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on. That merely enables the emergence of cause there is no such process going on.
different variants, stemming from a nar-
rowing of the gene pool. At the basis of
speciation, there is no genetic incompati- What is happening consists of different
bility stemming from division into two
groups. These life forms will still belong
to the same species, in terms of their ove- combinations of genetic information that
rall genetic information.
Therefore, there is nothing about the
speciation that supports the theory of already exists in that species’ gene pool
evolution, which claims that all living
species evolved from the simple to the
complex in a random manner. This me- being distribution in different populati-
ans that if evolution is to be taken serio-
usly, it must be able to point to mecha-
nisms that increase genetic information. ons of individuals.
It must be able to explain how life forms
originally lacking eyes, ears, a heart,
lungs, wings, feet or other organs and Evolutionists need to answer such
systems managed to acquire them, and
where the genetic information describing
these organs and systems came from. questions as, “How did the first species
No doubt that the division of an alre-
ady existing species into two, suffering a
loss of genetic diversity, has absolutely come into existence?” and “How did the
nothing to do with this.
The fact that subspecies are not evol-
ving into new species is actually admit- categories above species, the classes, or-
ted even by evolutionists. For that rea-
son, evolutionists describe examples of
variations within a species and of speci- ders, families etc. initially come into
ation by division as micro-evolution.
(See Micro-evolution.) Micro-evolution
is used in the sense of variants emerging existence?” that.
within an already existing species. Ho-
wever, the use of the term evolution here
is deliberately intended to mislead, be-