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Cuvier, the founder of paleontology,
maintained that creation is a scientific
fact and that evolution is impossible.

But in both these chapters, Darwin's problem could be Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
seen clearly. His theory was based on the claim that species
came into being by a long series of incremental changes. If it

were so, intermediate forms must have existed to link one
species to another; but no trace of such creatures has been
found in the fossil record.
Darwin was finally forced to leave this problem for fu-
ture researchers. He thought the problem lay in the insuffi-
ciency of the fossil record; he was certain that, as new fossils
were unearthed, specimens would come to light to prove his

theory. He wrote:

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