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The NAS's Error in Portraying the Distribution of
Species as Evidence of Evolution

tion, all kinds of changes
could be portrayed as "liv-
ing examples of evolu-
tion." In fact, as we saw at
the beginning, human cul-

tural and technological
change is even described
an "evolution" and imme-
diately linked to Hawaii
Darwinism. All these dis-
tortions are deceptions which can only mislead those who lack suffi-
cient information on the subject or fail to consider it properly. They
show just how despairing the proponents of the theory of evolution
are when it comes to finding evidence.

On the other hand, the verbiage employed in the NAS book is
also of interest. For instance, the NAS authors suggest that some snail
and fruit fly species found on Hawaii evolved from a few common an-
cestors that reached the area in the past. Yet, for some reason, there is
no fossil evidence to back this up. The NAS is employing the familiar
old evolutionist logic, saying, "All living things came into being by
evolution; that means they all descended from a common ancestor."

Biogeography, the geographical distribution of living things, of-
fers no evidence of evolution. This branch of science concerns such
subjects as mapping, the extinction of organisms, and ecology.
Despite being evolutionists, G. Nelson and N. Platnick of the
American Museum of Natural History in New York, admit that bio-
geography has nothing to do with the theory of evolution:
We conclude, therefore, that biogeography (or geographical distrib-
ution of organisms) has not been shown to be evidence for or
against evolution in any sense. 1

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