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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

From among the social insects, let us take the worker ants and
bees. Since they are sterile, it's impossible for them to pass on
to later generations whatever characteristics and modifica-
tions they may have acquired during their lives. And yet
these workers have adapted to their environment and way of
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behavior in an advanced manner.
As we can see from these admissions, the astounding behavior
of living things and their instincts cannot be explained by evolu-
tionary mechanisms. These animals' skills are not acquired by the
processes of natural selection, nor is it possible to transfer them,
through inheritance, from one generation to the next.

3. Invalidating the Claim that Instincts Evolve and
Change Along with a Species
The theory of evolution claims that species evolve from one an-
other. According to this proposition, amphibians—for instance—
evolved from fish. But it must not be forgotten that each species' be-
havior is distinct. A fish behaves completely different from an am-

phibian. If so, did the creature's behavior change according to the bi-
ological changes that took place?
This question highlights the evolutionists' dilemmas and con-
tradictions. Darwin was well aware of them and even questioned
the proposition that instincts can be acquired and then evolve
through natural selection:
. . . [C]an instincts be acquired and modified through natural
selection? What shall we say to the instinct which leads the
bee to make cells, and which has practically anticipated the
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discoveries of profound mathematicians?
We can multiply these contradictions by giving the examples of
other living classes such as fish, reptiles, and birds:
Fish have their own unique ways of hunting, building and de-

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