Page 127 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

Although oil is the first major resource whose supply has
been restricted enough to measurably constrain economic
expansion, over the long term, the loss of topsoil through
erosion is likely to be more important. 159

Soil enrichment: The subsoil is full of species that, de-
spite their very small size, perform great tasks and prevent

the soil losing productivity. Worms, ants and other animal
species mix the soil, aerating and enriching it. The worms
in one hectare of land digest up to 10 metric tons of soil a
year, and make it more fertile by plowing it up. 160
Professor Wilson describes the living species that live in
the depths of the soil, most of them unknown to us, but
which are nevertheless of the greatest importance:

When you scoop up a double handful of soil almost any-
where except in the barren deserts, you will find thousands
of invertebrate animals, ranging in size from clearly visi-
ble to microscopic, from ants and springtails to tardigrades
and rotifers. The biology of most of the species you hold is
unknown: We have only the vaguest idea of what they eat,
what eats them, and the details of their life cycle, and prob-
ably nothing at all about their biochemistry and genetics.
Some of the species might even lack scientific names. We
have little concept of how important any of them are to our
existence. Their study would certainly teach us new prin-

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