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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

The larger picture belongs to a 100-million-year-old Nautilus fossil. On the left is a
Nautilus living in our day. When we compare the fossil with today’s Nautilus (on the
right is the cross section of the creature’s shell), we see that they both have the same
identical characteristics.
genetic occurrence that harms living things, and leaves them disabled.
(The most common effect of mutation on human beings is cancer.) Of
course, a destructive mechanism cannot be an "evolutionary mecha-
nism." Natural selection, on the other hand, "can do nothing by itself,"

as Darwin also accepted. This fact shows us that there is no "evolution-
ary mechanism" in nature. Since no evolutionary mechanism exists, no
such any imaginary process called "evolution" could have taken place.

The Fossil Record: No Sign of Intermediate Forms

The clearest evidence that the scenario suggested by the theory of
evolution did not take place is the fossil record.
According to this theory, every living species has sprung from a

predecessor. A previously existing species turned into something else
over time and all species have come into being in this way. In other

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