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“acquired” characteristics could be passed on to subsequent gener-
ations. For example, they believed that if a blacksmith developed
powerful muscles because of his work, his sons would have
equally strong muscles. In that primitive scientific climate, Darwin
developed his theory. Neither Darwin nor any who supported him
was able to submit evidence for the theory of evolution from such
branches of science as paleontology, biology or anatomy. Moreover,
observations and experiments performed in the following years,
and especially new findings obtained in the 20th century, revealed
that the theory was clearly wrong. But despite the theory's scien-
tific weakness, its providing a basis for materialist and atheist
On the other
hand, modern-
day microsco-
pes have shown
how complex
and flawless the
structure of the
cell truly is.