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you will probably encounter such "just-so stories" in evolu-
tionist literature and especially in the media. Remember,
these vain stories rest on no scientific proof. The same

method is always used in their production. First, the advan-
tage of a creature's particular characteristic or aspect is de-
scribed, then a scenario is invented to show how this
advantage could have evolved. In practice, of course, there's
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no limit to the evolutionist theses that could be produced in
this way: "The trunk gives the elephant the ability to gather
food from the ground, so it must have evolved for that pur-

pose," or "The giraffe's neck enables it to reach higher
branches so it must have evolved to let the animal do so." To
accept this is to believe that nature looks after the needs of its
every creature. That is, it is the same as believing a myth.
The nature of this myth is becoming clearer and clearer
every day.

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