Page 31 - The Miracle of Termites

Adnan Oktar

Termites Prove Darwin
Wrong
Unlike nearly all other insects, termites have
front and back wings that are identical. The on-
ly exception is the Mastotermes darwiniensis,
or "Darwin's termite." The hind wings of this
species have a distinct "anal lobe" that resem-
bles the one visible in cockroaches and praying
mantises when they unfold their hind wings.
When this was first discovered in these ter-
mites, evolutionists were excited because they
thought that the anal lobe was proof that ter-
mites evolved from cockroaches. But when we
examine this structure, which is presented as if
it was a proof for evolution, we see that all
these similarities do not prove evolution at all.
On the contrary, they are evidence of creation.
The Darwin's termite cannot have been a "prim-
itive ancestor" because their colonies are
among the most populous of the social ter-
mites. Therefore, evolutionists might character-
ize them as highly evolved. Of course, saying
that they possess highly evolved characteris-
tics and also are a "primitive ancestor" is a se-
rious contradiction, from the point of view of
evolution. And unlike cockroaches, but like oth-
er termites, these shed their wings at pre-
formed breakage points. Unlike cockroaches
and mantises, when the hind wings are at rest,
the anal lobe is not folded up in a fan-like man-
ner; but is bent over flat on the rest of the wing.
From these examples, we can see that it is very
difficult to establish a clear similarity between
termites on the one hand and cockroaches and
mantises on the other.
So, what does the fossil record show?
Top: Darwin's termites
The photograph shows Dominican amber cal-
Middle: A different species of termite's
culated to be 35 million years old, with a
wings in amber
winged Mastotermes electrodominicus which
Bottom: A Mastotermes curved into its
has all the main characteristics of modern
anal lobe
Australian termites (such as anal lobes and
five segments in the feet). In other words, the first Mastotermes was the same as the
modern Darwin's termite. And the same amber specimen contains termite species with
those features that evolutionists call "modern." All this shows that termites did not
evolve from any creature but, like all other creatures, were created by God. (Joachim
Scheven, "Darwin's Termite," Creation, March-May 1996, p. 24.)