Page 58 - Uncle Darwin, We Haven't Changed

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many people believed him. Darwin said that insects,

fish, cats, tortoises, birds, lions and all the other
creatures we know came into being through a slow
development. He said that insects, stoneflies like me
in our present form, for example, went through sev-

eral stages before they became stoneflies. If this
were true, stoneflies that lived 125 million years ago
would have no resemblance to stonefly friends living
today. But Darwin was lying because we are exactly
like our living friends. You too, can see this just by

looking at our pictures.
My friends and I wanted to tell the whole world
the truth and to say that Darwin lied. Actually, we
are one of the most important proofs that Darwin

was wrong. Stoneflies and many other insects like us
are living in the world at this moment. There is no
difference between us. If Darwin was right, we should

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