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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 individuals.
However, unquestionably, 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
differences or variations occur. 172

Lamarck's Impact
So, how could these "favorable variations" occur? Dar-
win 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 genera-
tion. He asserted that these traits, which accumulated from