Page 293 - Darwinism Refuted

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

evolutionist writer Atayman should think that these effects are a proof of
the evolution of the ear. The logic Atayman employs is the following:
"The ear perceives sound waves, our skin is affected by these vibrations,
therefore, the ear evolved from the skin." Following Atayman's logic, one
could also say, "The ear perceives sound waves, glass is also affected by
these, therefore the ear evolved from glass." Once one has left the bounds
of reason, there is no "theory" that cannot be proposed.
Other scenarios that evolutionists put forward regarding the origin
of the ear are surprisingly inconsistent. Evolutionists claim that all
mammals, including human beings, evolved from reptiles. But, as we saw
earlier, reptiles' ear structures are very different from those of
mammals. All mammals possess the middle ear structure made up of the
three bones that have just been described, whereas there is only one bone
in the middle ear of all reptiles. In response to this, evolutionists claim
that four separate bones in the jaws of reptiles changed place by chance
and "migrated" to the middle ear, and that again by chance they took on
just the right shape to turn into the anvil and stirrup bones. According to
this imaginary scenario, the single bone in reptiles' middle ears changed
shape and turned into the hammer bone, and the exceedingly sensitive
equilibrium between the three bones in the middle ear was established by
chance. 354
This fantastical claim, based on no scientific discovery at all (it
corresponds to nothing in the fossil record), is exceedingly self-
contradictory. The most important point here is that such an imaginary
change would leave a creature deaf. Naturally, a living thing cannot
continue hearing if its jaw bones slowly start entering its inner ear. Such
a species would be at a disadvantage compared to other living things and
would be eliminated, according to what evolutionists themselves believe.
On the other hand, a living thing whose jaw bones were moving
towards its ear would end up with a defective jaw. Such a creature's
ability to chew would greatly decrease, and even disappear totally. This,
too, would disadvantage the creature, and result in its elimination.
In short, the results which emerge when one examines the structure
of ears and their origins clearly invalidate evolutionist assumptions. The
Grolier Encyclopedia, an evolutionist source, makes the admission that "the
origin of the ear is shrouded in uncertainty." 355 Actually, anyone who

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