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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL
(1822-84) and verified by the science of genetics, which flourished in
the twentieth century, utterly demolished the legend that acquired
traits were passed on to subsequent generations. Thus, natural selec-
tion fell out of favor as an evolutionary mechanism.

Neo-Darwinism and Mutations

In order to find a solution, Darwinists advanced the "Modern
Synthetic Theory," or as it is more commonly known, Neo-Darwinism,
at the end of the 1930s. Neo-Darwinism added mutations, which are
distortions formed in the genes of living beings due to such external
factors as radiation or replication errors, as the "cause of favorable
variations" in addition to natural mutation.
Today, the model that stands for evolution in the world is Neo-
Darwinism. The theory maintains that millions of living beings
formed as a result of a process whereby numerous complex organs of
these organisms (e.g., ears, eyes, lungs, and wings) underwent "muta-

antenna leg

eyes

mouth

Since the beginning of the century, evolutionists have been try-
ing to produce mutations in fruit flies, and give this as an exam-
ple for useful mutation. However, the only result obtained at the
end of these efforts that lasted for decades were disfigured, dis-
eased and defective flies. Above is the head of a normal fruit fly
and on the right is the head of a mutated fruit fly.

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