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HARUN YAHYA

swers that are really meaningless. One
of the greatest mistakes is the claim
that over time, instincts have been
shaped into their present form and
passed on from generation to genera-
tion. This is the same logic used by
Lamarck, proven to be a myth more
than a century ago. In fact, even evolu-
tionary scientists acknowledge the im-
plausibility of instinct and impulses
being passed on from generation to
generation. Taylor evaluates the claim
that behavior can be inherited as “lamentable”:

Biologists assume freely that such inheritance of specific behaviour pat-
terns is possible, and indeed that it regularly occurs. Thus Dobzhansky
roundly asserts: “All bodily structures and functions, without excep-
tion, are products of heredity realized in some sequence of environ-
ments. So are all forms of behaviour, without exception.” This simply
isn’t true and it is lamentable that a man of Dobzhansky’s standing
should dogmatically assert it. 66
These creatures were not able to invent the extraordinary char-
acteristics they possess, but were born with these characteristics. It is
our Lord God, Whose intelligence and knowledge is supreme, Who
creates them in a fashion that enables them to display these charac-
teristics.

Evolution Cannot Explain any Aspect of
Migratory Behavior

Basing the origin of animals on their so-called struggle for sur-
vival, evolutionary theory supposes that new species arise from the

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