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I n the section of Science and
Creationism called "Evidence
I Supporting Biological Evolution,"
anyone hoping to find evidence for the theory of evo-
lution will suffer a grave disappointment. The chapter
contains subjects which evolutionists never cease repeating,

like a mantra, even though their invalidity has been proved
time and time again. Naturally enough, "natural selection," re-
garded as one of the fundamental mechanisms of evolution, heads
the list of these mantras.
The correct definition of natural selection, which was known
well before Darwin, is this: Those living things whose features are
best suited to the conditions in their surroundings naturally have a

better chance of survival. For instance, in a place where winters are
long and the ground remains covered with snow for extended peri-
ods, white-furred rabbits will be better camouflaged and fall prey to
predators less often than darker ones, giving them a greater chance
of surviving, and thus of reproducing. This being the case, the pro-
portion of white-furred rabbits in the population will keep rising,
while the relative number of dark-furred rabbits will decline. To
give another example, in a herd of zebras which constantly
have to flee from leopards, those which run fastest will sur-

vive while the others die. Since fast runners will survive
in every generation, the herd will come to consist of
nothing but fast runners in a few generations'
time.
That is the definition of natu-
ral selection: the best-