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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 289

One of the facts nullifying the theory of evolution is the incredibly complex structure of
life. The DNA molecule located in the nucleus of cells of living beings is an example of
this. The DNA is a sort of databank formed of the arrangement of four different molecules
in different sequences. This databank contains the codes of all the physical traits of that
living being. When the human DNA is put into writing, it is calculated that this would result
in an encyclopedia made up of 900 volumes. Unquestionably, such extraordinary informa-
tion definitively refutes the concept of coincidence.

wild animals, those that can run faster will survive. Therefore, the deer
herd will be comprised of faster and stronger individuals. However, un-
questionably, this mechanism will not cause deer to evolve and transform
themselves into another living species, for instance, horses.
Therefore, the mechanism of natural selection has no evolutionary
power. Darwin was also aware of this fact and had to state this in his
book The Origin of Species:
Natural selection can do nothing until favourable individual differen-
ces or variations occur. 259

LAMARCK’S IMPACT
So, how could these "favorable variations" occur? Darwin tried to
answer this question from the standpoint of the primitive understanding
of science at that time. According to the French biologist Chevalier de
Lamarck (1744-1829), who lived before Darwin, living creatures passed
on the traits they acquired during their lifetime to the next generation.
He asserted that these traits, which accumulated from one generation to
another, caused new species to be formed. For instance, he claimed that