evidence for evolution because for example, when Darwin collected birds they were a closely related group of distinct species, but the different beak shapes were related to food gathering. Artificial selection is another piece of evidence for evolution in which operates by favoring individuals with certain phenotypic traits allowing them to reproduce and pass their genes to the next generation. Overall many biologists accepted Darwin’s theories but there are some objections such as how evolution is not demonstrated, no fossil intermediates, the intelligent design argument, evolution violating the second law of thermodynamics, proteins are too improbable, the irreducible complexity argument, and how natural selection does not imply

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Although he was careful to show respect for Darwin’s ability to see both sides of his own hypotheses, Dr. Whitmore did not hesitate to point out numerous areas where the theory of evolution does not align with actual scientific data. He noted, for example, that Darwin predicted limitless numbers of transitional organisms in the fossil record due to the processes of natural selection. However, significant numbers of transitional organisms do not appear in the fossil record until the Cenozoic Era, which, according to a Creationist worldview, corresponds to the strata laid

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There are also homologous structures, where scientists can see that organisms have similar bone structures and that it is more likely that they evolved from the same thing, than that they evolved separately and had the same kind of hand structure. In the fossil record, scientists can see how organisms could have evolved because as scientists look further back scientists can see that an organism was different in the past and has changed to adapt to its environment. As scientists look to older fossils scientists can see that they are not as complex as modern organisms so there must have been some time when they began to become more complex. When scientists look at early humans scientists can see that they share traits with us like they could walk on two legs

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This argues that different species adapt to their environment through mutations and this can also explain how a species can gradually evolve. An organism does not evolve in its lifetime, because species evolve as whole through variations. Whether the variation is in color, structure, or a physical trait, they allow us to tell a species apart from others. An example of this can be seen through any species, but Charles Darwin took close interest in observing mockingbirds when he was visiting the Galapagos Islands. The mockingbirds had subtle differences or variations in their color.

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Due to the aforementioned factors, we are tempted to see the species of today as a monument of the theory of evolution, but it actually undercuts the facts of evolution. Furthermore, a number of misconceptions have erupted throughout the years for the sole reason of not having an appropriate explanation for the facts of the theory of evolution. We are forced to accept wrong notions for us to be able to fully understand the said

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A quick reminder of the evidences that we need to look at in the non-scientific case for evolution: 2.1 Biochemical evidence - the similarity of life 2.2 Phylogenetic evidence - The tree of life 2.3 Palaeontological evidence - transitional fossils 2.4 Anatomical evidence 2.4.1 Vestigial Structures 2.4.2 Atavisms 2.4.3 Comparative anatomy and embryology 2.4.4 Imperfectness of design 2.5 Biogeographical evidence - Geographical distribution and finch beaks 2.6 Experimental/observational evidence 2.7 Theoretical evidence 2.7.1 Time 2.7.2 Fancy terminology and theories 2.1 The similarity of life This is considered by many pro-evolutionists to be the most compelling evidence they have for evolutionary theory. The fact that all life shares the

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In Darwin’s “The Origin of Species”, the prevailing worldview that was established was the idea that descent with modification was present in all living species descended from common ancestors; thus supporting the fact that evolution resulted from natural selection. The changes in genetic composition within generations of species have contributed to the diversification of life as desirable traits were “naturally selected” to ensure survival and existence of a species. The varied inherited traits and their enhancements have led to the support of evolution, how organisms shared ancestral roots and adapted according to their living conditions (Reece et al.,

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In 1859, Charls Darwin set out his theory of evolution by natural selection as an explanation for adaptation and speciation. Charles Darwin theory of natural selection is one of the corner stones of morden biology. The concept, published by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in a joint presentation of papers in 1858, was elaborated in Darwins influencial 1859 book on the origins of species. Darwins ideas, along with Adam Smith and Karl Max had a profound influence on 19th century thought. The influence of Darwins theory has spread from evolutionary biology to other disciplines, including evolutionary computation, quantum Darwinism, evolutionary

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If evolution was a true event that happened, there should be many transitional species today that scientists could study. Today scientists don’t have any live animals that are thought to be a transitional species that is going to evolve into something else. With similar species thought to come from a common ancestor, all traits of one of the species should be found in the other species in about the same area. There are many cases where two species have many things in common, but the two species also have some very distinct characteristics that are unbridgeable between the two. This means that there had to have been different ancestors that had things about them that kept them from having a common

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