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Adnan Oktar

Darwin based his evolution allegation entirely on the mechanism
of "natural selection." The importance he placed on this mechanism
was evident in the name of his book: The Origin of Species, By Means of
Natural Selection…
Natural selection holds that those living things that are stronger
and more suited to the natural conditions of their habitats will survive

in the struggle for life. For example, in a deer herd under the threat of
attack by wild animals, those that can run faster will survive.
Therefore, the deer herd will be comprised of faster and stronger indi-
viduals. However, unquestionably,
this mechanism will not cause deer to
evolve and transform themselves into
another living species, for instance,
horses.
Therefore, the mechanism of natu-

ral selection has no evolutionary pow-
er. Darwin was also aware of this fact
and had to state this in his book The
Origin of Species:
Natural selection can do nothing un-
til favourable individual differences

or variations occur. 58

Lamarck's Impact
So, how could these "favorable variations" occur? Darwin tried to
answer this question from the standpoint of the primitive understand-

ing 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 gen-
eration. He asserted that these traits, which accumulated from one

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