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New mutations don't create new species; they create offspring that are
impaired. (Lynn Margulis, quoted in Darry Madden, UMass Scientist to Lead
Debate on Evolutionary Theory, Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer, February 3, 2006)

Also in an interview in 2011, Margulis emphasized the fact that "there is no evi-
dence" indicating that mutations modify organisms and thus give rise to new species:

[N]eo-Darwinists say that new species emerge when mutations occur
and modify an organism. I was taught over and over again that the
accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change-led to
new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence. (Lynn Margulis
quoted in "Lynn Margulis: Q + A," Discover Magazine, April 2011, p. 68)

As Margulis stated, there is not a single evidence showing that random
mutations lead to evolutionary changes, which in turn lead to the emergence of
new species.
Indeed, no beneficial mutation – one that would advance the genetic code –
has ever been observed. All mutations have proved to be harmful. It is now under-
stood that mutation, which is presented as an "evolutionary mechanism", is actu-
ally a genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them disabled. (The
most common effect of mutation on human beings is cancer.) Of course, a destruc-

tive mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary mechanism". Natural selection, on the
other hand, "can do nothing by itself", as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us
that there is no "evolutionary mechanism" in nature. Since there is no evolution-
ary mechanism, no such imaginary process called "evolution" can take place.

The Fossil Record: No Sign of Intermediate Forms

The fossil records constitute the clearest evidence showing us that the sce-
nario suggested by the theory of evolution did not take place.
According to the unscientific supposition behind this theory, every living
species has sprung from a predecessor. A previously existing species (evolution-
ists have yet to offer an explanation on how this species came into existence)
turned into something else over time and all species have come into being in this
way. In other words, this imaginary transformation took millions of years and
proceeded gradually.