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ving things were created and
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branches of science such as paleonto-
logy, biochemistry, anatomy, biophysics
hing today imposed on us and the entire and genetics.
world as the theory of evolution is not
actually based on Lamarck. The birth of
Darwinism, known as the theory of evo- Evolutionary gaps
lution the world around, came with the
Though the theory of evolution has
1859 publication of Charles Darwin’s
no scientific foundation, most people
book The Origin of Species by Means of
around the world regard it as scientific
Natural Selection or the Preservation of
fact. The most important reason for this
Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
error is systematic indoctrination and
Darwin removed certain obvious lo-
propaganda from the media.
gical errors from Lamarck’s theory and
In their reports, the media giants
produced the natural selection thesis rat-
employ an assumption that the theory of
her than a genetic explanation for the
evolution is as certain as any mathemati-
evolution of living things.
cal law. The most classic example of this
His theory of evolution denies that li-
comes with regard to fossil remains.
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